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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-5359, to Senate File 1 2 2320, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 2, through page 2, 1 4 line 34, and inserting the following: 1 5 "# . By striking everything after the enacting 1 6 clause and inserting the following: 1 7 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 99F.5A MORATORIUM FOR 1 8 ISSUANCE OF LICENSES FOR EXCURSION GAMBLING BOATS AND 1 9 ON THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF GAMBLING GAMES. 1 10 1. The total number of licenses issued to conduct 1 11 gambling games on excursion gambling boats pursuant to 1 12 this chapter shall not exceed ten until July 1, 2003. 1 13 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the following 1 14 actions may be taken during the moratorium from July 1 15 1, 1998, until July 1, 2003, with the approval of the 1 16 commission: 1 17 a. A licensed excursion gambling boat may move to 1 18 a new location within the same county. 1 19 b. A licensed excursion gambling boat or a pari- 1 20 mutuel racetrack and its facilities may be sold and a 1 21 new license may be issued for operation in the same 1 22 county. 1 23 c. If a license to conduct gambling games on an 1 24 excursion gambling boat is surrendered, not renewed, 1 25 or revoked, a new license may be issued for operation 1 26 in the same county. 1 27 3. During the moratorium from July 1, 1998, until 1 28 July 1, 2003, the commission shall not authorize any 1 29 of the following: 1 30 a. An increase in the number or type of gambling 1 31 games or the number of slot machines on an excursion 1 32 gambling boat. 1 33 b. A number of slot machines at a pari-mutuel 1 34 racetrack which is greater than the number authorized 1 35 on or before July 1, 1998. 1 36 c. A licensee to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a 1 37 licensed premises in more than one county. 1 38 Sec. 2. Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 39 amended to read as follows: 1 40 1. If the commission is satisfied that this 1 41 chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter 1 42 applicable to licensees have been or will be complied 1 43 with, the commission shall issue a license for a 1 44 period of not more than three years to an applicant to 1 45 own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to 1 46 operate an excursion gambling boat. The commission 1 47 shall decide which of the gambling games authorized 1 48 under this chapter it will permit. The commission 1 49 shall decide the number, location, and type of 1 50 excursion gambling boats licensed under this chapter 2 1 for operation on the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of 2 2 this state. However, after July 1, 2003, the 2 3 commission shall issue a new license for an excursion 2 4 gambling boat operation only if the excursion gambling 2 5 boat operates on the Mississippi or Missouri river. 2 6 The license shall set forth the name of the licensee, 2 7 the type of license granted, the place where the 2 8 excursion gambling boats will operate and dock, and 2 9 the time and number of days during the excursion 2 10 season and the off season when gambling may be 2 11 conducted by the licensee. The commission shall not 2 12 allow a licensee to conduct gambling games on an 2 13 excursion gambling boat while docked during the off 2 14 season if the licensee does not operate gambling 2 15 excursions for a minimum number of days during the 2 16 excursion season. The commission may delay the 2 17 commencement of the excursion season at the request of 2 18 a licensee." 2 19 # . Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 2 20 and inserting the following: "An Act relating to 2 21 gambling by imposing a moratorium on the number and 2 22 types of gambling games and slot machines authorized 2 23 in this state and on new licenses to conduct gambling 2 24 on excursion gambling boats, and by limiting the 2 25 location of new excursion gambling boat operations."" 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 JACK RIFE 2 30 2 31 2 32 2 33 MICHAEL E. GRONSTAL 2 34 SF 2320.310 77 2 35 tj/cf/28
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