Text: H08126                            Text: H08128
Text: H08100 - H08199                   Text: H Index
Bills and Amendments: General Index     Bill History: General Index



House Amendment 8127

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend House File 2101 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 99D.8, Code 1997, is amended
  1  5 by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  6    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The total number of
  1  7 licenses issued to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a
  1  8 dog or horse racetrack shall not exceed four until
  1  9 July 1, 2003.  However, with approval of the
  1 10 commission, if a license to conduct pari-mutuel
  1 11 wagering at a dog or horse racetrack is surrendered,
  1 12 not renewed, or revoked, a new license may be issued
  1 13 for operation in the same county.
  1 14    Sec. ___.  Section 99F.4A, subsection 2, Code 1997,
  1 15 is amended to read as follows:
  1 16    2.  A license to operate gambling games shall be
  1 17 issued only to a licensee holding a valid license to
  1 18 conduct pari-mutuel dog or horse racing pursuant to
  1 19 chapter 99D on January 1, 1994.  However, with
  1 20 approval of the commission, if a license to conduct
  1 21 gambling games within a pari-mutuel dog or horse
  1 22 racetrack enclosure is surrendered, not renewed, or
  1 23 revoked, a new license may be issued for operation in
  1 24 the same county.
  1 25    Sec. ___.  Section 99F.4A, Code 1997, is amended by
  1 26 adding the following new subsection:
  1 27    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  a.  An official shall not
  1 28 participate in, or receive directly or indirectly any
  1 29 money or valuable thing from horse racing and pari-
  1 30 mutuel wagering on public property which has been
  1 31 approved by the state racing and gaming commission for
  1 32 gambling activities.
  1 33    b.  As used in this subsection, "official" means
  1 34 one or more of the following:
  1 35    (1)  A member of the county board of supervisors of
  1 36 a county that owns the approved public property.
  1 37    (2)  A mayor or a member of a city council or
  1 38 commission of a city that owns the approved public
  1 39 property.
  1 40    (3)  A member of the board of directors of a
  1 41 nonprofit corporation having an agreement with a
  1 42 county board of supervisors or city council or
  1 43 commission for the use of approved public property
  1 44 under a license issued by the state racing and gaming
  1 45 commission.
  1 46    (4)  A spouse or child of a person described in
  1 47 subparagraph (1), (2), or (3).
  1 48    c.  An official who knowingly violates the
  1 49 provisions of paragraph "a" is guilty of a serious
  1 50 misdemeanor and may be removed from public office or
  2  1 as an officer or director of an affected nonprofit
  2  2 corporation."
  2  3    #2.  Page 1, by striking lines 18 through 26.
  2  4    #3.  Title page, lines 1 through 3, by striking the
  2  5 words "the number and types of gambling games and slot
  2  6 machines authorized in this state and on".
  2  7    #4.  Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
  2  8 word "boats" the following:  "and at racetracks, by
  2  9 removing certain licensee restrictions, prohibiting
  2 10 certain conflicts of interest,".
  2 11    #5.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
  2 12 and correcting internal references as necessary.  
  2 13 
  2 14 
  2 15                               
  2 16 COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
  2 17 MARTIN of Scott, Chairperson
  2 18 HF 2101.201 77
  2 19 tj/jl/28
     

Text: H08126                            Text: H08128
Text: H08100 - H08199                   Text: H Index
Bills and Amendments: General Index     Bill History: General Index

Return To Home index


© 1998 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa


Comments about this site or page? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.

Last update: Fri Feb 27 03:45:37 CST 1998
URL: /DOCS/GA/77GA/Legislation/H/08100/H08127/980226.html
jhf