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House Amendment 8085

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2302 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 20, by inserting after line 26, the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 99F.7, subsection 10,
  1  5 paragraphs a and c, Code 2003, are amended to read as
  1  6 follows:
  1  7    a.  A license to conduct gambling games on an
  1  8 excursion gambling boat in a county shall be issued
  1  9 only if the county electorate approves the conduct of
  1 10 the gambling games as provided in this subsection.
  1 11 The board of supervisors, upon receipt of a valid
  1 12 petition meeting the requirements of section 331.306,
  1 13 shall direct the commissioner of elections to submit
  1 14 to the registered voters of the county a proposition
  1 15 to approve or disapprove the conduct of gambling games
  1 16 on an excursion gambling boat in the county.  The
  1 17 proposition shall be submitted at a general election
  1 18 or at a special election called for that purpose.  To
  1 19 be submitted at a general election, the petition must
  1 20 be received by the board of supervisors at least five
  1 21 working days before the last day for candidates for
  1 22 county offices to file nomination papers for the
  1 23 general election pursuant to section 44.4.  A bond in
  1 24 an amount fixed and with sureties approved by the
  1 25 auditor and conditioned upon the payment of all costs
  1 26 and expenses incurred in the election shall be filed
  1 27 with the petition.  In case it is necessary to incur
  1 28 any expense in excess of the amount of the bond, the
  1 29 board of supervisors shall require the filing of an
  1 30 additional bond by the petitioners, and an election
  1 31 shall not be held until the additional bond is filed
  1 32 in a sufficient amount to cover such expense.  If a
  1 33 majority of the county voters voting on the
  1 34 proposition favor the conduct of gambling games, the
  1 35 commission may issue one or more licenses as provided
  1 36 in this chapter, only after the first licensee has
  1 37 reimbursed the petitioners the actual costs of the
  1 38 election.  If a majority of the county voters voting
  1 39 on the proposition do not favor the conduct of
  1 40 gambling games, a license to conduct gambling games in
  1 41 the county shall not be issued.
  1 42    c.  If a licensee of a pari-mutuel racetrack who
  1 43 held a valid license issued under chapter 99D as of
  1 44 January 1, 1994, requests in writing a license to
  1 45 operate gambling games as provided in this chapter,
  1 46 the board of supervisors of a county in which the
  1 47 licensee of a pari-mutuel racetrack requests a license
  1 48 to operate gambling games shall submit to the county
  1 49 electorate a proposition to approve or disapprove the
  1 50 operation of gambling games at pari-mutuel racetracks
  2  1 at a special election at the earliest practicable
  2  2 time.  A bond in an amount fixed and with sureties
  2  3 approved by the auditor and conditioned upon the
  2  4 payment of all costs and expenses incurred in the
  2  5 election shall be filed with the written request.  In
  2  6 case it is necessary to incur any expense in excess of
  2  7 the amount of the bond, the board of supervisors shall
  2  8 require the filing of an additional bond by the pari-
  2  9 mutual licensee, and an election shall not be held
  2 10 until the additional bond is filed in a sufficient
  2 11 amount to cover such expense.  If the operation of
  2 12 gambling games at the pari-mutuel racetrack is not
  2 13 approved by a majority of the county electorate voting
  2 14 on the proposition at the election, the commission
  2 15 shall not issue a license to operate gambling games at
  2 16 the racetrack."
  2 17    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 18 
  2 19 
  2 20                               
  2 21 STEVENS of Dickinson
  2 22 HF 2302.510 80
  2 23 ec/pj
     

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