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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the Senate amendment, H-9118, to House File 1 2 2498, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House, 1 3 as follows: 1 4 #1. Page 4, by inserting after line 10 the 1 5 following: 1 6 "# . Page 24, by inserting after line 3 the 1 7 following: 1 8 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 99F.5A MORATORIUM FOR 1 9 ISSUANCE OF LICENSES FOR EXCURSION GAMBLING BOATS AND 1 10 ON THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF GAMBLING GAMES. 1 11 1. The total number of licenses issued to conduct 1 12 gambling games on excursion gambling boats pursuant to 1 13 this chapter shall not exceed ten until July 1, 2003. 1 14 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the following 1 15 actions may be taken during the moratorium from July 1 16 1, 1998, until July 1, 2003, with the approval of the 1 17 commission: 1 18 a. A licensed excursion gambling boat may move to 1 19 a new location within the same county. 1 20 b. A licensed excursion gambling boat or a pari- 1 21 mutuel racetrack and its facilities may be sold and a 1 22 new license may be issued for operation in the same 1 23 county. 1 24 c. If a license to conduct gambling games on an 1 25 excursion gambling boat is surrendered, not renewed, 1 26 or revoked, a new license may be issued for operation 1 27 in the same county. 1 28 3. During the moratorium from July 1, 1998, until 1 29 July 1, 2003, the commission shall not authorize any 1 30 of the following: 1 31 a. An increase in the number or type of gambling 1 32 games or the number of slot machines on an excursion 1 33 gambling boat. 1 34 b. A number of slot machines at a pari-mutuel 1 35 racetrack which is greater than the number authorized 1 36 on or before July 1, 1998. 1 37 c. A licensee to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a 1 38 licensed premises in more than one county. 1 39 Sec. ___. Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 1997, 1 40 is amended to read as follows: 1 41 1. If the commission is satisfied that this 1 42 chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter 1 43 applicable to licensees have been or will be complied 1 44 with, the commission shall issue a license for a 1 45 period of not more than three years to an applicant to 1 46 own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to 1 47 operate an excursion gambling boat. The commission 1 48 shall decide which of the gambling games authorized 1 49 under this chapter it will permit. The commission 1 50 shall decide the number, location, and type of 2 1 excursion gambling boats licensed under this chapter 2 2 for operation on the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of 2 3 this state. However, after July 1, 2003, the 2 4 commission shall issue a new license for an excursion 2 5 gambling boat operation only if the excursion gambling 2 6 boat operates on the Mississippi or Missouri river. 2 7 The license shall set forth the name of the licensee, 2 8 the type of license granted, the place where the 2 9 excursion gambling boats will operate and dock, and 2 10 the time and number of days during the excursion 2 11 season and the off season when gambling may be 2 12 conducted by the licensee. The commission shall not 2 13 allow a licensee to conduct gambling games on an 2 14 excursion gambling boat while docked during the off 2 15 season if the licensee does not operate gambling 2 16 excursions for a minimum number of days during the 2 17 excursion season. The commission may delay the 2 18 commencement of the excursion season at the request of 2 19 a licensee."" 2 20 2 21 2 22 2 23 VAN MAANEN of Marion 2 24 HF 2498.222 77 2 25 tj/jl/28
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