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1 1 Section 1. Section 99D.11, subsection 7, Code 1997, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 7. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not
1 4 make or attempt to make a pari-mutuel wager. A person who
1 5 violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation under
1 6 section 805.8, subsection 13.
1 7 Sec. 2. Section 99E.18, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 8 the following new subsection:
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. A person under the age of twenty-one
1 10 years shall not purchase, or attempt to purchase, a ticket or
1 11 share. A person who violates this subsection commits a
1 12 scheduled violation under section 805.8, subsection 13.
1 13 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 99F.4C MORATORIUM FOR ISSUANCE OF
1 14 LICENSES FOR GAMBLING GAMES ON EXCURSION GAMBLING BOATS.
1 15 1. Except as to licenses which may be issued to applicants
1 16 with pending applications prior to July 1, 1997, the total
1 17 number of licenses issued to conduct gambling games on
1 18 excursion gambling boats pursuant to this chapter shall not
1 19 exceed nine until December 1, 2002. Not later than July 1,
1 20 1997, the commission may issue not more than two new licenses
1 21 to conduct gambling games on excursion gambling boats to
1 22 applicants with applications pending before that date, but the
1 23 total number of licenses issued to conduct gambling games on
1 24 excursion gambling boats shall not exceed eleven as of July 1,
1 25 1997.
1 26 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the following actions may
1 27 be taken during the moratorium from July 1, 1997, until
1 28 December 1, 2002, with the approval of the commission:
1 29 a. A licensed excursion gambling boat may move to a new
1 30 location within the same county.
1 31 b. A licensed excursion gambling boat and its facilities
1 32 may be sold and a new license may be issued for operation in
1 33 the same county.
1 34 c. If a license to conduct gambling games on an excursion
1 35 gambling boat is surrendered, not renewed, or revoked, a new
2 1 license may be issued for operation in the same county.
2 2 3. This section does not affect the validity of a license
2 3 issued by the commission pursuant to chapter 99F before the
2 4 effective date of this Act or the authority of the commission
2 5 to suspend, revoke, or renew a license issued before the
2 6 effective date of this Act pursuant to chapter 99F.
2 7 Sec. 4. Section 99F.9, subsection 5, Code 1997, is amended
2 8 to read as follows:
2 9 5. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not
2 10 attempt to make or make a wager on an excursion gambling boat
2 11 or in a racetrack enclosure and shall not be allowed in the
2 12 area of the excursion gambling boat or racetrack enclosure
2 13 where gambling is being conducted. A person who violates this
2 14 subsection with respect to a wager commits a scheduled
2 15 violation under section 805.8, subsection 13. However, a
2 16 person eighteen years of age or older may be employed to work
2 17 in a gambling area.
2 18 Sec. 5. Section 805.8, Code 1997, is amended by adding the
2 19 following new subsection:
2 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 13. GAMBLING VIOLATIONS. For violations
2 21 of legal age for gambling or pari-mutuel wagering under
2 22 section 99D.11, subsection 7, section 99E.18, subsection 5, or
2 23 section 99F.9, subsection 5, the scheduled fine is one hundred
2 24 dollars. Failure to pay the fine by a person under the age of
2 25 eighteen shall not result in the person being detained in a
2 26 secure facility.
2 27 EXPLANATION
2 28 This bill proposes three changes to the gambling laws in
2 29 this state. The bill imposes a $100 scheduled fine on a
2 30 person under 21 years of age who attempts to gamble or gambles
2 31 on an excursion gambling boat or at a racetrack enclosure, who
2 32 attempts to purchase or purchases a lottery ticket or share,
2 33 or who attempts to place or places a pari-mutuel wager.
2 34 The bill also imposes a moratorium on the issuing of
2 35 licenses to conduct gambling games on excursion gambling boats
3 1 until December 1, 2002, and freezes the number of excursion
3 2 gambling boat licenses at nine. However, the total number of
3 3 excursion gambling boat licenses authorized may be increased
3 4 to 11 if two pending applications are approved before July 1,
3 5 1997. An excursion gambling boat may be sold and a new
3 6 license may be issued in the same county during the
3 7 moratorium. The operation of an excursion gambling boat may
3 8 be relocated within a county with the commission's approval
3 9 and the commission may reissue for the same county a license
3 10 that is surrendered, not renewed, or revoked.
3 11 LSB 1510XL 77
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