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Senate File 425

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99F.1, subsection 9, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    9.  "Gambling game" means any game of chance authorized by
  1  4 the commission.  However, for racetrack enclosures, "gambling
  1  5 game" does not include table games of chance or video
  1  6 machines.  "Gambling game" does not include sports betting.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 1995, is amended
  1  8 to read as follows:
  1  9    1.  If the commission is satisfied that this chapter and
  1 10 its rules adopted under this chapter applicable to licensees
  1 11 have been or will be complied with, the commission shall issue
  1 12 a license for a period of not more than three years to an
  1 13 applicant to own a gambling game operation and to an applicant
  1 14 to operate an excursion gambling boat.  The commission shall
  1 15 decide which of the gambling games authorized under this
  1 16 chapter it will permit.  The commission shall decide the
  1 17 number, location, and type of excursion gambling boats
  1 18 licensed under this chapter for operation on the rivers,
  1 19 lakes, and reservoirs of this state.  However, not more than
  1 20 nine licenses to operate gambling games on an excursion
  1 21 gambling boat shall be issued at any one time.  The license
  1 22 shall set forth the name of the licensee, the type of license
  1 23 granted, the place where the excursion gambling boats will
  1 24 operate and dock, and the time and number of days during the
  1 25 excursion season and the off season when gambling may be
  1 26 conducted by the licensee.  The commission shall not allow a
  1 27 licensee to conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling
  1 28 boat while docked during the off season if the licensee does
  1 29 not operate gambling excursions for a minimum number of days
  1 30 during the excursion season.  The commission may delay the
  1 31 commencement of the excursion season at the request of a
  1 32 licensee.
  1 33    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 34 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill allows the racing and gaming commission to
  2  2 determine the gambling games authorized for pari-mutuel
  2  3 racetracks as well as for excursion gambling boats.
  2  4 Currently, only slot machines are authorized for pari-mutuel
  2  5 racetrack enclosures.  The bill also limits the number of
  2  6 licenses to nine which may be issued for the operation of
  2  7 gambling games on excursion gambling boats at any one time.
  2  8    This bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  2  9 LSB 2586SV 76
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