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1 1 Amend House File 747 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Section 1. Section 99F.6, subsection 4, paragraph
1 5 a, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 6 4. a. Before a license is granted, the division
1 7 of criminal investigation of the department of public
1 8 safety shall conduct a thorough background
1 9 investigation of the applicant for a license to
1 10 operate a gambling game operation on an excursion
1 11 gambling boat. The applicant shall provide
1 12 information on a form as required by the division of
1 13 criminal investigation. A qualified sponsoring
1 14 organization licensed to operate gambling games under
1 15 this chapter shall distribute at least annually the
1 16 receipts of all gambling games, less reasonable
1 17 expenses, charges, taxes, fees, and deductions allowed
1 18 under this chapter, as winnings to players or
1 19 participants or shall distribute the receipts for
1 20 educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or
1 21 religious uses as defined in section 99B.7, subsection
1 22 3, paragraph "b". However, if a licensee who is also
1 23 licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a horse
1 24 racetrack has unpaid debt from the pari-mutuel
1 25 racetrack operations, the first receipts of the
1 26 gambling games operated within the racetrack enclosure
1 27 less reasonable operating expenses, taxes, and fees
1 28 allowed under this chapter shall be first used to pay
1 29 the annual indebtedness. The commission shall
1 30 authorize, subject to the debt payments for horse
1 31 racetracks and the provisions of paragraph "b" for dog
1 32 racetracks, a licensee who is also licensed to conduct
1 33 pari-mutuel dog or horse racing to use receipts from
1 34 gambling games within the racetrack enclosure to
1 35 supplement purses for races particularly for Iowa-bred
1 36 horses pursuant to an agreement which shall be
1 37 negotiated between the licensee and representatives of
1 38 the dog or horse owners. A qualified sponsoring
1 39 organization shall not make a contribution to a
1 40 candidate, political committee, candidate's committee,
1 41 state statutory political committee, county statutory
1 42 political committee, national political party, or
1 43 fund-raising event as these terms are defined in
1 44 section 56.2. The membership of the board of
1 45 directors of a qualified sponsoring organization shall
1 46 represent a broad interest of the communities."
1 47 #2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
1 48 word "Act" the following: "relating to gambling by
1 49 providing for the distribution of gambling receipts at
1 50 least annually for educational, civic, public,
2 1 charitable, patriotic, or religious uses and".
2 2 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 5
2 6 RAECKER of Polk
2 7 HF 747.505 79
2 8 tj/pj
Text: H01890 Text: H01892 Text: H01800 - H01899 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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