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House Journal: Page 1807: Monday, April 20, 1998

 6     "   .  Page 24, by inserting after line 3 the
 7   following:
 8     "Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  99F.5A  MORATORIUM FOR
 9   ISSUANCE OF LICENSES FOR EXCURSION GAMBLING BOATS AND
10   ON THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF GAMBLING GAMES.
11     1.  The total number of licenses issued to conduct
12   gambling games on excursion gambling boats pursuant to
13   this chapter shall not exceed ten until July 1, 2003.
14     2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, the following
15   actions may be taken during the moratorium from July
16   1, 1998, until July 1, 2003, with the approval of the
17   commission:
18     a.  A licensed excursion gambling boat may move to
19   a new location within the same county.
20     b.  A licensed excursion gambling boat or a pari-
21   mutuel racetrack and its facilities may be sold and a
22   new license may be issued for operation in the same
23   county.
24     c.  If a license to conduct gambling games on an
25   excursion gambling boat is surrendered, not renewed,
26   or revoked, a new license may be issued for operation
27   in the same county.
28     3.  During the moratorium from July 1, 1998, until
29   July 1, 2003, the commission shall not authorize any
30   of the following:
31     a.  An increase in the number of gambling games or
32   the number of slot machines on an excursion gambling
33   boat.
34     b.  A number of slot machines at a pari-mutuel
35   racetrack which is greater than the number authorized
36   on or before July 1, 1998.
37     c.  A licensee to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a
38   licensed premises in more than one county.
39     Sec. ___.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 1997,
40   is amended to read as follows:
41     1.  If the commission is satisfied that this
42   chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter
43   applicable to licensees have been or will be complied
44   with, the commission shall issue a license for a
45   period of not more than three years to an applicant to
46   own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to
47   operate an excursion gambling boat.  The commission
48   shall decide which of the gambling games authorized
49   under this chapter it will permit.  The commission
50   shall decide the number, location, and type of

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 1   excursion gambling boats licensed under this chapter
 2   for operation on the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of
 3   this state.  However, after July 1, 2003, the
 4   commission shall issue a new license for an excursion
 5   gambling boat operation only if the excursion gambling

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