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1 1 Section 1. Section 99B.6, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code
1 2 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 k. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not
1 4 participate in the gambling except pursuant to sections 99B.3,
1 5 99B.4, 99B.5, and 99B.7. Any licensee knowingly allowing a
1 6 person under the age of twenty-one to participate in the
1 7 gambling prohibited by this paragraph or any person knowingly
1 8 participating in gambling with a person under the age of
1 9 twenty-one, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. However, a
1 10 person who was eighteen years of age or older on March 30,
1 11 1994, may participate in gambling as otherwise provided in
1 12 this chapter.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 99D.11, subsection 7, Code 1995, is
1 14 amended to read as follows:
1 15 7. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not
1 16 make a pari-mutuel wager. However, this subsection does not
1 17 apply to a person who was eighteen years of age or older on
1 18 March 30, 1994.
1 19 Sec. 3. Section 99D.24, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
1 20 amended to read as follows:
1 21 2. A person knowingly permitting a person under the age of
1 22 twenty-one years to make a pari-mutuel wager is guilty of a
1 23 simple misdemeanor. However, the prohibition against pari-
1 24 mutuel wagering in this subsection does not apply to a person
1 25 who was eighteen years of age or older on March 30, 1994.
1 26 Sec. 4. Section 99E.18, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
1 27 amended to read as follows:
1 28 2. A ticket or share shall not be sold to a person who has
1 29 not reached the age of twenty-one. This does not prohibit the
1 30 lawful purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making
1 31 a gift to a person who has not reached the age of twenty-one.
1 32 A licensee or a licensee's employee who knowingly sells or
1 33 offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to a person who has
1 34 not reached the age of twenty-one is guilty of a simple
1 35 misdemeanor. In addition the license of a licensee shall be
2 1 suspended. A prize won by a person who has not reached the
2 2 age of twenty-one but who purchases a winning ticket or share
2 3 in violation of this subsection shall be forfeited. However,
2 4 the prohibition against the purchase of a ticket or a share as
2 5 provided in this subsection does not apply to a person who was
2 6 eighteen years of age or older on March 30, 1994.
2 7 Sec. 5. Section 99F.9, subsection 5, Code 1995, is amended
2 8 to read as follows:
2 9 5. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not
2 10 make a wager on an excursion gambling boat and shall not be
2 11 allowed in the area of the excursion boat where gambling is
2 12 being conducted. However, a person eighteen years of age or
2 13 older may be employed to work in a gambling area and the
2 14 prohibitions in this subsection relating to gambling do not
2 15 apply to a person who was eighteen years of age or older on
2 16 March 30, 1994.
2 17 Sec. 6. Section 99F.15, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
2 18 amended to read as follows:
2 19 2. A person knowingly permitting a person under the age of
2 20 twenty-one years to make a wager is guilty of a simple
2 21 misdemeanor. However, the prohibition against wagering in
2 22 this subsection does not apply to a person who was eighteen
2 23 years of age or older on March 30, 1994.
2 24 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE &endash; APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act,
2 25 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
2 26 enactment, and applies retroactively to March 30, 1994.
2 27 EXPLANATION
2 28 This bill legalizes gambling for persons who were 18 years
2 29 of age or more as of March 30, 1994, when the gambling age for
2 30 lottery, pari-mutuel wagering, and riverboat gambling was
2 31 increased to 21 years of age. This bill will "grandfather"
2 32 those persons who were eligible to gamble before 1994 Iowa
2 33 Acts, chapter 1021, took effect on March 31, 1994, but not
2 34 after it took effect.
2 35 This bill takes effect upon enactment and applies
3 1 retroactively to March 30, 1994.
3 2 LSB 2184XS 76
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