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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
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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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