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Senate Amendment 5733

Amendment Text

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  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 1, through page 2,
  1  4 line 34, and inserting the following:
  1  5    "Amend Senate File 2320, as passed by the Senate,
  1  6 as follows:
  1  7    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  8 clause and inserting the following:
  1  9    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  99F.5A  MORATORIUM FOR
  1 10 ISSUANCE OF LICENSES FOR EXCURSION GAMBLING BOATS AND
  1 11 ON THE NUMBER OF GAMBLING GAMES.
  1 12    1.  The total number of licenses issued to conduct
  1 13 gambling games on excursion gambling boats pursuant to
  1 14 this chapter shall not exceed ten until July 1, 2003.
  1 15    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, the following
  1 16 actions may be taken during the moratorium from July
  1 17 1, 1998, until July 1, 2003, with the approval of the
  1 18 commission:
  1 19    a.  A licensed excursion gambling boat may move to
  1 20 a new location within the same county.
  1 21    b.  A licensed excursion gambling boat or a pari-
  1 22 mutuel racetrack and its facilities may be sold and a
  1 23 new license may be issued for operation in the same
  1 24 county.
  1 25    c.  If a license to conduct gambling games on an
  1 26 excursion gambling boat is surrendered, not renewed,
  1 27 or revoked, a new license may be issued for operation
  1 28 in the same county.
  1 29    3.  During the moratorium from July 1, 1998, until
  1 30 July 1, 2003, the commission shall not authorize any
  1 31 of the following:
  1 32    a.  An increase in the number of gambling games or
  1 33 the number of slot machines on an excursion gambling
  1 34 boat.
  1 35    b.  A number of slot machines at a pari-mutuel
  1 36 racetrack which is greater than the number authorized
  1 37 on or before July 1, 1998.
  1 38    c.  A licensee to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a
  1 39 licensed premises in more than one county.
  1 40    Sec. ___.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 1997,
  1 41 is amended to read as follows:
  1 42    1.  If the commission is satisfied that this
  1 43 chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter
  1 44 applicable to licensees have been or will be complied
  1 45 with, the commission shall issue a license for a
  1 46 period of not more than three years to an applicant to
  1 47 own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to
  1 48 operate an excursion gambling boat.  The commission
  1 49 shall decide which of the gambling games authorized
  1 50 under this chapter it will permit.  The commission
  2  1 shall decide the number, location, and type of
  2  2 excursion gambling boats licensed under this chapter
  2  3 for operation on the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of
  2  4 this state.  However, after July 1, 2003, the
  2  5 commission shall issue a new license for an excursion
  2  6 gambling boat operation only if the excursion gambling
  2  7 boat operates on the Mississippi or Missouri river.
  2  8 The license shall set forth the name of the licensee,
  2  9 the type of license granted, the place where the
  2 10 excursion gambling boats will operate and dock, and
  2 11 the time and number of days during the excursion
  2 12 season and the off season when gambling may be
  2 13 conducted by the licensee.  The commission shall not
  2 14 allow a licensee to conduct gambling games on an
  2 15 excursion gambling boat while docked during the off
  2 16 season if the licensee does not operate gambling
  2 17 excursions for a minimum number of days during the
  2 18 excursion season.  The commission may delay the
  2 19 commencement of the excursion season at the request of
  2 20 a licensee."
  2 21    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 8 and
  2 22 inserting the following:  "An Act relating to gambling
  2 23 by imposing a moratorium on the number and types of
  2 24 gambling games and slot machines authorized in this
  2 25 state and on new licenses to conduct gambling on
  2 26 excursion gambling boats, and by limiting the location
  2 27 of new excursion gambling boat operations."" 
  2 28 
  2 29 
  2 30                               
  2 31 ANDY McKEAN 
  2 32 NANCY BOETTGER 
  2 33 STEVE KING 
  2 34 ROD HALVORSON 
  2 35 MARY NEUHAUSER 
  2 36 DENNIS H. BLACK 
  2 37 H. KAY HEDGE 
  2 38 NEAL SCHUERER 
  2 39 SF 2320.511 77
  2 40 tj/jw/28
     

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