This file contains STRIKE and UNDERSCORE. If you cannot see either STRIKE or UNDERSCORE attributes or would like to change how these attributes are displayed, please use the following form to make the desired changes.

House Journal: Page 1929: Wednesday, April 22, 1998

Page 3

 1   shall be considered a charitable contribution.  The
 2   duty to make charitable contributions may be the
 3   subject of a contract between a governmental body and
 4   a gambling game license holder.  The moneys received
 5   by a county as charitable contributions shall be
 6   distributed only after receiving advice from citizens
 7   of the county obtained at public hearings held in the
 8   county.
 9     Sec. ___.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 1997,
10   is amended to read as follows:
11     1.  If the commission is satisfied that this
12   chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter
13   applicable to licensees have been or will be complied
14   with, the commission shall issue a license for a
15   period of not more than three years to an applicant to
16   own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to
17   operate an excursion gambling boat.  The commission
18   shall decide which of the gambling games authorized
19   under this chapter it will permit.  The commission
20   shall decide the number, location, and type of
21   excursion gambling boats licensed under this chapter
22   for operation on the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of
23   this state.  However, after July 1, 2003, the
24   commission shall issue a new license for an excursion
25   gambling boat operation only if the excursion gambling
26   boat operates on the Mississippi or Missouri river.
27   The license shall set forth the name of the licensee,
28   the type of license granted, the place where the
29   excursion gambling boats will operate and dock, and
30   the time and number of days during the excursion
31   season and the off season when gambling may be
32   conducted by the licensee.  The commission shall not
33   allow a licensee to conduct gambling games on an
34   excursion gambling boat while docked during the off
35   season if the licensee does not operate gambling
36   excursions for a minimum number of days during the
37   excursion season.  The commission may delay the
38   commencement of the excursion season at the request of
39   a licensee.
40     Sec. ___.  Section 99F.9, subsection 5, Code 1997,
41   is amended to read as follows:
42     5.  A person under the age of twenty-one years
43   shall not attempt to make or make a wager on an
44   excursion gambling boat or in a racetrack enclosure
45   and shall not be allowed in enter the area of the
46   excursion gambling boat or racetrack enclosure where
47   gambling is being conducted.  However, a person
48   eighteen years of age or older may be employed to work
49   in a gambling area on an excursion gambling boat or
a
50   racetrack enclosure.  A person who violates this

© 1998 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa

Comments about this site or page? hjourn@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.

Last update: Tue Apr 28 03:40:02 CDT 1998
URL: /DOCS/GA/77GA/Session.2/HJournal/01900/01929.html
jhf