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House Journal: Page 886: Tuesday, March 24, 1998

32   commission:
33     a.  A licensed excursion gambling boat may move to
34   a new location within the same county.
35     b.  A licensed excursion gambling boat and its
36   facilities may be sold and a new license may be issued
37   for operation in the same county.
38     c.  If a license to conduct gambling games on an
39   excursion gambling boat is surrendered, not renewed,
40   or revoked, a new license may be issued for operation
41   in the same county.
42     Sec. 5.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
43   amended to read as follows:
44     1.  If the commission is satisfied that this
45   chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter
46   applicable to licensees have been or will be complied
47   with, the commission shall issue a license for a
48   period of not more than three years to an applicant to
49   own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to
50   operate an excursion gambling boat.  The commission

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 1   shall decide which of the gambling games authorized
 2   under this chapter it will permit.  The commission
 3   shall decide the number, location, and type of
 4   excursion gambling boats licensed under this chapter
 5   for operation on the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of
 6   this state.  However, after July 1, 2003, the
 7   commission shall issue a new license for an excursion
 8   gambling boat operation only if the excursion gambling
 9   boat operates on the Mississippi or Missouri river.
10   The license shall set forth the name of the licensee,
11   the type of license granted, the place where the
12   excursion gambling boats will operate and dock, and
13   the time and number of days during the excursion
14   season and the off season when gambling may be
15   conducted by the licensee.  The commission shall not
16   allow a licensee to conduct gambling games on an
17   excursion gambling boat while docked during the off
18   season if the licensee does not operate gambling
19   excursions for a minimum number of days during the
20   excursion season.  The commission may delay the
21   commencement of the excursion season at the request of
22   a licensee.
23     Sec. 6.  Section 99F.9, subsection 5, Code 1997, is
24   amended to read as follows:
25     5.  A person under the age of twenty-one years
26   shall not attempt to make or make a wager on an
27   excursion gambling boat or in a racetrack enclosure
28   and shall not be allowed in enter the area of the
29   excursion gambling boat or racetrack enclosure where
30   gambling is being conducted.  However, a person
31   eighteen years of age or older may be employed to work

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