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PAG LIN 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, "gambling1 5game" does not include table games of chance or video1 6machines."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 2 10 tj/jj/8
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