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House Amendment 8136

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  1  1    Amend the amendment, H-8099, to House File 2302, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  By striking page 1, line 1, through page 2,
  1  4 line 16, and inserting the following:
  1  5    "Amend House File 2302 as follows:
  1  6    #   .  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  7 clause and inserting the following:
  1  8    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  15E.311  COUNTY
  1  9 ENDOWMENT FUND.
  1 10    1.  The purpose of this section is to enhance the
  1 11 quality of life for citizens of Iowa by providing
  1 12 moneys to new or existing citizen groups of this state
  1 13 organized to establish county affiliate funds or
  1 14 community foundations that will address countywide
  1 15 needs.
  1 16    2.  A county endowment fund is created in the state
  1 17 treasury under the control of the department of
  1 18 revenue.  The fund consists of all moneys appropriated
  1 19 to the fund.  Moneys in the fund shall be distributed
  1 20 by the department as provided in this section.
  1 21    3.  a.  At the end of each fiscal year, moneys in
  1 22 the fund shall be transferred into separate accounts
  1 23 within the fund and designated for use by each county
  1 24 in which no licensee authorized to conduct gambling
  1 25 games under chapter 99F was located during that fiscal
  1 26 year.  Moneys transferred to county accounts shall be
  1 27 divided equally among the counties.  Moneys
  1 28 transferred into an account for a county shall be
  1 29 transferred by the department to an eligible county
  1 30 recipient for that county.  Of the moneys transferred,
  1 31 an eligible county recipient shall distribute eighty
  1 32 percent of the moneys as grants to charitable
  1 33 organizations for educational, civic, public,
  1 34 charitable, patriotic, or religious uses, as defined
  1 35 in section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph "b", in that
  1 36 county and shall retain twenty percent of the moneys
  1 37 for use in establishing a permanent endowment fund for
  1 38 the benefit of charitable organizations for
  1 39 educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or
  1 40 religious uses, as defined in section 99B.7,
  1 41 subsection 3, paragraph "b".
  1 42    b.  If a county does not have an eligible county
  1 43 recipient, moneys in the account for that county shall
  1 44 remain in that account until an eligible county
  1 45 recipient for that county is established.
  1 46    c.  For purposes of this subsection, an "eligible
  1 47 county recipient" means a qualified community
  1 48 foundation or community affiliate organization, as
  1 49 defined in section 15E.303, that is selected, in
  1 50 accordance with the procedures described in section
  2  1 15E.304, to receive moneys from an account created in
  2  2 this section for a particular county.  To be selected
  2  3 as an eligible county recipient, a community affiliate
  2  4 organization shall establish a county affiliate fund
  2  5 to receive moneys as provided by this section.
  2  6    4.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
  2  7 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the county
  2  8 endowment fund shall be credited to the county
  2  9 endowment fund.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
  2 10 credited to the county endowment fund shall not revert
  2 11 at the close of a fiscal year.
  2 12    Sec. 2.  Section 99D.2, subsection 8, Code 2003, is
  2 13 amended to read as follows:
  2 14    8.  "Racetrack enclosure" means all real property
  2 15 utilized for the conduct of a race meeting, including
  2 16 the racetrack, grandstand, clubhouse, turf club or
  2 17 other areas of a licensed racetrack which a person may
  2 18 enter only upon payment of an admission fee, or upon
  2 19 payment by another, at any time, based upon the
  2 20 person's admittance, or upon presentation of
  2 21 authorized credentials.  "Racetrack enclosure" also
  2 22 means concession stands, offices, barns, kennels and
  2 23 barn areas, employee housing facilities, parking lots,
  2 24 and any additional areas designated by the commission.
  2 25    Sec. 3.  Section 99D.2, Code 2003, is amended by
  2 26 adding the following new subsection:
  2 27    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  "Wagering area" means that
  2 28 portion of a racetrack in which a licensee may receive
  2 29 wagers of money from a person present in a licensed
  2 30 racing enclosure on a horse or dog in a race selected
  2 31 by the person making the wager as designated by the
  2 32 commission.
  2 33    Sec. 4.  Section 99D.5, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
  2 34 amended to read as follows:
  2 35    4.  Commission members are each entitled to receive
  2 36 an annual salary of six thousand dollars.  Members
  2 37 shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred
  2 38 in the performance of their duties to a maximum of
  2 39 thirty thousand dollars per year for the commission.
  2 40 Each member shall post a bond in the amount of ten
  2 41 thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the
  2 42 governor, to guarantee the proper handling and
  2 43 accounting of moneys and other properties required in
  2 44 the administration of this chapter.  The premiums on
  2 45 the bonds shall be paid as other expenses of the
  2 46 commission be covered by the blanket surety bond of
  2 47 the state purchased pursuant to section 8A.321,
  2 48 subsection 12.
  2 49    Sec. 5.  Section 99D.6, Code 2003, is amended to
  2 50 read as follows:
  3  1    99D.6  CHAIRPERSON – ADMINISTRATOR – EMPLOYEES –
  3  2 DUTIES – BOND.
  3  3    The commission shall elect in July of each year one
  3  4 of its members as chairperson for the succeeding year.
  3  5 The commission shall appoint an administrator of the
  3  6 commission subject to confirmation by the senate.  The
  3  7 administrator shall serve a four-year term.  The term
  3  8 shall begin and end in the same manner as set forth in
  3  9 section 69.19.  A vacancy shall be filled for the
  3 10 unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as a
  3 11 full-term appointment is made.  The administrator may
  3 12 hire other assistants and employees as necessary to
  3 13 carry out the commission's duties.  Employees in the
  3 14 positions of equine veterinarian, canine veterinarian,
  3 15 and equine steward shall be exempt from the merit
  3 16 system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and
  3 17 shall not be covered by a collective bargaining
  3 18 agreement.  Some or all of the information required of
  3 19 applicants in section 99D.8A, subsections 1 and 2, may
  3 20 also be required of employees of the commission if the
  3 21 commission deems it necessary.  The administrator
  3 22 shall keep a record of the proceedings of the
  3 23 commission, and preserve the books, records, and
  3 24 documents entrusted to the administrator's care.  The
  3 25 commission shall require the administrator to post a
  3 26 bond in a sum it may fix, conditioned upon the
  3 27 faithful performance of the administrator's duties
  3 28 shall be covered by the blanket surety bond of the
  3 29 state purchased pursuant to section 8A.321, subsection
  3 30 12.  Subject to the approval of the governor, the
  3 31 commission shall fix the compensation of the
  3 32 administrator within the salary range as set by the
  3 33 general assembly.  The commission shall have its
  3 34 headquarters in the city of Des Moines, and shall meet
  3 35 in July of each year and at other times and places as
  3 36 it finds necessary for the discharge of its duties.
  3 37    Sec. 6.  Section 99D.7, subsection 8, Code 2003, is
  3 38 amended to read as follows:
  3 39    8.  To investigate alleged violations of this
  3 40 chapter or the commission rules, orders, or final
  3 41 decisions and to take appropriate disciplinary action
  3 42 against a licensee or a holder of an occupational
  3 43 license for the violation, or institute appropriate
  3 44 legal action for enforcement, or both.  Information
  3 45 gathered during an investigation is confidential
  3 46 during the pendency of the investigation.  Decisions
  3 47 by the commission are final agency actions pursuant to
  3 48 chapter 17A.
  3 49    Sec. 7.  Section 99D.7, subsection 19, Code 2003,
  3 50 is amended to read as follows:
  4  1    19.  To require licensees to indicate in their
  4  2 racing programs those horses which are treated with
  4  3 the legal medication lasix furosemide or
  4  4 phenylbutazone.  The program shall also indicate if it
  4  5 is the first or subsequent time that a horse is racing
  4  6 with lasix furosemide, or if the horse has previously
  4  7 raced with lasix furosemide and the present race is
  4  8 the first race for the horse without lasix furosemide
  4  9 following its use.
  4 10    Sec. 8.  Section 99D.7, Code 2003, is amended by
  4 11 adding the following new subsection:
  4 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  To require licensees to
  4 13 establish a process to allow a person to be
  4 14 voluntarily excluded for life from a racetrack
  4 15 enclosure and all other licensed facilities under this
  4 16 chapter and chapter 99F.  The process established
  4 17 shall require that a licensee disseminate information
  4 18 regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all
  4 19 licensees under this chapter and chapter 99F.  The
  4 20 state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter
  4 21 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim
  4 22 which may arise from this process.  In addition to any
  4 23 other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of
  4 24 value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a
  4 25 voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result
  4 26 of wagers made by the person after the person has been
  4 27 voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person
  4 28 but shall be deposited into the gambling treatment
  4 29 fund created in section 135.150.
  4 30    Sec. 9.  Section 99D.9, subsections 1 and 2, Code
  4 31 2003, are amended to read as follows:
  4 32    1.  If the commission is satisfied that its rules
  4 33 and sections 99D.8 through 99D.25 applicable to
  4 34 licensees have been or will be complied with, it may
  4 35 issue a license for a period of not more than three
  4 36 years.  The commission may decide which types of
  4 37 racing it will permit.  The commission may permit dog
  4 38 racing, horse racing of various types, or both dog and
  4 39 horse racing.  The commission shall decide the number,
  4 40 location, and type of all racetracks licensed under
  4 41 this chapter.  The license shall set forth the name of
  4 42 the licensee, the type of license granted, the place
  4 43 where the race meeting is to be held, and the time and
  4 44 number of days during which racing may be conducted by
  4 45 the licensee.  The commission shall not approve the
  4 46 licenses for racetracks in Dubuque county and Black
  4 47 Hawk county if the proposed racing schedules of the
  4 48 two tracks conflict.  The commission shall not approve
  4 49 a license application if any part of the racetrack is
  4 50 to be constructed on prime farmland outside the city
  5  1 limits of an incorporated city.  As used in this
  5  2 subsection, "prime farmland" means as defined by the
  5  3 United States department of agriculture in 7 C.F.R.
  5  4 sec. } 657.5(a).  A license is not transferable or
  5  5 assignable.  The commission may revoke any license
  5  6 issued for good cause upon reasonable notice and
  5  7 hearing.  The commission shall conduct a neighborhood
  5  8 impact study to determine the impact of granting a
  5  9 license on the quality of life in neighborhoods
  5 10 adjacent to the proposed racetrack facility.  The
  5 11 applicant for the license shall reimburse the
  5 12 commission for the costs incurred in making the study.
  5 13 A copy of the study shall be retained on file with the
  5 14 commission and shall be a public record.  The study
  5 15 shall be completed before the commission may issue a
  5 16 license for the proposed facility.
  5 17    2.  A license shall only be granted to a nonprofit
  5 18 corporation or association upon the express condition
  5 19 that:
  5 20    a.  The the nonprofit corporation or association
  5 21 shall not, by a lease, contract, understanding, or
  5 22 arrangement of any kind, grant, assign, or turn over
  5 23 to a person the operation of a race meeting licensed
  5 24 under this section or of the pari-mutuel system of
  5 25 wagering described in section 99D.11.  This section
  5 26 does not prohibit a management contract approved by
  5 27 the commission.
  5 28    b.  The nonprofit corporation shall not in any
  5 29 manner permit a person other than the licensee to have
  5 30 a share, percentage, or proportion of the money
  5 31 received for admissions to the race or race meeting.
  5 32    Sec. 10.  Section 99D.9, subsection 6, Code 2003,
  5 33 is amended to read as follows:
  5 34    6.  (1)  A licensee may shall not loan to any
  5 35 person money or any other thing of value for the
  5 36 purpose of permitting that person to wager on any
  5 37 race.
  5 38    (2)  A licensee shall not permit a financial
  5 39 institution, vendor, or other person to dispense cash
  5 40 or credit through an electronic or mechanical device
  5 41 including but not limited to a satellite terminal as
  5 42 defined in section 527.2, that is located in the
  5 43 wagering area.
  5 44    (3)  A licensee shall ensure that a person may
  5 45 voluntarily bar the person's access to receive cash or
  5 46 credit from a financial institution, vendor, or other
  5 47 person through an electronic or mechanical device
  5 48 including but not limited to a satellite terminal as
  5 49 defined in section 527.2, that is located on the
  5 50 licensed premises.
  6  1    Sec. 11.  Section 99D.9, Code 2003, is amended by
  6  2 adding the following new subsection:
  6  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  A license shall not be
  6  4 granted to a nonprofit corporation unless the
  6  5 nonprofit corporation adopts bylaws, which shall be
  6  6 filed with the commission, establishing conflicts-of-
  6  7 interest provisions governing the nonprofit
  6  8 corporation substantially similar to section 68B.2A.
  6  9 A license shall also not be granted to a nonprofit
  6 10 corporation if substantial evidence exists that the
  6 11 officers and members of the board of directors of the
  6 12 nonprofit corporation have not complied with the
  6 13 conflicts-of-interest provisions adopted by the
  6 14 nonprofit corporation.
  6 15    Sec. 12.  Section 99D.9, Code 2003, is amended by
  6 16 adding the following new subsection:
  6 17    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  The commission shall require
  6 18 that a licensee utilize Iowa resources, goods, and
  6 19 services in the operation of a racetrack enclosure.
  6 20 The commission shall develop standards to assure that
  6 21 a substantial amount of all resources and goods used
  6 22 in the operation of a racetrack enclosure emanate from
  6 23 and are made in Iowa and that a substantial amount of
  6 24 all services and entertainment are provided by Iowans.
  6 25    Sec. 13.  Section 99D.11, subsection 7, Code 2003,
  6 26 is amended to read as follows:
  6 27    7.  A person under the age of twenty-one years
  6 28 shall not make or attempt to make a pari-mutuel wager.
  6 29 A person who violates this subsection commits a
  6 30 scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection
  6 31 4.
  6 32    Sec. 14.  Section 99D.14, subsection 2, Code 2003,
  6 33 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
  6 34 lieu thereof the following:
  6 35    2.  A licensee shall pay a regulatory fee to be
  6 36 charged as provided in this section.  In determining
  6 37 the regulatory fee to be charged as provided under
  6 38 this section, the commission shall use the amount
  6 39 appropriated to the commission plus the cost of
  6 40 salaries for no more than two special agents for each
  6 41 racetrack that has not been issued a table games
  6 42 license under chapter 99F or no more than three
  6 43 special agents for each racetrack that has been issued
  6 44 a table games license under chapter 99F, plus any
  6 45 direct and indirect support costs for the agents, for
  6 46 the division of criminal investigation's racetrack
  6 47 activities, as the basis for determining the amount of
  6 48 revenue to be raised from the regulatory fee.
  6 49    Sec. 15.  Section 99D.14, subsection 7, Code 2003,
  6 50 is amended by striking the subsection.
  7  1    Sec. 16.  Section 99D.15, subsection 3, paragraph
  7  2 d, Code 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  7  3    Sec. 17.  Section 99D.15, Code 2003, is amended by
  7  4 adding the following new subsection:
  7  5    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  An amount equal to one-half of
  7  6 one percent of the gross sum wagered by the pari-
  7  7 mutuel method shall be deposited into the gambling
  7  8 treatment fund created in section 135.150 from the tax
  7  9 revenue received by the commission pursuant to
  7 10 subsections 1, 3, and 4.
  7 11    Sec. 18.  Section 99D.19, Code 2003, is amended to
  7 12 read as follows:
  7 13    99D.19  HORSE OR DOG RACING – LICENSEES – RECORDS
  7 14 – REPORTS – SUPERVISION.
  7 15    1.  A licensee shall keep its books and records so
  7 16 as to clearly show the following:
  7 17    1.  a.  The total number of admissions to races
  7 18 conducted by it on each racing day, including the
  7 19 number of admissions upon free passes or complimentary
  7 20 tickets for each day of operation.
  7 21    2.  b.  The amount received daily from admission
  7 22 fees.
  7 23    3.  The total amount of money wagered during the
  7 24 race meet for each day of operation.
  7 25    2.  The licensee shall furnish to the commission
  7 26 reports and information as the commission may require
  7 27 with respect to its activities.  The commission may
  7 28 designate a representative to attend a licensed race
  7 29 meeting, who shall have full access to all places
  7 30 within the enclosure of the meeting and who shall
  7 31 supervise and check the admissions.  The compensation
  7 32 of the representative shall be fixed by the commission
  7 33 but shall be paid by the licensee.
  7 34    Sec. 19.  Section 99D.23, subsection 1, Code 2003,
  7 35 is amended to read as follows:
  7 36    1.  The commission shall employ one or more
  7 37 chemists or contract with a qualified chemical
  7 38 laboratory to determine by chemical testing and
  7 39 analysis of saliva, urine, blood, or other excretions
  7 40 or body fluids whether a substance or drug has been
  7 41 introduced which may affect the outcome of a race or
  7 42 whether an action has been taken or a substance or
  7 43 drug has been introduced which may interfere with the
  7 44 testing procedure.  The commission shall adopt rules
  7 45 under chapter 17A concerning procedures and actions
  7 46 taken on positive drug reports.  The commission may
  7 47 adopt by reference the standards of the national
  7 48 association of state racing commissioners, the
  7 49 association of official racing chemists, and New York
  7 50 jockey club, or the United States trotting
  8  1 association, nationally recognized standards as
  8  2 determined by the commission or may adopt any other
  8  3 procedure or standard.  The commission has the
  8  4 authority to retain and preserve by freezing, test
  8  5 samples for future analysis.
  8  6    Sec. 20.  Section 99D.25, subsection 1, paragraph
  8  7 a, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  8  8    a.  "Drugging" means administering to a horse or
  8  9 dog any substance foreign to the natural horse or dog
  8 10 prior to the start of a race.  However, in counties
  8 11 with a population of two hundred fifty thousand or
  8 12 more, "drugging" does not include administering to a
  8 13 horse the drugs lasix furosemide and phenylbutazone in
  8 14 accordance with section 99D.25A and rules adopted by
  8 15 the commission.
  8 16    Sec. 21.  Section 99D.25, subsection 5, Code 2003,
  8 17 is amended to read as follows:
  8 18    5.  Every horse which suffers a breakdown on the
  8 19 racetrack, in training, or in competition, and is
  8 20 destroyed, and every other horse which expires while
  8 21 stabled on the racetrack under the jurisdiction of the
  8 22 commission, shall undergo a postmortem examination by
  8 23 a veterinarian or a veterinary pathologist at a time
  8 24 and place acceptable to the commission veterinarian to
  8 25 determine the injury or sickness which resulted in
  8 26 euthanasia or natural death.  The postmortem
  8 27 examination shall be conducted by a veterinarian
  8 28 employed by the owner or the owner's trainer in the
  8 29 presence of and in consultation with the commission
  8 30 veterinarian.  Test samples shall be obtained from the
  8 31 carcass upon which the postmortem examination is
  8 32 conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved
  8 33 by the commission for testing for foreign substances
  8 34 and natural substances at abnormal levels.  When
  8 35 practical, blood and urine test samples should be
  8 36 procured prior to euthanasia.  The owner of the
  8 37 deceased horse is responsible for payment of any
  8 38 charges due the veterinarian employed to conduct the
  8 39 postmortem examination.  The services of the
  8 40 commission veterinarian and the laboratory testing of
  8 41 postmortem samples shall be made available by the
  8 42 commission without charge to the owner.  A record of
  8 43 every postmortem shall be filed with the commission by
  8 44 the owner's veterinarian or veterinary pathologist who
  8 45 performed the postmortem within seventy-two hours of
  8 46 the death and shall be submitted on a form supplied by
  8 47 the commission.  Each owner and trainer accepts the
  8 48 responsibility for the postmortem examination provided
  8 49 herein as a requisite for maintaining the occupational
  8 50 license issued by the commission.
  9  1    Sec. 22.  Section 99D.25, subsection 9, Code 2003,
  9  2 is amended to read as follows:
  9  3    9.  The commission shall conduct random tests of
  9  4 bodily substances of horses entered to race each day
  9  5 of a race meeting to aid in the detection of any
  9  6 unlawful drugging.  The tests shall may be conducted
  9  7 both prior to and after a race.  The commission shall
  9  8 also test any horse that breaks down during a race and
  9  9 shall perform an autopsy on any horse that is killed
  9 10 or subsequently destroyed as a result of an accident
  9 11 during a race.
  9 12    Sec. 23.  Section 99D.25A, subsections 3 through 7,
  9 13 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
  9 14    3.  If a horse is to race with phenylbutazone in
  9 15 its system, the trainer, or trainer's designee, shall
  9 16 be responsible for marking the information on the
  9 17 entry blank for each race in which the horse shall use
  9 18 phenylbutazone.  Changes made after the time of entry
  9 19 must be submitted on the prescribed form to the
  9 20 commission veterinarian no later than scratch time.
  9 21    4.  If a test detects concentrations of
  9 22 phenylbutazone in the system of a horse in excess of
  9 23 the level permitted in this section, the commission
  9 24 shall assess a civil penalty against the trainer of at
  9 25 least two hundred dollars for the first offense and at
  9 26 least five hundred dollars for a second offense.  The
  9 27 penalty for a third or subsequent offense shall be in
  9 28 the discretion of the commission.  A penalty assessed
  9 29 under this subsection shall not affect the placing of
  9 30 the horse in the race.
  9 31    5.  Lasix Furosemide may be administered to
  9 32 certified bleeders.  Upon request, any horse placed on
  9 33 the bleeder list shall, in its next race, be permitted
  9 34 the use of lasix furosemide.  Once a horse has raced
  9 35 with lasix furosemide, it must continue to race with
  9 36 lasix furosemide in all subsequent races unless a
  9 37 request is made to discontinue the use.  If the use of
  9 38 lasix furosemide is discontinued, the horse shall be
  9 39 prohibited from again racing with lasix furosemide
  9 40 unless it is later observed to be bleeding.  Requests
  9 41 for the use of or discontinuance of lasix furosemide
  9 42 must be made to the commission veterinarian by the
  9 43 horse's trainer or assistant trainer on a form
  9 44 prescribed by the commission on or before the day of
  9 45 entry into the race for which the request is made.
  9 46    6.  Once a horse has been permitted the use of
  9 47 lasix furosemide, the horse must be treated with lasix
  9 48 furosemide in the horse's stall, unless the commission
  9 49 provides that a horse must be brought to the detention
  9 50 barn for treatment.  After the lasix furosemide
 10  1 treatment, the commission, by rule, may authorize the
 10  2 release of the horse from the horse's stall or
 10  3 detention barn before the scheduled post time.  If a
 10  4 horse is brought to the detention barn late, the
 10  5 commission shall assess a civil penalty of one hundred
 10  6 dollars against the trainer.
 10  7    7.  A horse entered to race with lasix furosemide
 10  8 must be treated at least four hours prior to post
 10  9 time.  The lasix furosemide shall be administered
 10 10 intravenously by a veterinarian employed by the owner
 10 11 or trainer of the horse.  The commission shall adopt
 10 12 rules to ensure that lasix furosemide is administered
 10 13 as provided in this section.  The commission shall
 10 14 require that the practicing veterinarian deliver an
 10 15 affidavit signed by the veterinarian which certifies
 10 16 information regarding the treatment of the horse.  The
 10 17 affidavit must be delivered to a commission
 10 18 veterinarian within twenty minutes following the
 10 19 treatment.  The statement must at least include the
 10 20 name of the practicing veterinarian, the tattoo number
 10 21 of the horse, the location of the barn and stall where
 10 22 the treatment occurred, the race number of the horse,
 10 23 the name of the trainer, and the time that the lasix
 10 24 furosemide was administered.  Lasix Furosemide shall
 10 25 only be administered in a dose level of two hundred
 10 26 fifty milligrams.
 10 27    Sec. 24.  Section 99F.1, Code Supplement 2003, is
 10 28 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 10 29    NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  "Excursion boat" means a
 10 30 self-propelled, floating vessel that is or has been
 10 31 previously certified by the United States coast guard
 10 32 for operation as a vessel.
 10 33    Sec. 25.  Section 99F.1, subsection 8, Code
 10 34 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 10 35    8.  "Excursion gambling boat" means a self-
 10 36 propelled an excursion boat or moored barge on which
 10 37 lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided
 10 38 in this chapter.
 10 39    Sec. 26.  Section 99F.1, subsection 10, Code
 10 40 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 10 41    10.  "Gambling game" means any game of chance
 10 42 authorized by the commission.  However, for racetrack
 10 43 enclosures, "gambling game" does not include table
 10 44 games of chance or video machines which simulate table
 10 45 games of chance, unless otherwise authorized by this
 10 46 chapter.  "Gambling game" does not include sports
 10 47 betting.
 10 48    Sec. 27.  Section 99F.1, Code Supplement 2003, is
 10 49 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 10 50    NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  "Gaming floor" means that
 11  1 portion of an excursion gambling boat or racetrack
 11  2 enclosure in which gambling games are conducted as
 11  3 designated by the commission.
 11  4    Sec. 28.  Section 99F.1, subsection 12, Code
 11  5 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 11  6    12.  "Holder of occupational license" means a
 11  7 person licensed by the commission to perform an
 11  8 occupation which the commission has identified as
 11  9 requiring a license to engage in the excursion
 11 10 gambling boat gambling industry in Iowa.
 11 11    Sec. 29.  Section 99F.1, Code Supplement 2003, is
 11 12 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 11 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  14A.  "Moored barge" means a
 11 14 floating barge or vessel that is not self-propelled.
 11 15    Sec. 30.  Section 99F.1, subsection 16, Code
 11 16 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 11 17    16.  "Racetrack enclosure" means all real property
 11 18 utilized for the conduct of a race meeting, including
 11 19 the racetrack, grandstand, clubhouse, turf club, or
 11 20 other areas of a licensed racetrack which an
 11 21 individual may enter only upon payment of an admission
 11 22 fee, or upon payment by another, at any time, based
 11 23 upon the individual's admittance, or upon presentation
 11 24 of authorized credentials.  "Racetrack enclosure" also
 11 25 means concession stands, offices, barns, kennels and
 11 26 barn areas, employee housing facilities, parking lots,
 11 27 and any additional areas designated by the commission.
 11 28    Sec. 31.  Section 99F.4, subsection 2, Code 2003,
 11 29 is amended to read as follows:
 11 30    2.  To license qualified sponsoring organizations,
 11 31 to license the operators of excursion gambling boats,
 11 32 to identify occupations within the excursion gambling
 11 33 boat operations which require licensing, and to adopt
 11 34 standards for licensing the occupations including
 11 35 establishing fees for the occupational licenses and
 11 36 licenses for qualified sponsoring organizations.  The
 11 37 fees shall be paid to the commission and deposited in
 11 38 the general fund of the state.  All revenue received
 11 39 by the commission under this chapter from license fees
 11 40 and admission regulatory fees shall be deposited in
 11 41 the general fund of the state and shall be subject to
 11 42 the requirements of section 8.60.
 11 43    Sec. 32.  Section 99F.4, subsection 6, Code 2003,
 11 44 is amended to read as follows:
 11 45    6.  To investigate alleged violations of this
 11 46 chapter or the commission rules, orders, or final
 11 47 decisions and to take appropriate disciplinary action
 11 48 against a licensee or a holder of an occupational
 11 49 license for a violation, or institute appropriate
 11 50 legal action for enforcement, or both.  Information
 12  1 gathered during an investigation is confidential
 12  2 during the pendency of the investigation.
 12  3    Sec. 33.  Section 99F.4, subsection 18, Code 2003,
 12  4 is amended to read as follows:
 12  5    18.  To provide for the continuous videotaping of
 12  6 all gambling activities on an excursion gambling boat.
 12  7 The videotaping shall be performed under guidelines
 12  8 set by rule of the division of criminal investigation
 12  9 and the rules may require that all or part of the
 12 10 original tapes be submitted to the division on a
 12 11 timely schedule.
 12 12    Sec. 34.  Section 99F.4, subsection 20, Code 2003,
 12 13 is amended by striking the subsection.
 12 14    Sec. 35.  Section 99F.4, Code 2003, is amended by
 12 15 adding the following new subsections:
 12 16    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  To require licensees to
 12 17 establish a process to allow a person to be
 12 18 voluntarily excluded for life from an excursion
 12 19 gambling boat and all other licensed facilities under
 12 20 this chapter and chapter 99D.  The process established
 12 21 shall require that a licensee disseminate information
 12 22 regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all
 12 23 licensees under this chapter and chapter 99D.  The
 12 24 state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter
 12 25 99D shall not be liable to any person for any claim
 12 26 which may arise from this process.  In addition to any
 12 27 other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of
 12 28 value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a
 12 29 voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result
 12 30 of wagers made by the person after the person has been
 12 31 voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person
 12 32 but shall be deposited into the gambling treatment
 12 33 fund created in section 135.150.
 12 34    NEW SUBSECTION.  24.  To approve a licensee's
 12 35 application to operate as a moored barge, an excursion
 12 36 boat that will cruise, or an excursion boat that will
 12 37 not cruise, as submitted pursuant to section 99F.7.
 12 38    NEW SUBSECTION.  25.  To conduct a socioeconomic
 12 39 study on the impact of gambling on Iowans, every eight
 12 40 years beginning in calendar year 2008, and issue a
 12 41 report on that study.  The commission shall ensure
 12 42 that the results of each study are readily accessible
 12 43 to the public.
 12 44    Sec. 36.  Section 99F.4A, subsection 4, Code 2003,
 12 45 is amended to read as follows:
 12 46    4.  The regulatory fee imposed in section 99D.14,
 12 47 subsection 2, shall be collected for admission to from
 12 48 a licensee of a racetrack enclosure where gambling
 12 49 games are licensed to operate in lieu of the admission
 12 50 regulatory fee imposed in section 99F.10.
 13  1    Sec. 37.  Section 99F.4A, subsection 8, Code 2003,
 13  2 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
 13  3 lieu thereof the following:
 13  4    8.  The commission shall, upon application of a
 13  5 licensee of a pari-mutuel dog or horse racetrack
 13  6 licensed to conduct gambling games at a pari-mutuel
 13  7 racetrack enclosure, issue a license to the licensee
 13  8 to conduct table games of chance, including video
 13  9 machines that simulate table games of chance, at the
 13 10 pari-mutuel racetrack enclosure subject to the
 13 11 requirements of this subsection.  The licensee shall
 13 12 be granted a table games license by the commission
 13 13 without conducting a separate referendum authorizing
 13 14 table games upon a determination by the commission
 13 15 that granting the license is economically viable.
 13 16    Sec. 38.  NEW SECTION.  99F.4D  COUNTY DISTRIBUTION
 13 17 OF REVENUES.
 13 18    If a county receives a portion of revenues from
 13 19 gambling games from a licensee of a racetrack
 13 20 enclosure that conducts gambling games, the county,
 13 21 subject to any agreement in existence as of the
 13 22 effective date of this section of this Act, shall
 13 23 distribute to cities in the county an amount equal to
 13 24 ten percent of the payments to be made each fiscal
 13 25 year to the owner of the facility by the lessee of the
 13 26 facility, to be distributed to the cities based upon
 13 27 the proportion of the total actual value of all tax-
 13 28 exempt property in the county which is located within
 13 29 cities in the county.  The distribution to each city
 13 30 in the county shall be determined by the county
 13 31 assessor by multiplying the total amount to be paid by
 13 32 the owner of the facility to all cities in the county
 13 33 by the percentage of the actual value of tax-exempt
 13 34 property located in each city as a proportion of the
 13 35 total actual value of all tax-exempt property located
 13 36 in all cities in the county.
 13 37    Sec. 39.  Section 99F.5, subsection 1, Code 2003,
 13 38 is amended to read as follows:
 13 39    1.  A qualified sponsoring organization may apply
 13 40 to the commission for a license to conduct gambling
 13 41 games on an excursion gambling boat as provided in
 13 42 this chapter.  A person may apply to the commission
 13 43 for a license to operate an excursion gambling boat.
 13 44 An operating agreement entered into on or after the
 13 45 effective date of this section of this Act between a
 13 46 qualified sponsoring organization and an operator
 13 47 shall provide for a minimum distribution by the
 13 48 qualified sponsoring organization for educational,
 13 49 civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious
 13 50 uses as defined in section 99B.7, subsection 3,
 14  1 paragraph "b", that averages at least three percent of
 14  2 the adjusted gross receipts for each license year.
 14  3 The application shall be filed with the administrator
 14  4 of the commission at least ninety days before the
 14  5 first day of the next excursion season as determined
 14  6 by the commission, shall identify the excursion
 14  7 gambling boat upon which gambling games will be
 14  8 authorized, shall specify the exact location where the
 14  9 excursion gambling boat will be docked, and shall be
 14 10 in a form and contain information as the commission
 14 11 prescribes.  The minimum passenger capacity of an
 14 12 excursion gambling boat is two hundred fifty persons.
 14 13    Sec. 40.  Section 99F.6, subsection 4, paragraph a,
 14 14 Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 14 15    a.  Before a license is granted, the division of
 14 16 criminal investigation of the department of public
 14 17 safety shall conduct a thorough background
 14 18 investigation of the applicant for a license to
 14 19 operate a gambling game operation on an excursion
 14 20 gambling boat.  The applicant shall provide
 14 21 information on a form as required by the division of
 14 22 criminal investigation.  A qualified sponsoring
 14 23 organization licensed to operate gambling games under
 14 24 this chapter shall distribute the receipts of all
 14 25 gambling games, less reasonable expenses, charges,
 14 26 taxes, fees, and deductions allowed under this
 14 27 chapter, as winnings to players or participants or
 14 28 shall distribute the receipts for educational, civic,
 14 29 public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses as
 14 30 defined in section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph "b".
 14 31 However, a licensee to conduct gambling games under
 14 32 this chapter shall, unless an operating agreement for
 14 33 an excursion gambling boat otherwise provides,
 14 34 distribute at least three percent of the adjusted
 14 35 gross receipts for each license year for educational,
 14 36 civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious
 14 37 uses as defined in section 99B.7, subsection 3,
 14 38 paragraph "b".  However, if a licensee who is also
 14 39 licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a horse
 14 40 racetrack has unpaid debt from the pari-mutuel
 14 41 racetrack operations, the first receipts of the
 14 42 gambling games operated within the racetrack enclosure
 14 43 less reasonable operating expenses, taxes, and fees
 14 44 allowed under this chapter shall be first used to pay
 14 45 the annual indebtedness.  The commission shall
 14 46 authorize, subject to the debt payments for horse
 14 47 racetracks and the provisions of paragraph "b" for dog
 14 48 racetracks, a licensee who is also licensed to conduct
 14 49 pari-mutuel dog or horse racing to use receipts from
 14 50 gambling games within the racetrack enclosure to
 15  1 supplement purses for races particularly for Iowa-bred
 15  2 horses pursuant to an agreement which shall be
 15  3 negotiated between the licensee and representatives of
 15  4 the dog or horse owners.  For each agreement
 15  5 concerning purses for horse racing beginning on or
 15  6 after January 1, 2006, and ending before January 1,
 15  7 2013, the agreement shall provide that total annual
 15  8 purses for horse racing at every racetrack enclosure
 15  9 within Polk county shall be no less than eleven
 15 10 percent of the first one hundred ninety-five million
 15 11 dollars of net receipts, and six percent of net
 15 12 receipts above one hundred ninety-five million
 15 13 dollars.  In addition, each agreement concerning
 15 14 purses for horse racing covering any time period
 15 15 within the time period beginning January 1, 2006, and
 15 16 ending December 31, 2020, shall provide that no less
 15 17 than twenty percent of total annual purses for horse
 15 18 racing shall be used to supplement purses for Iowa-
 15 19 foaled and registered horses and that the total annual
 15 20 purses for each horse breed that races shall be the
 15 21 greater of the total annual purse for that breed for
 15 22 calendar year 2005 or sixteen percent of the total
 15 23 annual purses for horse racing.  A qualified
 15 24 sponsoring organization shall not make a contribution
 15 25 to a candidate, political committee, candidate's
 15 26 committee, state statutory political committee, county
 15 27 statutory political committee, national political
 15 28 party, or fund-raising event as these terms are
 15 29 defined in section 68A.102.  The membership of the
 15 30 board of directors of a qualified sponsoring
 15 31 organization shall represent a broad interest of the
 15 32 communities.  For purposes of this paragraph, "net
 15 33 receipts" means the annual adjusted gross receipts
 15 34 from all gambling games less the annual amount of
 15 35 money pledged by the owner of the facility to fund a
 15 36 project approved to receive vision Iowa funds as of
 15 37 July 1, 2004, and less an amount equal to ten percent
 15 38 of the payments to be made each fiscal year to the
 15 39 owner of the facility by the lessee of the facility,
 15 40 and less ten million dollars.
 15 41    Sec. 41.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 2003,
 15 42 is amended to read as follows:
 15 43    1.  If the commission is satisfied that this
 15 44 chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter
 15 45 applicable to licensees have been or will be complied
 15 46 with, the commission shall issue a license for a
 15 47 period of not more than three years to an applicant to
 15 48 own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to
 15 49 operate an excursion gambling boat.  However, the
 15 50 commission shall not issue more than five additional
 16  1 licenses to conduct gambling games under this chapter
 16  2 in addition to the number of licenses issued as of
 16  3 January 1, 2004, and such licenses shall only be
 16  4 issued for a facility to be located in a county in
 16  5 which no other licenses under this chapter have been
 16  6 granted and to be located more than fifty miles from a
 16  7 facility to which a license to conduct gambling games
 16  8 has been granted under this chapter.  The commission
 16  9 shall decide which of the gambling games authorized
 16 10 under this chapter it the commission will permit.  The
 16 11 commission shall decide the number, location, and type
 16 12 of excursion gambling boats licensed under this
 16 13 chapter for operation on the rivers, lakes, and
 16 14 reservoirs of this state.  An excursion gambling boat
 16 15 may be located or operated on a natural or man-made
 16 16 lake or reservoir if the lake or reservoir is of
 16 17 sufficient size to accommodate recreational activity.
 16 18 An excursion gambling boat may also be located on a
 16 19 body of water adjacent to a river, provided it is
 16 20 located no more than one thousand feet from the
 16 21 closest edge of the river, as established by the
 16 22 commission in consultation with the United States army
 16 23 corps of engineers, the department of natural
 16 24 resources, or other appropriate regulatory agency.
 16 25 The license shall set forth, as applicable, the name
 16 26 of the licensee, the type of license granted, the
 16 27 place where the excursion gambling boats will operate
 16 28 and dock, and the time and number of days during the
 16 29 excursion season and the off season when gambling may
 16 30 be conducted by the licensee.  The
 16 31    1A.  An applicant for a license to conduct gambling
 16 32 games on an excursion gambling boat, and each licensee
 16 33 by June 30 of each year thereafter, shall indicate and
 16 34 have noted on the license whether the applicant or
 16 35 licensee will operate a moored barge, an excursion
 16 36 boat that will cruise, or an excursion boat that will
 16 37 not cruise.  However, an applicant or licensee shall
 16 38 not be authorized to operate a moored barge or an
 16 39 excursion boat that will not cruise unless all other
 16 40 licensees that are located in the same county have
 16 41 agreed in writing to such authorization.  If the
 16 42 applicant or licensee will operate a moored barge or
 16 43 an excursion boat that will not cruise, the
 16 44 requirements of this chapter concerning cruising shall
 16 45 not apply.  If the applicant's or licensee's excursion
 16 46 boat will cruise, the applicant or licensee shall
 16 47 comply with the cruising requirements of this chapter
 16 48 and the commission shall not allow such a licensee to
 16 49 conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat
 16 50 while docked during the off season if the licensee
 17  1 does not operate gambling excursions for a minimum
 17  2 number of days during the excursion season.  The
 17  3 commission may delay the commencement of the excursion
 17  4 season at the request of a licensee.
 17  5    Sec. 42.  Section 99F.7, subsection 3, Code 2003,
 17  6 is amended to read as follows:
 17  7    3.  The commission shall require, as a condition of
 17  8 granting a license, that an applicant to operate an
 17  9 excursion gambling boat develop, and as nearly as
 17 10 practicable, recreate boats or moored barges that
 17 11 resemble Iowa's riverboat history.
 17 12    Sec. 43.  Section 99F.7, subsection 4, Code 2003,
 17 13 is amended to read as follows:
 17 14    4.  The commission shall require that an applicant
 17 15 utilize Iowa resources, goods and services in the
 17 16 operation of an excursion gambling boat.  The
 17 17 commission shall develop standards to assure that a
 17 18 substantial amount of all resources and goods used in
 17 19 the operation of an excursion gambling boat come
 17 20 emanate from and are made in Iowa and that a
 17 21 substantial amount of all services and entertainment
 17 22 be are provided by Iowans.
 17 23    Sec. 44.  Section 99F.7, subsection 5, paragraph b,
 17 24 Code 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
 17 25    Sec. 45.  Section 99F.7, subsection 6, Code 2003,
 17 26 is amended to read as follows:
 17 27    6.  It is the intent of the general assembly that
 17 28 employees be paid at least twenty-five percent above
 17 29 the federal minimum wage level.  However, full-time
 17 30 employees at a facility of a licensee issued a license
 17 31 on or after July 1, 2004, shall be paid wages no less
 17 32 than one hundred percent of the average regional wage
 17 33 where the facility is located, as determined by the
 17 34 department of economic development.
 17 35    Sec. 46.  Section 99F.7, subsection 9, Code 2003,
 17 36 is amended to read as follows:
 17 37    9.  a.  A licensee shall not loan to any person
 17 38 money or any other thing of value for the purpose of
 17 39 permitting that person to wager on any game of chance.
 17 40    b.  A licensee shall not permit a financial
 17 41 institution, vendor, or other person to dispense cash
 17 42 or credit through an electronic or mechanical device
 17 43 including but not limited to a satellite terminal, as
 17 44 defined in section 527.2, that is located on the
 17 45 gaming floor.
 17 46    c.  A licensee shall ensure that a person may
 17 47 voluntarily bar the person's access to receive cash or
 17 48 credit from a financial institution, vendor, or other
 17 49 person through an electronic or mechanical device
 17 50 including but not limited to a satellite terminal as
 18  1 defined in section 527.2 that is located on the
 18  2 licensed premises.
 18  3    Sec. 47.  Section 99F.7, subsection 10, paragraph
 18  4 e, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 18  5    e.  After a referendum has been held which defeated
 18  6 a proposal to conduct gambling games on excursion
 18  7 gambling boats or which defeated a proposal to conduct
 18  8 gambling games at a licensed pari-mutuel racetrack
 18  9 enclosure as provided in this section, another
 18 10 referendum on a proposal to conduct gambling games on
 18 11 an excursion gambling boat or at a licensed pari-
 18 12 mutuel racetrack shall not be held for at least two
 18 13 eight years.
 18 14    Sec. 48.  Section 99F.7, Code 2003, is amended by
 18 15 adding the following new subsection:
 18 16    NEW SUBSECTION.  14A.  A license shall not be
 18 17 granted to a qualifying sponsoring organization unless
 18 18 the qualified sponsoring organization adopts bylaws,
 18 19 which shall be filed with the commission, establishing
 18 20 conflicts-of-interest provisions governing the
 18 21 qualified sponsoring organization substantially
 18 22 similar to section 68B.2A.  A license shall also not
 18 23 be granted to a qualified sponsoring organization if
 18 24 substantial evidence exists that the officers and
 18 25 members of the board of directors of the qualified
 18 26 sponsoring organization have not complied with the
 18 27 conflicts-of-interest provisions adopted by the
 18 28 qualified sponsoring organization.
 18 29    Sec. 49.  Section 99F.9, subsection 5, Code 2003,
 18 30 is amended to read as follows:
 18 31    5.  A person under the age of twenty-one years
 18 32 shall not make or attempt to make a wager on an
 18 33 excursion gambling boat or in a racetrack enclosure
 18 34 and shall not be allowed in the area on the gaming
 18 35 floor of the an excursion gambling boat where gambling
 18 36 is being conducted or of a racetrack enclosure.
 18 37 However, a person eighteen years of age or older may
 18 38 be employed to work in a gambling area on the gaming
 18 39 floor of an excursion gambling boat or a racetrack
 18 40 enclosure.  A person who violates this subsection with
 18 41 respect to making or attempting to make a wager
 18 42 commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C,
 18 43 subsection 4.
 18 44    Sec. 50.  Section 99F.10, Code 2003, is amended to
 18 45 read as follows:
 18 46    99F.10  ADMISSION REGULATORY FEE – TAX – LOCAL
 18 47 FEES.
 18 48    1.  A qualified sponsoring organization conducting
 18 49 gambling games on an excursion gambling boat licensed
 18 50 under section 99F.7 shall pay the tax imposed by
 19  1 section 99F.11.
 19  2    2.  An excursion gambling boat licensee shall pay
 19  3 to the commission an admission a regulatory fee for
 19  4 each person embarking on an excursion gambling boat
 19  5 with a ticket of admission to be charged as provided
 19  6 in this section.  The admission fee shall be set by
 19  7 the commission.
 19  8    a.  If tickets are issued which are good for more
 19  9 than one excursion, the admission fee shall be paid
 19 10 for each person using the ticket on each excursion
 19 11 that the ticket is used.
 19 12    b.  If free passes or complimentary admission
 19 13 tickets are issued, the licensee shall pay the same
 19 14 fee upon these passes or complimentary tickets as if
 19 15 they were sold at the regular and usual admission
 19 16 rate.
 19 17    c.  However, the excursion boat licensee may issue
 19 18 fee-free passes to actual and necessary officials and
 19 19 employees of the licensee or other persons actually
 19 20 working on the excursion gambling boat.
 19 21    d.  The issuance of fee-free passes is subject to
 19 22 the rules of the commission, and a list of all persons
 19 23 to whom the fee-free passes are issued shall be filed
 19 24 with the commission.
 19 25    3.  In addition to the admission fee charged under
 19 26 subsection 2 and subject Subject to approval of
 19 27 excursion gambling boat docking by the voters, a city
 19 28 may adopt, by ordinance, an admission fee not
 19 29 exceeding fifty cents for each person embarking on an
 19 30 excursion gambling boat docked within the city or a
 19 31 county may adopt, by ordinance, an admission fee not
 19 32 exceeding fifty cents for each person embarking on an
 19 33 excursion gambling boat docked outside the boundaries
 19 34 of a city.  The admission revenue received by a city
 19 35 or a county shall be credited to the city general fund
 19 36 or county general fund as applicable.
 19 37    4.  In determining the license fees and state
 19 38 admission regulatory fees to be charged as provided
 19 39 under section 99F.4 and this section, the commission
 19 40 shall use the amount appropriated to the commission
 19 41 plus the cost of salaries for no more than two special
 19 42 agents and no more than four gaming enforcement
 19 43 officers for each excursion gambling boat, plus any
 19 44 direct and indirect support costs for the agents and
 19 45 officers, for the division of criminal investigation's
 19 46 excursion gambling boat activities and an amount for
 19 47 all licensees, not to exceed one hundred twenty-five
 19 48 thousand dollars, representing other associated costs
 19 49 of the division, as the basis for determining the
 19 50 amount of revenue to be raised from the license fees
 20  1 and admission regulatory fees.  The division's salary
 20  2 costs shall be limited to eighty percent of the salary
 20  3 costs for special agents and eighty percent of the
 20  4 salary costs for gaming enforcement for personnel
 20  5 assigned to excursion gambling boats who enforce laws
 20  6 and rules adopted by the commission.
 20  7    5.  No other license tax, permit tax, occupation
 20  8 tax, excursion fee, or taxes on fees shall be levied,
 20  9 assessed, or collected from a licensee by the state or
 20 10 by a political subdivision, except as provided in this
 20 11 chapter.
 20 12    6.  No other excise tax shall be levied, assessed,
 20 13 or collected from the licensee relating to gambling
 20 14 excursions or admission charges by the state or by a
 20 15 political subdivision, except as provided in this
 20 16 chapter.
 20 17    7.  In addition to any other fees required by this
 20 18 chapter, a person awarded a new license to conduct
 20 19 gambling games pursuant to section 99F.7 on or after
 20 20 January 1, 2004, shall pay an initial license fee of
 20 21 ten million dollars to the commission which license
 20 22 fee may be offset by the licensee against taxes
 20 23 imposed on the licensee by section 99F.11, to the
 20 24 extent of twenty percent of the licensee fee paid
 20 25 pursuant to this subsection for each of the five years
 20 26 following the year in which the initial license fee
 20 27 was paid.  If the commission determines, pursuant to
 20 28 rules adopted by the commission, that insufficient
 20 29 progress has been made by the licensee in constructing
 20 30 a facility, the licensee shall either pay an annual
 20 31 renewal fee of ten million dollars until sufficient
 20 32 progress has been made or forfeit the license.
 20 33 However, the license fee provided for in this
 20 34 subsection shall not apply when a licensed facility is
 20 35 sold and a new license is issued to the purchaser.
 20 36 Fees paid pursuant to this subsection are not
 20 37 refundable to the licensee.
 20 38    Sec. 51.  Section 99F.11, Code Supplement 2003, is
 20 39 amended to read as follows:
 20 40    99F.11  WAGERING TAX – RATE – ALLOCATIONS.
 20 41    1.  A tax is imposed on the adjusted gross receipts
 20 42 received annually each fiscal year from gambling games
 20 43 authorized under this chapter at the rate of five
 20 44 percent on the first one million dollars of adjusted
 20 45 gross receipts, and at the rate of ten percent on the
 20 46 next two million dollars of adjusted gross receipts. ,
 20 47 and at the rate of twenty percent
 20 48    2.  The tax rate imposed each fiscal year on any
 20 49 amount of adjusted gross receipts over three million
 20 50 dollars.  However, beginning January 1, 1997, the rate
 21  1 on any amount of adjusted gross receipts over three
 21  2 million dollars from gambling games at racetrack
 21  3 enclosures is twenty-two percent and shall increase by
 21  4 two percent each succeeding calendar year until the
 21  5 rate is thirty-six percent. shall be as follows:
 21  6    a.  On the next fifteen million dollars of adjusted
 21  7 gross receipts, twenty-one percent.
 21  8    b.  On the next fifteen million dollars of adjusted
 21  9 gross receipts, twenty-two percent.
 21 10    c.  On the next fifteen million dollars of adjusted
 21 11 gross receipts, twenty-three percent.
 21 12    d.  On the next fifteen million dollars of adjusted
 21 13 gross receipts, twenty-four percent.
 21 14    e.  On any amount of adjusted gross receipts over
 21 15 sixty-three million dollars, twenty-five percent.
 21 16    3.  The taxes imposed by this section shall be paid
 21 17 by the licensee to the treasurer of state within ten
 21 18 days after the close of the day when the wagers were
 21 19 made and shall be distributed as follows:
 21 20    1. a.  If the gambling excursion originated at a
 21 21 dock located in a city, one-half of one percent of the
 21 22 adjusted gross receipts shall be remitted to the
 21 23 treasurer of the city in which the dock is located and
 21 24 shall be deposited in the general fund of the city.
 21 25 Another one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross
 21 26 receipts shall be remitted to the treasurer of the
 21 27 county in which the dock is located and shall be
 21 28 deposited in the general fund of the county.
 21 29    2. b.  If the gambling excursion originated at a
 21 30 dock located in a part of the county outside a city,
 21 31 one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts
 21 32 shall be remitted to the treasurer of the county in
 21 33 which the dock is located and shall be deposited in
 21 34 the general fund of the county.  Another one-half of
 21 35 one percent of the adjusted gross receipts shall be
 21 36 remitted to the treasurer of the Iowa city nearest to
 21 37 where the dock is located and shall be deposited in
 21 38 the general fund of the city.
 21 39    3. c.  Three-tenths One-half of one percent of the
 21 40 adjusted gross receipts shall be deposited in the
 21 41 gambling treatment fund specified in section 99G.39,
 21 42 subsection 1, paragraph "a" created in section
 21 43 135.150.
 21 44    d.  One-half of one percent of the adjusted gross
 21 45 receipts shall be deposited in the county endowment
 21 46 fund created in section 15E.311.
 21 47    4. e.  The remaining amount of the adjusted gross
 21 48 receipts tax shall be credited to the general fund of
 21 49 the state.
 21 50    Sec. 52.  Section 99F.12, Code 2003, is amended to
 22  1 read as follows:
 22  2    99F.12  LICENSEES – RECORDS – REPORTS –
 22  3 SUPERVISION.
 22  4    1.  A licensee shall keep its books and records so
 22  5 as to clearly show all of the following:
 22  6    1. a.  The total number of admissions to gambling
 22  7 excursions conducted by the licensee on each day,
 22  8 including the number of admissions upon free passes or
 22  9 complimentary tickets for each day of operation.
 22 10    2. b.  The amount received daily from admission
 22 11 fees.
 22 12    3.  The total amount of money wagered during each
 22 13 excursion day and the adjusted gross receipts for the
 22 14 each day of operation.
 22 15    2.  The licensee shall furnish to the commission
 22 16 reports and information as the commission may require
 22 17 with respect to its activities.  The gross receipts
 22 18 and adjusted gross receipts from gambling shall be
 22 19 separately handled and accounted for from all other
 22 20 moneys received from operation of an excursion
 22 21 gambling boat.  The commission may designate a
 22 22 representative to board a licensed excursion gambling
 22 23 boat, who shall have full access to all places within
 22 24 the enclosure of the boat, who shall directly
 22 25 supervise the handling and accounting of all gross
 22 26 receipts and adjusted gross receipts from gambling,
 22 27 and who shall supervise and check the admissions.  The
 22 28 compensation of a representative shall be fixed by the
 22 29 commission but shall be paid by the licensee.
 22 30    3.  The books and records kept by a licensee as
 22 31 provided by this section are public records and the
 22 32 examination, publication, and dissemination of the
 22 33 books and records are governed by the provisions of
 22 34 chapter 22.
 22 35    Sec. 53.  Section 99F.17, subsections 5 and 6, Code
 22 36 2003, are amended to read as follows:
 22 37    5.  The manufacturer or distributor of gambling
 22 38 games or implements of gambling shall provide the
 22 39 commission with a copy of the invoice written notice
 22 40 showing the items shipped to the licensee and a copy
 22 41 of the bill of lading.
 22 42    6.  Subsection 2 does not apply in the following
 22 43 cases, if approved by the commission:
 22 44    a.  Gambling games or implements of gambling
 22 45 previously installed on an excursion gambling boat in
 22 46 a gambling location licensed in another jurisdiction.
 22 47    b.  Gambling games or implements of gambling
 22 48 previously installed on an excursion gambling boat in
 22 49 a gambling location licensed in this state.
 22 50    Sec. 54.  Section 99G.39, subsection 1, paragraph
 23  1 a, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
 23  2 follows:
 23  3    a.  An amount equal to three-tenths one-half of one
 23  4 percent of the gross lottery revenue for the year
 23  5 shall be deposited in a the gambling treatment fund in
 23  6 the office of the treasurer of state created in
 23  7 section 135.150.
 23  8    Sec. 55.  NEW SECTION.  135.150  GAMBLING TREATMENT
 23  9 FUND.
 23 10    1.  A gambling treatment fund is created in the
 23 11 state treasury under the control of the department.
 23 12 The fund consists of all moneys appropriated to the
 23 13 fund.  However, if moneys appropriated to the fund in
 23 14 a fiscal year exceed six million dollars, the amount
 23 15 exceeding six million dollars shall be transferred to
 23 16 the general fund of the state.  Moneys in the fund are
 23 17 appropriated to the department for the purposes
 23 18 described in this section.
 23 19    2.  Moneys appropriated to the department under
 23 20 this section shall be for the purpose of operating a
 23 21 gambling treatment program and shall be used for
 23 22 funding of administrative costs and to provide
 23 23 programs which may include, but are not limited to,
 23 24 outpatient and follow-up treatment for persons
 23 25 affected by problem gambling, rehabilitation and
 23 26 residential treatment programs, information and
 23 27 referral services, information on the availability of
 23 28 mental health coverage as provided by section 514C.21,
 23 29 crisis call access, education and preventive services,
 23 30 and financial management and credit counseling
 23 31 services.
 23 32    3.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
 23 33 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the
 23 34 gambling treatment fund shall be credited to the
 23 35 gambling treatment fund.  Notwithstanding section
 23 36 8.33, moneys credited to the gambling treatment fund
 23 37 shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated
 23 38 at the close of a fiscal year.
 23 39    4.  The department shall report semiannually to the
 23 40 legislative government oversight committees regarding
 23 41 the operation of the gambling treatment fund and
 23 42 program.  The report shall include, but is not limited
 23 43 to, information on revenues and expenses related to
 23 44 the fund for the previous period, fund balances for
 23 45 the period, and moneys expended and grants awarded for
 23 46 operation of the gambling treatment program.
 23 47    Sec. 56.  Section 421.17, Code Supplement 2003, is
 23 48 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 23 49    NEW SUBSECTION.  28.  To administer the county
 23 50 endowment fund created in section 15E.311.
 24  1    Sec. 57.  NEW SECTION.  514C.21  MANDATED COVERAGE
 24  2 FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.
 24  3    1.  For purposes of this section, unless the
 24  4 context otherwise requires:
 24  5    a.  "Mental health condition" means a condition or
 24  6 disorder involving mental illness, gambling addiction,
 24  7 or alcohol or substance abuse, including those that
 24  8 fall under any of the diagnostic categories listed in
 24  9 the mental disorders section of the international
 24 10 classification of disease, as periodically revised.
 24 11    b.  "Rates, terms, and conditions" means any
 24 12 lifetime payment limits, deductibles, copayments,
 24 13 coinsurance, and any other cost-sharing requirements,
 24 14 out-of-pocket limits, visit limitations, and any other
 24 15 financial component of benefits coverage that affects
 24 16 the covered individual.
 24 17    2.  a.  Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or
 24 18 contract providing for third-party payment or
 24 19 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide
 24 20 coverage benefits for mental health conditions based
 24 21 on rates, terms, and conditions which are no more
 24 22 restrictive than the rates, terms, and conditions for
 24 23 coverage benefits provided for other health or medical
 24 24 conditions under the policy or contract.
 24 25 Additionally, any rates, terms, and conditions
 24 26 involving deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and
 24 27 any other cost-sharing requirements shall be
 24 28 cumulative for coverage of both mental health
 24 29 conditions and other health or medical conditions
 24 30 under the policy or contract.
 24 31    b.  Coverage required under this subsection shall
 24 32 be as follows:
 24 33    (1)  For the treatment of mental illness, coverage
 24 34 shall be for services provided by a licensed mental
 24 35 health professional, or services provided in a
 24 36 licensed hospital or health facility.
 24 37    (2)  For the treatment of alcohol or substance
 24 38 abuse, coverage shall be for services provided by a
 24 39 substance abuse counselor, as approved by the
 24 40 department of human services, a licensed health
 24 41 facility providing a program for the treatment of
 24 42 alcohol or substance abuse approved by the department
 24 43 of human services, or a substance abuse treatment and
 24 44 rehabilitation facility, as licensed by the department
 24 45 of public health pursuant to chapter 125.
 24 46    3.  This section applies to the following classes
 24 47 of third-party payment provider contracts or policies
 24 48 delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed
 24 49 in this state on or after January 1, 2005:
 24 50    a.  Individual or group accident and sickness
 25  1 insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred
 25  2 basis.
 25  3    b.  An individual or group hospital or medical
 25  4 service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514,
 25  5 or 514A.
 25  6    c.  A plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for
 25  7 public employees.
 25  8    d.  An individual or group health maintenance
 25  9 organization contract regulated under chapter 514B.
 25 10    e.  An individual or group Medicare supplemental
 25 11 policy, unless coverage pursuant to such policy is
 25 12 preempted by federal law.
 25 13    f.  Any other entity engaged in the business of
 25 14 insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is
 25 15 subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner.
 25 16    g.  An organized delivery system licensed by the
 25 17 director of public health.
 25 18    4.  The commissioner shall adopt rules to
 25 19 administer this section after consultation with the
 25 20 mental health insurance advisory committee.
 25 21    a.  The commissioner shall appoint members to a
 25 22 mental health insurance advisory committee.  Members
 25 23 shall include all sectors of society impacted by
 25 24 issues associated with coverage of mental health
 25 25 treatment by third-party payors including, but not
 25 26 limited to, representatives of the insurance industry,
 25 27 small and large employers, employee representatives
 25 28 including labor, individual consumers, health care
 25 29 providers, and other groups and individuals that may
 25 30 be identified by the insurance division of the
 25 31 department of commerce.
 25 32    b.  The committee shall meet upon the request of
 25 33 the commissioner to review rules proposed under this
 25 34 section by the commissioner, and to make suggestions
 25 35 as appropriate.
 25 36    Sec. 58.  NEW SECTION.  725.19  GAMBLING BY MINORS.
 25 37    1.  Any person under the age of twenty-one years
 25 38 shall not make or attempt to make a gambling wager,
 25 39 except as permitted under chapter 99B.  A person who
 25 40 violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation
 25 41 under section 805.8C, subsection 4.
 25 42    2.  A person who knowingly permits a person under
 25 43 the age of twenty-one years to make or attempt to make
 25 44 a gambling wager, except as permitted under chapter
 25 45 99B, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
 25 46    Sec. 59.  Section 805.8C, Code 2003, is amended by
 25 47 adding the following new subsection:
 25 48    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  GAMBLING VIOLATIONS.  For
 25 49 violations of legal age for gambling wagering under
 25 50 section 99D.11, subsection 7, section 99F.9,
 26  1 subsection 5, and section 725.19, subsection 1, the
 26  2 scheduled fine is five hundred dollars.  Failure to
 26  3 pay the fine by a person under the age of eighteen
 26  4 shall not result in the person being detained in a
 26  5 secure facility.
 26  6    Sec. 60.  Sections 99D.14A and 99F.10A, Code 2003,
 26  7 are repealed.
 26  8    Sec. 61.  SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF GAMBLING.
 26  9    1.  The legislative council shall commission a
 26 10 study by an independent entity to study the
 26 11 socioeconomic impact of gambling on Iowans.  The
 26 12 legislative council is authorized to expend up to one
 26 13 hundred thousand dollars to complete the study.  The
 26 14 legislative council shall make the report available by
 26 15 July 1, 2005.
 26 16    2.  The study shall be an empirical study and
 26 17 include, but not be limited to, the following matters:
 26 18    a.  The economic impact of gambling on communities
 26 19 and other businesses.
 26 20    b.  The impact of gambling, if any, on family
 26 21 finances and family relations in general.
 26 22    c.  Demographic information on gamblers.
 26 23    d.  An assessment of the impact, if any, of
 26 24 pathological or problem gambling on individuals,
 26 25 families, social institutions, criminal activity, and
 26 26 the economy.
 26 27    e.  Other relevant issues to fully examine the
 26 28 socioeconomic impact of gambling.
 26 29    Sec. 62.  TRANSITION PROVISIONS – EXCURSION
 26 30 GAMBLING BOAT CRUISING.  A licensee authorized to
 26 31 conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat
 26 32 pursuant to chapter 99F as of January 1, 2004, shall,
 26 33 no later than June 1, 2004, notify the racing and
 26 34 gaming commission in writing if the licensee intends
 26 35 to operate a moored barge, an excursion boat that will
 26 36 cruise, or an excursion boat that will not cruise.
 26 37 However, a licensee shall not be authorized to notify
 26 38 the commission that it intends to operate a moored
 26 39 barge or an excursion boat that will not cruise unless
 26 40 all other licensees that are located in the same
 26 41 county have agreed in writing to such authorization.
 26 42 The racing and gaming commission shall make the
 26 43 election of each licensee under this section public by
 26 44 June 7, 2004.  A licensee who initially elects to
 26 45 operate a moored barge or an excursion boat that will
 26 46 not cruise may, no later than June 30, 2004, change
 26 47 its election and elect to operate an excursion boat
 26 48 that will cruise.
 26 49    Sec. 63.  EFFECTIVE DATE – RETROACTIVE
 26 50 APPLICABILITY.
 27  1    1.  The section of this Act amending section 99D.6
 27  2 takes effect April 1, 2004.  If this Act is enacted
 27  3 after April 1, 2004, the section of this Act amending
 27  4 section 99D.6, being deemed of immediate importance,
 27  5 takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
 27  6 applicable to April 1, 2004, and is applicable on and
 27  7 after that date.
 27  8    2.  The section of this Act amending section
 27  9 99D.25, subsection 5, takes effect April 1, 2004.  If
 27 10 this Act is enacted after April 1, 2004, the section
 27 11 of this Act amending section 99D.25, subsection 5,
 27 12 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
 27 13 upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to
 27 14 April 1, 2004, and is applicable on and after that
 27 15 date.
 27 16    3.  The section of this Act enacting section
 27 17 99F.4D, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
 27 18 effect upon enactment.
 27 19    4.  The section of this Act amending section 99F.5,
 27 20 subsection 1, being deemed of immediate importance,
 27 21 takes effect upon enactment.
 27 22    5.  The section of this Act amending section 99F.7,
 27 23 subsection 10, paragraph "e", takes effect July 1,
 27 24 2004, and is only applicable to referendums held on or
 27 25 after July 1, 2004.
 27 26    6.  The section of this Act requiring a
 27 27 socioeconomic study of gambling, being deemed of
 27 28 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 27 29    7.  The section of this Act establishing transition
 27 30 provisions concerning excursion gambling boat
 27 31 cruising, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
 27 32 effect upon enactment."
 27 33    #   .  Title page, line 5, by striking the words
 27 34 "membership and".
 27 35    #   .  Title page, line 6, by inserting after the
 27 36 word "gambling" the following:  "and mental health
 27 37 treatment, gambling"." 
 27 38 
 27 39 
 27 40                               
 27 41 JOCHUM of Dubuque
 27 42 HF 2302.349 80
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