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House Amendment 8147

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend the amendment, H-8072, to House File 2302 as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 6, lines 1 and 2, by striking the words
  1  4 "on the licensed premises" and inserting the
  1  5 following:  "in the wagering area.
  1  6    (3)  A licensee shall ensure that a person may
  1  7 voluntarily bar the person's access to receive cash or
  1  8 credit from a financial institution, vendor, or other
  1  9 person through an electronic or mechanical device
  1 10 including but not limited to a satellite terminal as
  1 11 defined in section 527.2, that is located on the
  1 12 licensed premises".
  1 13    #2.  Page 6, by striking line 23 and inserting the
  1 14 following:  "racetrack that has not been issued a
  1 15 table games license under chapter 99F or no more than
  1 16 three special agents for each racetrack that has been
  1 17 issued a table games license under chapter 99F, plus
  1 18 any direct and indirect support costs".
  1 19    #3.  Page 10, line 24, by inserting after the word
  1 20 "chance" the following:  ", unless otherwise
  1 21 authorized by this chapter"."
  1 22    #4.  Page 12, by striking line 30 and inserting the
  1 23 following:  "is amended by striking the subsection and
  1 24 inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  1 25    8.  The commission shall, upon application of a
  1 26 licensee of a pari-mutuel dog or horse racetrack
  1 27 licensed to conduct gambling games at a pari-mutuel
  1 28 racetrack enclosure, issue a license to the licensee
  1 29 to conduct table games of chance, including video
  1 30 machines that simulate table games of chance, at the
  1 31 pari-mutuel racetrack enclosure subject to the
  1 32 requirements of this subsection.  The application
  1 33 shall identify the number of table games to be
  1 34 installed by the licensee.  However, a table games
  1 35 license shall only be issued to a licensee required to
  1 36 pay a table games license fee of three million dollars
  1 37 under this subsection if the licensee, and all other
  1 38 licensees of an excursion gambling boat in that
  1 39 county, file an agreement with the commission
  1 40 authorizing the granting of a table games license
  1 41 under this subsection and permitting all licensees of
  1 42 an excursion gambling boat to operate a barge as of a
  1 43 specific date.  The licensee shall be granted a table
  1 44 games license by the commission without conducting a
  1 45 separate referendum authorizing table games upon
  1 46 payment of the applicable license fee to the
  1 47 commission which table games license fee may be offset
  1 48 by the licensee against taxes imposed on the licensee
  1 49 by section 99F.11, to the extent of twenty percent of
  1 50 the table taxes license fee paid pursuant to this
  2  1 subsection for each of the five years following the
  2  2 year in which the table games license fee was paid.  A
  2  3 licensee shall not be required to pay a fee to renew a
  2  4 table games license issued pursuant to this
  2  5 subsection.
  2  6    For purposes of this subsection, the applicable
  2  7 license fee for a licensee shall be three million
  2  8 dollars if the adjusted gross receipts from gambling
  2  9 games for the licensee in the previous fiscal year was
  2 10 less than one hundred million dollars, and shall be
  2 11 ten million dollars if the adjusted gross receipts
  2 12 from gambling games for the licensee in the previous
  2 13 fiscal year was one hundred million dollars or more."
  2 14    #5.  Page 12, line 40, by inserting after the word
  2 15 "chapter." the following:  "However, this moratorium
  2 16 shall not apply to the granting of a table games
  2 17 license as provided by this chapter."
  2 18    #6.  Page 12, line 47, by inserting after the word
  2 19 "number" the following:  "of gambling games from the
  2 20 number specified in the application for a table games
  2 21 license or the number".
  2 22    #7.  Page 15, line 26, by inserting after the
  2 23 figure "1A." the following:  "a."
  2 24    #8.  Page 15, line 32, by inserting after the word
  2 25 "cruise" the following:  "subject to the requirements
  2 26 of this subsection".
  2 27    #9.  Page 15, line 45, by inserting after the word
  2 28 "licensee." the following:
  2 29    "b.  However, an applicant or licensee of an
  2 30 excursion gambling boat that is located in the same
  2 31 county as a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling
  2 32 games shall not be allowed to operate a moored barge
  2 33 unless either of the following applies:
  2 34    (1)  If the licensee is located in the same county
  2 35 as a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling games
  2 36 that had less than one hundred million dollars in
  2 37 adjusted gross receipts from gambling games for the
  2 38 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the licensee of an
  2 39 excursion gambling boat is authorized to operate a
  2 40 moored barge if the licensee, the licensee of the
  2 41 racetrack enclosure, and all other licensees of an
  2 42 excursion gambling boat in that county file an
  2 43 agreement with the commission agreeing to the granting
  2 44 of a table games license under this chapter and
  2 45 permitting all licensees of an excursion gambling boat
  2 46 in the county to operate a barge as of a specific
  2 47 date.
  2 48    (2)  If the licensee is located in the same county
  2 49 as a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling games
  2 50 that had one hundred million dollars or more in
  3  1 adjusted gross receipts from gambling games for the
  3  2 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the licensee of an
  3  3 excursion gambling boat is authorized to operate a
  3  4 moored barge the earlier of January 1, 2010, or the
  3  5 date all licensees in the county file an agreement
  3  6 with the commission agreeing to the licensee of an
  3  7 excursion gambling boat to operate a moored barge."
  3  8    #10.  Page 16, line 15, by striking the words
  3  9 "licensed premises" and inserting the following:
  3 10 "gaming floor.
  3 11    c.  A licensee shall ensure that a person may
  3 12 voluntarily bar the person's access to receive cash or
  3 13 credit from a financial institution, vendor, or other
  3 14 person through an electronic or mechanical device
  3 15 including but not limited to a satellite terminal as
  3 16 defined in section 527.2 that is located on the
  3 17 licensed premises".
  3 18    #11.  Page 18, by striking lines 17 through 41 and
  3 19 inserting the following:
  3 20    "99F.11  WAGERING TAX – RATE – ALLOCATIONS.
  3 21    1.  A tax is imposed on the adjusted gross receipts
  3 22 received annually each fiscal year from gambling games
  3 23 authorized under this chapter at the rate of five
  3 24 percent on the first one million dollars of adjusted
  3 25 gross receipts, and at the rate of ten percent on the
  3 26 next two million dollars of adjusted gross receipts. ,
  3 27 and at the rate of twenty percent
  3 28    2.  The tax rate imposed each fiscal year on any
  3 29 amount of adjusted gross receipts over three million
  3 30 dollars.  However, beginning January 1, 1997, the rate
  3 31 on any amount of adjusted gross receipts over three
  3 32 million dollars from gambling games at racetrack
  3 33 enclosures is twenty-two percent and shall increase by
  3 34 two percent each succeeding calendar year until the
  3 35 rate is thirty-six percent. shall be as follows:
  3 36    a.  If the licensee is an excursion gambling boat,
  3 37 twenty-two percent.
  3 38    b.  If the licensee is a racetrack enclosure
  3 39 conducting gambling games and another licensee of an
  3 40 excursion gambling boat is located in the same county,
  3 41 then the following rate, as applicable:
  3 42    (1)  If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure has
  3 43 not been issued a table games license during the
  3 44 fiscal year or if the adjusted gross receipts from
  3 45 gambling games of the licensee in the prior fiscal
  3 46 year were less than one hundred million dollars,
  3 47 twenty-two percent.
  3 48    (2)  If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure has
  3 49 been issued a table games license during the fiscal
  3 50 year and the adjusted gross receipts from gambling
  4  1 games of the licensee in the prior fiscal year were
  4  2 one hundred million dollars or more, twenty-four
  4  3 percent.
  4  4    c.  If the licensee is a racetrack enclosure
  4  5 conducting gambling games and no licensee of an
  4  6 excursion gambling boat is located in the same county,
  4  7 twenty-four percent."
  4  8    #12.  Page 22, line 25, by inserting after the
  4  9 words "will not cruise." the following:  "However, a
  4 10 licensee that is located in the same county as a
  4 11 licensee of a racetrack enclosure that conducts
  4 12 gambling games shall not be allowed to operate a
  4 13 moored barge unless the licensee complies with the
  4 14 following requirements.  If the licensee is located in
  4 15 the same county as a racetrack enclosure conducting
  4 16 gambling games that had less than one hundred million
  4 17 dollars in adjusted gross receipts from gambling games
  4 18 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the
  4 19 licensee of an excursion gambling boat is authorized
  4 20 to operate a moored barge if the licensee, the
  4 21 licensee of the racetrack enclosure, and all other
  4 22 licensees of an excursion gambling boat in that county
  4 23 file an agreement with the commission agreeing to the
  4 24 granting of a table games license under chapter 99F
  4 25 and permitting all licensees of an excursion gambling
  4 26 boat to operate a barge as of a specific date.  If the
  4 27 licensee is located in the same county as a racetrack
  4 28 enclosure conducting gambling games that had one
  4 29 hundred million dollars or more in adjusted gross
  4 30 receipts from gambling games for the fiscal year
  4 31 beginning July 1, 2003, the licensee of an excursion
  4 32 gambling boat is authorized to operate a moored barge
  4 33 if all licensees in the county file an agreement with
  4 34 the commission agreeing to the licensee of the
  4 35 excursion gambling boat to operate a moored barge."
  4 36    #13.  Page 22, by inserting after line 32 the
  4 37 following:
  4 38    "Sec.    .  2002-2004 RACETRACK ENCLOSURES –
  4 39 GAMBLING GAMES TAX.
  4 40    1.  Notwithstanding any provision of section 99F.11
  4 41 to the contrary, a racetrack enclosure conducting
  4 42 gambling games shall pay a tax on the adjusted gross
  4 43 receipts over three million dollars received for the
  4 44 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June
  4 45 30, 2003, and for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  4 46 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, from gambling games
  4 47 authorized under chapter 99F at the following tax rate
  4 48 for each fiscal year:
  4 49    a.  If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure
  4 50 conducting gambling games received adjusted gross
  5  1 receipts from gambling games in the fiscal year
  5  2 beginning July 1, 2002, of less than one hundred
  5  3 million dollars, twenty-two percent.
  5  4    b.  If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure
  5  5 conducting gambling games received adjusted gross
  5  6 receipts from gambling games in the fiscal year
  5  7 beginning July 1, 2002, of one hundred million dollars
  5  8 or more, twenty-four percent.
  5  9    2.  Taxes imposed by this section shall be
  5 10 distributed as provided in section 99F.11."
  5 11    #14.  Page 23, by inserting after line 17 the
  5 12 following:
  5 13    "   .  The section of this Act establishing a 2002-
  5 14 2004 racetrack enclosure gambling games tax, being
  5 15 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  5 16 enactment and is retroactively applicable to July 1,
  5 17 2002, and is applicable on and after that date."
  5 18    #15.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  5 19 
  5 20 
  5 21                               
  5 22 GIPP of Winneshiek
  5 23 HF 2302.241 80
  5 24 ec/sh/8
     

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