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Senate Amendment 5312

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  1  1    Amend House File 2302, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  4 clause and inserting the following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  15E.311  COUNTY
  1  6 ENDOWMENT FUND.
  1  7    1.  The purpose of this section is to enhance the
  1  8 quality of life for citizens of Iowa by providing
  1  9 moneys to new or existing citizen groups of this state
  1 10 organized to establish county affiliate funds or
  1 11 community foundations that will address countywide
  1 12 needs.
  1 13    2.  A county endowment fund is created in the state
  1 14 treasury under the control of the department of
  1 15 revenue.  The fund consists of all moneys appropriated
  1 16 to the fund.  Moneys in the fund shall be distributed
  1 17 by the department as provided in this section.
  1 18    3.  a.  At the end of each fiscal year, moneys in
  1 19 the fund shall be transferred into separate accounts
  1 20 within the fund and designated for use by each county
  1 21 in which no licensee authorized to conduct gambling
  1 22 games under chapter 99F was located during that fiscal
  1 23 year.  Moneys transferred to county accounts shall be
  1 24 divided equally among the counties.  Moneys
  1 25 transferred into an account for a county shall be
  1 26 transferred by the department to an eligible county
  1 27 recipient for that county.  Of the moneys transferred,
  1 28 an eligible county recipient may distribute up to
  1 29 eighty percent of the moneys as grants to charitable
  1 30 organizations for educational, civic, public,
  1 31 charitable, patriotic, or religious uses, as defined
  1 32 in section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph "b", in that
  1 33 county and shall retain the remainder of the moneys
  1 34 for use in establishing a permanent endowment fund for
  1 35 the benefit of charitable organizations for
  1 36 educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or
  1 37 religious uses, as defined in section 99B.7,
  1 38 subsection 3, paragraph "b".
  1 39    b.  If a county does not have an eligible county
  1 40 recipient, moneys in the account for that county shall
  1 41 remain in that account until an eligible county
  1 42 recipient for that county is established.
  1 43    c.  For purposes of this subsection, an "eligible
  1 44 county recipient" means a qualified community
  1 45 foundation or community affiliate organization, as
  1 46 defined in section 15E.303, that is selected, in
  1 47 accordance with the procedures described in section
  1 48 15E.304, to receive moneys from an account created in
  1 49 this section for a particular county.  To be selected
  1 50 as an eligible county recipient, a community affiliate
  2  1 organization shall establish a county affiliate fund
  2  2 to receive moneys as provided by this section.
  2  3    4.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
  2  4 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the county
  2  5 endowment fund shall be credited to the county
  2  6 endowment fund.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
  2  7 credited to the county endowment fund shall not revert
  2  8 at the close of a fiscal year.
  2  9    Sec. 2.  Section 99D.2, subsection 8, Code 2003, is
  2 10 amended to read as follows:
  2 11    8.  "Racetrack enclosure" means all real property
  2 12 utilized for the conduct of a race meeting, including
  2 13 the racetrack, grandstand, clubhouse, turf club or
  2 14 other areas of a licensed racetrack which a person may
  2 15 enter only upon payment of an admission fee, or upon
  2 16 payment by another, at any time, based upon the
  2 17 person's admittance, or upon presentation of
  2 18 authorized credentials.  "Racetrack enclosure" also
  2 19 means concession stands, offices, barns, kennels and
  2 20 barn areas, employee housing facilities, parking lots,
  2 21 and any additional areas designated by the commission.
  2 22    Sec. 3.  Section 99D.2, Code 2003, is amended by
  2 23 adding the following new subsection:
  2 24    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  "Wagering area" means that
  2 25 portion of a racetrack in which a licensee may receive
  2 26 wagers of money from a person present in a licensed
  2 27 racing enclosure on a horse or dog in a race selected
  2 28 by the person making the wager as designated by the
  2 29 commission.
  2 30    Sec. 4.  Section 99D.5, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
  2 31 amended to read as follows:
  2 32    4.  Commission members are each entitled to receive
  2 33 an annual salary of six thousand dollars.  Members
  2 34 shall also be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred
  2 35 in the performance of their duties to a maximum of
  2 36 thirty thousand dollars per year for the commission.
  2 37 Each member shall post a bond in the amount of ten
  2 38 thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the
  2 39 governor, to guarantee the proper handling and
  2 40 accounting of moneys and other properties required in
  2 41 the administration of this chapter.  The premiums on
  2 42 the bonds shall be paid as other expenses of the
  2 43 commission be covered by the blanket surety bond of
  2 44 the state purchased pursuant to section 8A.321,
  2 45 subsection 12.
  2 46    Sec. 5.  Section 99D.6, Code 2003, is amended to
  2 47 read as follows:
  2 48    99D.6  CHAIRPERSON – ADMINISTRATOR – EMPLOYEES –
  2 49 DUTIES – BOND.
  2 50    The commission shall elect in July of each year one
  3  1 of its members as chairperson for the succeeding year.
  3  2 The commission shall appoint an administrator of the
  3  3 commission subject to confirmation by the senate.  The
  3  4 administrator shall serve a four-year term.  The term
  3  5 shall begin and end in the same manner as set forth in
  3  6 section 69.19.  A vacancy shall be filled for the
  3  7 unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as a
  3  8 full-term appointment is made.  The administrator may
  3  9 hire other assistants and employees as necessary to
  3 10 carry out the commission's duties.  Employees in the
  3 11 positions of equine veterinarian, canine veterinarian,
  3 12 and equine steward shall be exempt from the merit
  3 13 system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV, and
  3 14 shall not be covered by a collective bargaining
  3 15 agreement.  Some or all of the information required of
  3 16 applicants in section 99D.8A, subsections 1 and 2, may
  3 17 also be required of employees of the commission if the
  3 18 commission deems it necessary.  The administrator
  3 19 shall keep a record of the proceedings of the
  3 20 commission, and preserve the books, records, and
  3 21 documents entrusted to the administrator's care.  The
  3 22 commission shall require the administrator to post a
  3 23 bond in a sum it may fix, conditioned upon the
  3 24 faithful performance of the administrator's duties
  3 25 shall be covered by the blanket surety bond of the
  3 26 state purchased pursuant to section 8A.321, subsection
  3 27 12.  Subject to the approval of the governor, the
  3 28 commission shall fix the compensation of the
  3 29 administrator within the salary range as set by the
  3 30 general assembly.  The commission shall have its
  3 31 headquarters in the city of Des Moines, and shall meet
  3 32 in July of each year and at other times and places as
  3 33 it finds necessary for the discharge of its duties.
  3 34    Sec. 6.  Section 99D.7, subsection 8, Code 2003, is
  3 35 amended to read as follows:
  3 36    8.  To investigate alleged violations of this
  3 37 chapter or the commission rules, orders, or final
  3 38 decisions and to take appropriate disciplinary action
  3 39 against a licensee or a holder of an occupational
  3 40 license for the violation, or institute appropriate
  3 41 legal action for enforcement, or both.  Information
  3 42 gathered during an investigation is confidential
  3 43 during the pendency of the investigation.  Decisions
  3 44 by the commission are final agency actions pursuant to
  3 45 chapter 17A.
  3 46    Sec. 7.  Section 99D.7, subsection 19, Code 2003,
  3 47 is amended to read as follows:
  3 48    19.  To require licensees to indicate in their
  3 49 racing programs those horses which are treated with
  3 50 the legal medication lasix furosemide or
  4  1 phenylbutazone.  The program shall also indicate if it
  4  2 is the first or subsequent time that a horse is racing
  4  3 with lasix furosemide, or if the horse has previously
  4  4 raced with lasix furosemide and the present race is
  4  5 the first race for the horse without lasix furosemide
  4  6 following its use.
  4  7    Sec. 8.  Section 99D.7, Code 2003, is amended by
  4  8 adding the following new subsections:
  4  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  To require licensees to
  4 10 establish a process to allow a person to be
  4 11 voluntarily excluded for life from a racetrack
  4 12 enclosure and all other licensed facilities under this
  4 13 chapter and chapter 99F.  The process established
  4 14 shall require that a licensee disseminate information
  4 15 regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all
  4 16 licensees under this chapter and chapter 99F.  The
  4 17 state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter
  4 18 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim
  4 19 which may arise from this process.  In addition to any
  4 20 other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of
  4 21 value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a
  4 22 voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result
  4 23 of wagers made by the person after the person has been
  4 24 voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person
  4 25 but shall be deposited into the gambling treatment
  4 26 fund created in section 135.150.
  4 27    NEW SUBSECTION.  24.  To approve and establish, at
  4 28 the commission's discretion, special events and areas
  4 29 at a racetrack enclosure where persons under the age
  4 30 of twenty-one may be present.
  4 31    Sec. 9.  Section 99D.9, subsections 1 and 2, Code
  4 32 2003, are amended to read as follows:
  4 33    1.  If the commission is satisfied that its rules
  4 34 and sections 99D.8 through 99D.25 applicable to
  4 35 licensees have been or will be complied with, it may
  4 36 issue a license for a period of not more than three
  4 37 years.  The commission may decide which types of
  4 38 racing it will permit.  The commission may permit dog
  4 39 racing, horse racing of various types, or both dog and
  4 40 horse racing.  The commission shall decide the number,
  4 41 location, and type of all racetracks licensed under
  4 42 this chapter.  The license shall set forth the name of
  4 43 the licensee, the type of license granted, the place
  4 44 where the race meeting is to be held, and the time and
  4 45 number of days during which racing may be conducted by
  4 46 the licensee.  The commission shall not approve the
  4 47 licenses for racetracks in Dubuque county and Black
  4 48 Hawk county if the proposed racing schedules of the
  4 49 two tracks conflict.  The commission shall not approve
  4 50 a license application if any part of the racetrack is
  5  1 to be constructed on prime farmland outside the city
  5  2 limits of an incorporated city.  As used in this
  5  3 subsection, "prime farmland" means as defined by the
  5  4 United States department of agriculture in 7 C.F.R.
  5  5 sec. } 657.5(a).  A license is not transferable or
  5  6 assignable.  The commission may revoke any license
  5  7 issued for good cause upon reasonable notice and
  5  8 hearing.  The commission shall conduct a neighborhood
  5  9 impact study to determine the impact of granting a
  5 10 license on the quality of life in neighborhoods
  5 11 adjacent to the proposed racetrack facility.  The
  5 12 applicant for the license shall reimburse the
  5 13 commission for the costs incurred in making the study.
  5 14 A copy of the study shall be retained on file with the
  5 15 commission and shall be a public record.  The study
  5 16 shall be completed before the commission may issue a
  5 17 license for the proposed facility.
  5 18    2.  A license shall only be granted to a nonprofit
  5 19 corporation or association upon the express condition
  5 20 that:
  5 21    a.  The the nonprofit corporation or association
  5 22 shall not, by a lease, contract, understanding, or
  5 23 arrangement of any kind, grant, assign, or turn over
  5 24 to a person the operation of a race meeting licensed
  5 25 under this section or of the pari-mutuel system of
  5 26 wagering described in section 99D.11.  This section
  5 27 does not prohibit a management contract approved by
  5 28 the commission.
  5 29    b.  The nonprofit corporation shall not in any
  5 30 manner permit a person other than the licensee to have
  5 31 a share, percentage, or proportion of the money
  5 32 received for admissions to the race or race meeting.
  5 33    Sec. 10.  Section 99D.9, subsection 6, Code 2003,
  5 34 is amended to read as follows:
  5 35    6.  (1)  A licensee may shall not loan to any
  5 36 person money or any other thing of value for the
  5 37 purpose of permitting that person to wager on any
  5 38 race.
  5 39    (2)  A licensee shall not permit a financial
  5 40 institution, vendor, or other person to dispense cash
  5 41 or credit through an electronic or mechanical device
  5 42 including but not limited to a satellite terminal as
  5 43 defined in section 527.2, that is located in the
  5 44 wagering area.
  5 45    Sec. 11.  Section 99D.9, Code 2003, is amended by
  5 46 adding the following new subsection:
  5 47    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  The commission shall require
  5 48 that a licensee utilize Iowa resources, goods, and
  5 49 services in the operation of a racetrack enclosure.
  5 50 The commission shall develop standards to assure that
  6  1 a substantial amount of all resources and goods used
  6  2 in the operation of a racetrack enclosure emanate from
  6  3 and are made in Iowa and that a substantial amount of
  6  4 all services and entertainment are provided by Iowans.
  6  5    Sec. 12.  Section 99D.11, subsection 7, Code 2003,
  6  6 is amended to read as follows:
  6  7    7.  A person under the age of twenty-one years
  6  8 shall not make or attempt to make a pari-mutuel wager.
  6  9 A person who violates this subsection commits a
  6 10 scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection
  6 11 4.
  6 12    Sec. 13.  Section 99D.14, subsection 2, Code 2003,
  6 13 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
  6 14 lieu thereof the following:
  6 15    2.  A licensee shall pay a regulatory fee to be
  6 16 charged as provided in this section.  In determining
  6 17 the regulatory fee to be charged as provided under
  6 18 this section, the commission shall use the amount
  6 19 appropriated to the commission plus the cost of
  6 20 salaries for no more than two special agents for each
  6 21 racetrack that has not been issued a table games
  6 22 license under chapter 99F or no more than three
  6 23 special agents for each racetrack that has been issued
  6 24 a table games license under chapter 99F, plus any
  6 25 direct and indirect support costs for the agents, for
  6 26 the division of criminal investigation's racetrack
  6 27 activities, as the basis for determining the amount of
  6 28 revenue to be raised from the regulatory fee.
  6 29    Sec. 14.  Section 99D.14, subsection 7, Code 2003,
  6 30 is amended by striking the subsection.
  6 31    Sec. 15.  Section 99D.15, subsection 3, paragraph
  6 32 d, Code 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
  6 33    Sec. 16.  Section 99D.15, Code 2003, is amended by
  6 34 adding the following new subsection:
  6 35    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  An amount equal to one-half of
  6 36 one percent of the gross sum wagered by the pari-
  6 37 mutuel method shall be deposited into the gambling
  6 38 treatment fund created in section 135.150 from the tax
  6 39 revenue received by the commission pursuant to
  6 40 subsections 1 and 3.
  6 41    Sec. 17.  Section 99D.19, Code 2003, is amended to
  6 42 read as follows:
  6 43    99D.19  HORSE OR DOG RACING – LICENSEES – RECORDS
  6 44 – REPORTS – SUPERVISION.
  6 45    1.  A licensee shall keep its books and records so
  6 46 as to clearly show the following:
  6 47    1.  a.  The total number of admissions to races
  6 48 conducted by it on each racing day, including the
  6 49 number of admissions upon free passes or complimentary
  6 50 tickets for each day of operation.
  7  1    2.  b.  The amount received daily from admission
  7  2 fees.
  7  3    3.  The total amount of money wagered during the
  7  4 race meet for each day of operation.
  7  5    2.  The licensee shall furnish to the commission
  7  6 reports and information as the commission may require
  7  7 with respect to its activities.  The commission may
  7  8 designate a representative to attend a licensed race
  7  9 meeting, who shall have full access to all places
  7 10 within the enclosure of the meeting and who shall
  7 11 supervise and check the admissions.  The compensation
  7 12 of the representative shall be fixed by the commission
  7 13 but shall be paid by the licensee.
  7 14    Sec. 18.  Section 99D.20, Code 2003, is amended to
  7 15 read as follows:
  7 16    99D.20  AUDIT OF LICENSEE OPERATIONS.
  7 17    Within ninety days after the end of each race meet,
  7 18 the licensee shall transmit to the commission an audit
  7 19 of the financial transactions and condition of the
  7 20 licensee's operations conducted under this chapter.
  7 21 Additionally, within ninety days after the end of the
  7 22 licensee's fiscal year, the licensee shall transmit to
  7 23 the commission an audit of the financial transactions
  7 24 and condition of the licensee's total racing and
  7 25 gaming operations, including an itemization of all
  7 26 expenses and subsidies.  All audits shall be conducted
  7 27 by certified public accountants registered in the
  7 28 state of Iowa under chapter 542 who are selected by
  7 29 the board of supervisors of the county in which the
  7 30 licensee operates.
  7 31    Sec. 19.  Section 99D.23, subsection 1, Code 2003,
  7 32 is amended to read as follows:
  7 33    1.  The commission shall employ one or more
  7 34 chemists or contract with a qualified chemical
  7 35 laboratory to determine by chemical testing and
  7 36 analysis of saliva, urine, blood, or other excretions
  7 37 or body fluids whether a substance or drug has been
  7 38 introduced which may affect the outcome of a race or
  7 39 whether an action has been taken or a substance or
  7 40 drug has been introduced which may interfere with the
  7 41 testing procedure.  The commission shall adopt rules
  7 42 under chapter 17A concerning procedures and actions
  7 43 taken on positive drug reports.  The commission may
  7 44 adopt by reference the standards of the national
  7 45 association of state racing commissioners, the
  7 46 association of official racing chemists, and New York
  7 47 jockey club, or the United States trotting
  7 48 association, nationally recognized standards as
  7 49 determined by the commission or may adopt any other
  7 50 procedure or standard.  The commission has the
  8  1 authority to retain and preserve by freezing, test
  8  2 samples for future analysis.
  8  3    Sec. 20.  Section 99D.25, subsection 1, paragraph
  8  4 a, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  8  5    a.  "Drugging" means administering to a horse or
  8  6 dog any substance foreign to the natural horse or dog
  8  7 prior to the start of a race.  However, in counties
  8  8 with a population of two hundred fifty thousand or
  8  9 more, "drugging" does not include administering to a
  8 10 horse the drugs lasix furosemide and phenylbutazone in
  8 11 accordance with section 99D.25A and rules adopted by
  8 12 the commission.
  8 13    Sec. 21.  Section 99D.25, subsection 5, Code 2003,
  8 14 is amended to read as follows:
  8 15    5.  Every horse which suffers a breakdown on the
  8 16 racetrack, in training, or in competition, and is
  8 17 destroyed, and every other horse which expires while
  8 18 stabled on the racetrack under the jurisdiction of the
  8 19 commission, shall undergo a postmortem examination by
  8 20 a veterinarian or a veterinary pathologist at a time
  8 21 and place acceptable to the commission veterinarian to
  8 22 determine the injury or sickness which resulted in
  8 23 euthanasia or natural death.  The postmortem
  8 24 examination shall be conducted by a veterinarian
  8 25 employed by the owner or the owner's trainer in the
  8 26 presence of and in consultation with the commission
  8 27 veterinarian.  Test samples shall be obtained from the
  8 28 carcass upon which the postmortem examination is
  8 29 conducted and shall be sent to a laboratory approved
  8 30 by the commission for testing for foreign substances
  8 31 and natural substances at abnormal levels.  When
  8 32 practical, blood and urine test samples should be
  8 33 procured prior to euthanasia.  The owner of the
  8 34 deceased horse is responsible for payment of any
  8 35 charges due the veterinarian employed to conduct the
  8 36 postmortem examination.  The services of the
  8 37 commission veterinarian and the laboratory testing of
  8 38 postmortem samples shall be made available by the
  8 39 commission without charge to the owner.  A record of
  8 40 every postmortem shall be filed with the commission by
  8 41 the owner's veterinarian or veterinary pathologist who
  8 42 performed the postmortem within seventy-two hours of
  8 43 the death and shall be submitted on a form supplied by
  8 44 the commission.  Each owner and trainer accepts the
  8 45 responsibility for the postmortem examination provided
  8 46 herein as a requisite for maintaining the occupational
  8 47 license issued by the commission.
  8 48    Sec. 22.  Section 99D.25, subsection 9, Code 2003,
  8 49 is amended to read as follows:
  8 50    9.  The commission shall conduct random tests of
  9  1 bodily substances of horses entered to race each day
  9  2 of a race meeting to aid in the detection of any
  9  3 unlawful drugging.  The tests shall may be conducted
  9  4 both prior to and after a race.  The commission shall
  9  5 also test any horse that breaks down during a race and
  9  6 shall perform an autopsy on any horse that is killed
  9  7 or subsequently destroyed as a result of an accident
  9  8 during a race.
  9  9    Sec. 23.  Section 99D.25A, subsections 3 through 7,
  9 10 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
  9 11    3.  If a horse is to race with phenylbutazone in
  9 12 its system, the trainer, or trainer's designee, shall
  9 13 be responsible for marking the information on the
  9 14 entry blank for each race in which the horse shall use
  9 15 phenylbutazone.  Changes made after the time of entry
  9 16 must be submitted on the prescribed form to the
  9 17 commission veterinarian no later than scratch time.
  9 18    4.  If a test detects concentrations of
  9 19 phenylbutazone in the system of a horse in excess of
  9 20 the level permitted in this section, the commission
  9 21 shall assess a civil penalty against the trainer of at
  9 22 least two hundred dollars for the first offense and at
  9 23 least five hundred dollars for a second offense.  The
  9 24 penalty for a third or subsequent offense shall be in
  9 25 the discretion of the commission.  A penalty assessed
  9 26 under this subsection shall not affect the placing of
  9 27 the horse in the race.
  9 28    5.  Lasix Furosemide may be administered to
  9 29 certified bleeders.  Upon request, any horse placed on
  9 30 the bleeder list shall, in its next race, be permitted
  9 31 the use of lasix furosemide.  Once a horse has raced
  9 32 with lasix furosemide, it must continue to race with
  9 33 lasix furosemide in all subsequent races unless a
  9 34 request is made to discontinue the use.  If the use of
  9 35 lasix furosemide is discontinued, the horse shall be
  9 36 prohibited from again racing with lasix furosemide
  9 37 unless it is later observed to be bleeding.  Requests
  9 38 for the use of or discontinuance of lasix furosemide
  9 39 must be made to the commission veterinarian by the
  9 40 horse's trainer or assistant trainer on a form
  9 41 prescribed by the commission on or before the day of
  9 42 entry into the race for which the request is made.
  9 43    6.  Once a horse has been permitted the use of
  9 44 lasix furosemide, the horse must be treated with lasix
  9 45 furosemide in the horse's stall, unless the commission
  9 46 provides that a horse must be brought to the detention
  9 47 barn for treatment.  After the lasix furosemide
  9 48 treatment, the commission, by rule, may authorize the
  9 49 release of the horse from the horse's stall or
  9 50 detention barn before the scheduled post time.  If a
 10  1 horse is brought to the detention barn late, the
 10  2 commission shall assess a civil penalty of one hundred
 10  3 dollars against the trainer.
 10  4    7.  A horse entered to race with lasix furosemide
 10  5 must be treated at least four hours prior to post
 10  6 time.  The lasix furosemide shall be administered
 10  7 intravenously by a veterinarian employed by the owner
 10  8 or trainer of the horse.  The commission shall adopt
 10  9 rules to ensure that lasix furosemide is administered
 10 10 as provided in this section.  The commission shall
 10 11 require that the practicing veterinarian deliver an
 10 12 affidavit signed by the veterinarian which certifies
 10 13 information regarding the treatment of the horse.  The
 10 14 affidavit must be delivered to a commission
 10 15 veterinarian within twenty minutes following the
 10 16 treatment.  The statement must at least include the
 10 17 name of the practicing veterinarian, the tattoo number
 10 18 of the horse, the location of the barn and stall where
 10 19 the treatment occurred, the race number of the horse,
 10 20 the name of the trainer, and the time that the lasix
 10 21 furosemide was administered.  Lasix Furosemide shall
 10 22 only be administered in a dose level of two hundred
 10 23 fifty milligrams.
 10 24    Sec. 24.  Section 99F.1, Code Supplement 2003, is
 10 25 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 10 26    NEW SUBSECTION.  7A.  "Excursion boat" means a
 10 27 self-propelled, floating vessel that is or has been
 10 28 previously certified by the United States coast guard
 10 29 for operation as a vessel.
 10 30    Sec. 25.  Section 99F.1, subsection 8, Code
 10 31 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 10 32    8.  "Excursion gambling boat" means a self-
 10 33 propelled an excursion boat or moored barge on which
 10 34 lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided
 10 35 in this chapter.
 10 36    Sec. 26.  Section 99F.1, subsection 10, Code
 10 37 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 10 38    10.  "Gambling game" means any game of chance
 10 39 authorized by the commission.  However, for racetrack
 10 40 enclosures, "gambling game" does not include table
 10 41 games of chance or video machines which simulate table
 10 42 games of chance, unless otherwise authorized by this
 10 43 chapter.  "Gambling game" does not include sports
 10 44 betting.
 10 45    Sec. 27.  Section 99F.1, Code Supplement 2003, is
 10 46 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 10 47    NEW SUBSECTION.  10A.  "Gaming floor" means that
 10 48 portion of an excursion gambling boat or racetrack
 10 49 enclosure in which gambling games are conducted as
 10 50 designated by the commission.
 11  1    Sec. 28.  Section 99F.1, subsection 12, Code
 11  2 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 11  3    12.  "Holder of occupational license" means a
 11  4 person licensed by the commission to perform an
 11  5 occupation which the commission has identified as
 11  6 requiring a license to engage in the excursion
 11  7 gambling boat gambling industry in Iowa.
 11  8    Sec. 29.  Section 99F.1, Code Supplement 2003, is
 11  9 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 11 10    14A.  "Moored barge" means a floating barge or
 11 11 vessel that is not self-propelled.
 11 12    Sec. 30.  Section 99F.1, subsection 16, Code
 11 13 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 11 14    16.  "Racetrack enclosure" means all real property
 11 15 utilized for the conduct of a race meeting, including
 11 16 the racetrack, grandstand, clubhouse, turf club, or
 11 17 other areas of a licensed racetrack which an
 11 18 individual may enter only upon payment of an admission
 11 19 fee, or upon payment by another, at any time, based
 11 20 upon the individual's admittance, or upon presentation
 11 21 of authorized credentials.  "Racetrack enclosure" also
 11 22 means concession stands, offices, barns, kennels and
 11 23 barn areas, employee housing facilities, parking lots,
 11 24 and any additional areas designated by the commission.
 11 25    Sec. 31.  Section 99F.4, subsection 2, Code 2003,
 11 26 is amended to read as follows:
 11 27    2.  To license qualified sponsoring organizations,
 11 28 to license the operators of excursion gambling boats,
 11 29 to identify occupations within the excursion gambling
 11 30 boat operations which require licensing, and to adopt
 11 31 standards for licensing the occupations including
 11 32 establishing fees for the occupational licenses and
 11 33 licenses for qualified sponsoring organizations.  The
 11 34 fees shall be paid to the commission and deposited in
 11 35 the general fund of the state.  All revenue received
 11 36 by the commission under this chapter from license fees
 11 37 and admission regulatory fees shall be deposited in
 11 38 the general fund of the state and shall be subject to
 11 39 the requirements of section 8.60.
 11 40    Sec. 32.  Section 99F.4, subsection 6, Code 2003,
 11 41 is amended to read as follows:
 11 42    6.  To investigate alleged violations of this
 11 43 chapter or the commission rules, orders, or final
 11 44 decisions and to take appropriate disciplinary action
 11 45 against a licensee or a holder of an occupational
 11 46 license for a violation, or institute appropriate
 11 47 legal action for enforcement, or both.  Information
 11 48 gathered during an investigation is confidential
 11 49 during the pendency of the investigation.
 11 50    Sec. 33.  Section 99F.4, subsection 18, Code 2003,
 12  1 is amended to read as follows:
 12  2    18.  To provide for the continuous videotaping
 12  3 recording of all gambling activities on an excursion
 12  4 gambling boat.  The videotaping recording shall be
 12  5 performed under guidelines set by rule of the division
 12  6 of criminal investigation and the rules may require
 12  7 that all or part of the original tapes recordings be
 12  8 submitted to the division on a timely schedule.
 12  9    Sec. 34.  Section 99F.4, subsection 20, Code 2003,
 12 10 is amended by striking the subsection.
 12 11    Sec. 35.  Section 99F.4, Code 2003, is amended by
 12 12 adding the following new subsections:
 12 13    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  To require licensees to
 12 14 establish a process to allow a person to be
 12 15 voluntarily excluded for life from an excursion
 12 16 gambling boat and all other licensed facilities under
 12 17 this chapter and chapter 99D.  The process established
 12 18 shall require that a licensee disseminate information
 12 19 regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all
 12 20 licensees under this chapter and chapter 99D.  The
 12 21 state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter
 12 22 99D shall not be liable to any person for any claim
 12 23 which may arise from this process.  In addition to any
 12 24 other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of
 12 25 value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a
 12 26 voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result
 12 27 of wagers made by the person after the person has been
 12 28 voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person
 12 29 but shall be deposited into the gambling treatment
 12 30 fund created in section 135.150.
 12 31    NEW SUBSECTION.  24.  To approve a licensee's
 12 32 application to operate as a moored barge, an excursion
 12 33 boat that will cruise, or an excursion boat that will
 12 34 not cruise, as submitted pursuant to section 99F.7.
 12 35    NEW SUBSECTION.  25.  To conduct a socioeconomic
 12 36 study on the impact of gambling on Iowans, every eight
 12 37 years beginning in calendar year 2008, and issue a
 12 38 report on that study.  The commission shall ensure
 12 39 that the results of each study are readily accessible
 12 40 to the public.
 12 41    Sec. 36.  Section 99F.4A, subsection 4, Code 2003,
 12 42 is amended to read as follows:
 12 43    4.  The regulatory fee imposed in section 99D.14,
 12 44 subsection 2, shall be collected for admission to from
 12 45 a licensee of a racetrack enclosure where gambling
 12 46 games are licensed to operate in lieu of the admission
 12 47 regulatory fee imposed in section 99F.10.
 12 48    Sec. 37.  Section 99F.4A, subsection 8, Code 2003,
 12 49 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
 12 50 lieu thereof the following:
 13  1    8.  The commission shall, upon the immediate
 13  2 payment of the applicable table games license fee and
 13  3 submission to the commission by June 1, 2005, of an
 13  4 application by a licensee of a pari-mutuel dog or
 13  5 horse racetrack licensed to conduct gambling games at
 13  6 a pari-mutuel racetrack enclosure, issue a license to
 13  7 the licensee to conduct table games of chance,
 13  8 including video machines that simulate table games of
 13  9 chance, at the pari-mutuel racetrack enclosure subject
 13 10 to the requirements of this subsection.  However, a
 13 11 table games license may only be issued to a licensee
 13 12 required to pay a table games license fee of three
 13 13 million dollars under this subsection if the licensee,
 13 14 and all other licensees of an excursion gambling boat
 13 15 in that county, file an agreement with the commission
 13 16 authorizing the granting of a table games license
 13 17 under this subsection and permitting all licensees of
 13 18 an excursion gambling boat to operate a moored barge
 13 19 as of a specific date.  The licensee shall be granted
 13 20 a table games license by the commission without
 13 21 conducting a separate referendum authorizing table
 13 22 games upon payment of the applicable license fee to
 13 23 the commission which table games license fee may be
 13 24 offset by the licensee against taxes imposed on the
 13 25 licensee by section 99F.11, to the extent of twenty
 13 26 percent of the table games license fee paid pursuant
 13 27 to this subsection for each of five consecutive fiscal
 13 28 years beginning with the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 13 29 2008.  Fees paid pursuant to this subsection are not
 13 30 refundable to the licensee.  A licensee shall not be
 13 31 required to pay a fee to renew a table games license
 13 32 issued pursuant to this subsection.  Moneys collected
 13 33 by the commission from a table games license fee paid
 13 34 under this subsection shall be deposited in the
 13 35 rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in section
 13 36 8.57.
 13 37    For purposes of this subsection, the applicable
 13 38 license fee for a licensee shall be three million
 13 39 dollars if the adjusted gross receipts from gambling
 13 40 games for the licensee in the previous fiscal year was
 13 41 less than one hundred million dollars, and shall be
 13 42 ten million dollars if the adjusted gross receipts
 13 43 from gambling games for the licensee in the previous
 13 44 fiscal year was one hundred million dollars or more.
 13 45    Sec. 38.  Section 99F.5, subsection 1, Code 2003,
 13 46 is amended to read as follows:
 13 47    1.  A qualified sponsoring organization may apply
 13 48 to the commission for a license to conduct gambling
 13 49 games on an excursion gambling boat as provided in
 13 50 this chapter.  A person may apply to the commission
 14  1 for a license to operate an excursion gambling boat.
 14  2 An operating agreement entered into on or after the
 14  3 effective date of this section of this Act between a
 14  4 qualified sponsoring organization and an operator
 14  5 shall provide for a minimum distribution by the
 14  6 qualified sponsoring organization for educational,
 14  7 civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious
 14  8 uses as defined in section 99B.7, subsection 3,
 14  9 paragraph "b", that averages at least three percent of
 14 10 the adjusted gross receipts for each license year.
 14 11 The application shall be filed with the administrator
 14 12 of the commission at least ninety days before the
 14 13 first day of the next excursion season as determined
 14 14 by the commission, shall identify the excursion
 14 15 gambling boat upon which gambling games will be
 14 16 authorized, shall specify the exact location where the
 14 17 excursion gambling boat will be docked, and shall be
 14 18 in a form and contain information as the commission
 14 19 prescribes.  The minimum passenger capacity of an
 14 20 excursion gambling boat is two hundred fifty persons.
 14 21    Sec. 39.  Section 99F.6, subsection 4, paragraph a,
 14 22 Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 14 23    a.  Before a license is granted, the division of
 14 24 criminal investigation of the department of public
 14 25 safety shall conduct a thorough background
 14 26 investigation of the applicant for a license to
 14 27 operate a gambling game operation on an excursion
 14 28 gambling boat.  The applicant shall provide
 14 29 information on a form as required by the division of
 14 30 criminal investigation.  A qualified sponsoring
 14 31 organization licensed to operate gambling games under
 14 32 this chapter shall distribute the receipts of all
 14 33 gambling games, less reasonable expenses, charges,
 14 34 taxes, fees, and deductions allowed under this
 14 35 chapter, as winnings to players or participants or
 14 36 shall distribute the receipts for educational, civic,
 14 37 public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses as
 14 38 defined in section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph "b".
 14 39 However, a licensee to conduct gambling games under
 14 40 this chapter shall, unless an operating agreement for
 14 41 an excursion gambling boat otherwise provides,
 14 42 distribute at least three percent of the adjusted
 14 43 gross receipts for each license year for educational,
 14 44 civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious
 14 45 uses as defined in section 99B.7, subsection 3,
 14 46 paragraph "b".  However, if a licensee who is also
 14 47 licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at a horse
 14 48 racetrack has unpaid debt from the pari-mutuel
 14 49 racetrack operations, the first receipts of the
 14 50 gambling games operated within the racetrack enclosure
 15  1 less reasonable operating expenses, taxes, and fees
 15  2 allowed under this chapter shall be first used to pay
 15  3 the annual indebtedness.  The commission shall
 15  4 authorize, subject to the debt payments for horse
 15  5 racetracks and the provisions of paragraph "b" for dog
 15  6 racetracks, a licensee who is also licensed to conduct
 15  7 pari-mutuel dog or horse racing to use receipts from
 15  8 gambling games within the racetrack enclosure to
 15  9 supplement purses for races particularly for Iowa-bred
 15 10 horses pursuant to an agreement which shall be
 15 11 negotiated between the licensee and representatives of
 15 12 the dog or horse owners.  For each agreement
 15 13 concerning purses for horse racing beginning on or
 15 14 after January 1, 2006, and ending before January 1,
 15 15 2021, the agreement shall provide that total annual
 15 16 purses for horse racing at every racetrack enclosure
 15 17 including any other qualified harness racing track
 15 18 facility as may be approved or as approved by the
 15 19 commission, that is subject to the agreement, shall be
 15 20 no less than eleven percent of the first two hundred
 15 21 million dollars of net receipts, and six percent of
 15 22 net receipts above two hundred million dollars.  A
 15 23 qualified sponsoring organization shall not make a
 15 24 contribution to a candidate, political committee,
 15 25 candidate's committee, state statutory political
 15 26 committee, county statutory political committee,
 15 27 national political party, or fund-raising event as
 15 28 these terms are defined in section 68A.102.  The
 15 29 membership of the board of directors of a qualified
 15 30 sponsoring organization shall represent a broad
 15 31 interest of the communities.  For purposes of this
 15 32 paragraph, "net receipts" means the annual adjusted
 15 33 gross receipts from all gambling games less the annual
 15 34 amount of money pledged by the owner of the facility
 15 35 to fund a project approved to receive vision Iowa
 15 36 funds as of July 1, 2004.
 15 37    Sec. 40.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 2003,
 15 38 is amended to read as follows:
 15 39    1.  If the commission is satisfied that this
 15 40 chapter and its rules adopted under this chapter
 15 41 applicable to licensees have been or will be complied
 15 42 with, the commission shall issue a license for a
 15 43 period of not more than three years to an applicant to
 15 44 own a gambling game operation and to an applicant to
 15 45 operate an excursion gambling boat.  The commission
 15 46 shall decide which of the gambling games authorized
 15 47 under this chapter it the commission will permit.  The
 15 48 commission shall decide the number, location, and type
 15 49 of excursion gambling boats licensed under this
 15 50 chapter for operation on the rivers, lakes, and
 16  1 reservoirs of this state.  An excursion gambling boat
 16  2 may be located or operated on a natural or man-made
 16  3 lake or reservoir if the lake or reservoir is of
 16  4 sufficient size to accommodate recreational activity.
 16  5 An excursion gambling boat may also be located on a
 16  6 man-made basin or other body of water adjacent to a
 16  7 river, provided it is located no more than one
 16  8 thousand feet from the high water mark of the river,
 16  9 as established by the commission in consultation with
 16 10 the United States army corps of engineers, the
 16 11 department of natural resources, or other appropriate
 16 12 regulatory agency.  The license shall set forth, as
 16 13 applicable, the name of the licensee, the type of
 16 14 license granted, the place where the excursion
 16 15 gambling boats will operate and dock, and the time and
 16 16 number of days during the excursion season and the off
 16 17 season when gambling may be conducted by the licensee.
 16 18 The
 16 19    1A.  a.  An applicant for a license to conduct
 16 20 gambling games on an excursion gambling boat, and each
 16 21 licensee by June 30 of each year thereafter, shall
 16 22 indicate and have noted on the license whether the
 16 23 applicant or licensee will operate a moored barge, an
 16 24 excursion boat that will cruise, or an excursion boat
 16 25 that will not cruise subject to the requirements of
 16 26 this subsection.  If the applicant or licensee will
 16 27 operate a moored barge or an excursion boat that will
 16 28 not cruise, the requirements of this chapter
 16 29 concerning cruising shall not apply.  If the
 16 30 applicant's or licensee's excursion boat will cruise,
 16 31 the applicant or licensee shall comply with the
 16 32 cruising requirements of this chapter and the
 16 33 commission shall not allow such a licensee to conduct
 16 34 gambling games on an excursion gambling boat while
 16 35 docked during the off season if the licensee does not
 16 36 operate gambling excursions for a minimum number of
 16 37 days during the excursion season.  The commission may
 16 38 delay the commencement of the excursion season at the
 16 39 request of a licensee.
 16 40    b.  However, an applicant or licensee of an
 16 41 excursion gambling boat that is located in the same
 16 42 county as a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling
 16 43 games shall not be allowed to operate a moored barge
 16 44 unless either of the following applies:
 16 45    (1)  If the licensee is located in the same county
 16 46 as a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling games
 16 47 that had less than one hundred million dollars in
 16 48 adjusted gross receipts from gambling games for the
 16 49 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the licensee of an
 16 50 excursion gambling boat is authorized to operate a
 17  1 moored barge if the licensee, the licensee of the
 17  2 racetrack enclosure, and all other licensees of an
 17  3 excursion gambling boat in that county file an
 17  4 agreement with the commission agreeing to the granting
 17  5 of a table games license under this chapter and
 17  6 permitting all licensees of an excursion gambling boat
 17  7 in the county to operate a moored barge as of a
 17  8 specific date.
 17  9    (2)  If the licensee is located in the same county
 17 10 as a racetrack enclosure conducting gambling games
 17 11 that had one hundred million dollars or more in
 17 12 adjusted gross receipts from gambling games for the
 17 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, the licensee of an
 17 14 excursion gambling boat is authorized to operate a
 17 15 moored barge the earlier of July 1, 2007, or the date
 17 16 any form of gambling games, as defined in this
 17 17 chapter, is authorized in any state that is contiguous
 17 18 to the county where the licensee is located.
 17 19    Sec. 41.  Section 99F.7, subsection 3, Code 2003,
 17 20 is amended to read as follows:
 17 21    3.  The commission shall require, as a condition of
 17 22 granting a license, that an applicant to operate an
 17 23 excursion gambling boat develop, and as nearly as
 17 24 practicable, recreate boats or moored barges that
 17 25 resemble Iowa's riverboat history.
 17 26    Sec. 42.  Section 99F.7, subsection 4, Code 2003,
 17 27 is amended to read as follows:
 17 28    4.  The commission shall require that an applicant
 17 29 utilize Iowa resources, goods and services in the
 17 30 operation of an excursion gambling boat.  The
 17 31 commission shall develop standards to assure that a
 17 32 substantial amount of all resources and goods used in
 17 33 the operation of an excursion gambling boat come
 17 34 emanate from and are made in Iowa and that a
 17 35 substantial amount of all services and entertainment
 17 36 be are provided by Iowans.
 17 37    Sec. 43.  Section 99F.7, subsection 5, paragraph b,
 17 38 Code 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph.
 17 39    Sec. 44.  Section 99F.7, subsection 9, Code 2003,
 17 40 is amended to read as follows:
 17 41    9.  a.  A licensee shall not loan to any person
 17 42 money or any other thing of value for the purpose of
 17 43 permitting that person to wager on any game of chance.
 17 44    b.  A licensee shall not permit a financial
 17 45 institution, vendor, or other person to dispense cash
 17 46 or credit through an electronic or mechanical device
 17 47 including but not limited to a satellite terminal, as
 17 48 defined in section 527.2, that is located on the
 17 49 gaming floor.
 17 50    Sec. 45.  Section 99F.7, subsection 10, paragraph
 18  1 e, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
 18  2    e.  After a referendum has been held which defeated
 18  3 a proposal to conduct gambling games on excursion
 18  4 gambling boats or which defeated a proposal to conduct
 18  5 gambling games at a licensed pari-mutuel racetrack
 18  6 enclosure as provided in this section, another
 18  7 referendum on a proposal to conduct gambling games on
 18  8 an excursion gambling boat or at a licensed pari-
 18  9 mutuel racetrack shall not be held for at least two
 18 10 eight years.
 18 11    Sec. 46.  Section 99F.7, subsection 13, Code 2003,
 18 12 is amended to read as follows:
 18 13    13.  An excursion gambling boat operated on inland
 18 14 waters of this state or an excursion boat that has
 18 15 been removed from navigation and is designated as a
 18 16 permanently moored vessel by the United States coast
 18 17 guard shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction
 18 18 of the department of natural resources and meet all of
 18 19 the requirements of chapter 462A and is further
 18 20 subject to an inspection of its sanitary facilities to
 18 21 protect the environment and water quality before a
 18 22 certificate of registration is issued by the
 18 23 department of natural resources or a license is issued
 18 24 or renewed under this chapter.
 18 25    Sec. 47.  Section 99F.9, subsection 5, Code 2003,
 18 26 is amended to read as follows:
 18 27    5.  A person under the age of twenty-one years
 18 28 shall not make or attempt to make a wager on an
 18 29 excursion gambling boat or in a racetrack enclosure
 18 30 and shall not be allowed in the area on the gaming
 18 31 floor of the an excursion gambling boat where gambling
 18 32 is being conducted or in the wagering area, as defined
 18 33 in section 99D.2, or on the gaming floor of a
 18 34 racetrack enclosure.  However, a person eighteen years
 18 35 of age or older may be employed to work in a gambling
 18 36 area on the gaming floor of an excursion gambling boat
 18 37 or in the wagering area or on the gaming floor of a
 18 38 racetrack enclosure.  A person who violates this
 18 39 subsection with respect to making or attempting to
 18 40 make a wager commits a scheduled violation under
 18 41 section 805.8C, subsection 4.
 18 42    Sec. 48.  Section 99F.10, Code 2003, is amended to
 18 43 read as follows:
 18 44    99F.10  ADMISSION REGULATORY FEE – TAX – LOCAL
 18 45 FEES.
 18 46    1.  A qualified sponsoring organization conducting
 18 47 gambling games on an excursion gambling boat licensed
 18 48 under section 99F.7 shall pay the tax imposed by
 18 49 section 99F.11.
 18 50    2.  An excursion gambling boat licensee shall pay
 19  1 to the commission an admission a regulatory fee for
 19  2 each person embarking on an excursion gambling boat
 19  3 with a ticket of admission to be charged as provided
 19  4 in this section.  The admission fee shall be set by
 19  5 the commission.
 19  6    a.  If tickets are issued which are good for more
 19  7 than one excursion, the admission fee shall be paid
 19  8 for each person using the ticket on each excursion
 19  9 that the ticket is used.
 19 10    b.  If free passes or complimentary admission
 19 11 tickets are issued, the licensee shall pay the same
 19 12 fee upon these passes or complimentary tickets as if
 19 13 they were sold at the regular and usual admission
 19 14 rate.
 19 15    c.  However, the excursion boat licensee may issue
 19 16 fee-free passes to actual and necessary officials and
 19 17 employees of the licensee or other persons actually
 19 18 working on the excursion gambling boat.
 19 19    d.  The issuance of fee-free passes is subject to
 19 20 the rules of the commission, and a list of all persons
 19 21 to whom the fee-free passes are issued shall be filed
 19 22 with the commission.
 19 23    3.  In addition to the admission fee charged under
 19 24 subsection 2 and subject Subject to approval of
 19 25 excursion gambling boat docking by the voters, a city
 19 26 may adopt, by ordinance, an admission fee not
 19 27 exceeding fifty cents for each person embarking on an
 19 28 excursion gambling boat docked within the city or a
 19 29 county may adopt, by ordinance, an admission fee not
 19 30 exceeding fifty cents for each person embarking on an
 19 31 excursion gambling boat docked outside the boundaries
 19 32 of a city.  The admission revenue received by a city
 19 33 or a county shall be credited to the city general fund
 19 34 or county general fund as applicable.
 19 35    4.  In determining the license fees and state
 19 36 admission regulatory fees to be charged as provided
 19 37 under section 99F.4 and this section, the commission
 19 38 shall use the amount appropriated to the commission
 19 39 plus the cost of salaries for no more than two special
 19 40 agents and no more than four gaming enforcement
 19 41 officers for each excursion gambling boat, plus any
 19 42 direct and indirect support costs for the agents and
 19 43 officers, for the division of criminal investigation's
 19 44 excursion gambling boat activities and an amount for
 19 45 all licensees, not to exceed one hundred twenty-five
 19 46 thousand dollars, representing other associated costs
 19 47 of the division, as the basis for determining the
 19 48 amount of revenue to be raised from the license fees
 19 49 and admission regulatory fees.  The division's salary
 19 50 costs shall be limited to eighty percent of the salary
 20  1 costs for special agents and eighty percent of the
 20  2 salary costs for gaming enforcement for personnel
 20  3 assigned to excursion gambling boats who enforce laws
 20  4 and rules adopted by the commission.
 20  5    5.  No other license tax, permit tax, occupation
 20  6 tax, excursion fee, or taxes on fees shall be levied,
 20  7 assessed, or collected from a licensee by the state or
 20  8 by a political subdivision, except as provided in this
 20  9 chapter.
 20 10    6.  No other excise tax shall be levied, assessed,
 20 11 or collected from the licensee relating to gambling
 20 12 excursions or admission charges by the state or by a
 20 13 political subdivision, except as provided in this
 20 14 chapter.
 20 15    7.  In addition to any other fees required by this
 20 16 chapter, a person awarded a new license to conduct
 20 17 gambling games pursuant to section 99F.7 on or after
 20 18 January 1, 2004, shall pay the applicable initial
 20 19 license fee to the commission as provided by this
 20 20 subsection.  A person awarded a new license shall pay
 20 21 one-third of the applicable initial license fee
 20 22 immediately upon the granting of the license, one-
 20 23 third of the applicable initial license fee within one
 20 24 year of the granting of the license, and the remaining
 20 25 one-third of the applicable initial license fee within
 20 26 two years of the granting of the license.  However,
 20 27 the license fee provided for in this subsection shall
 20 28 not apply when a licensed facility is sold and a new
 20 29 license is issued to the purchaser.  Fees paid
 20 30 pursuant to this subsection are not refundable to the
 20 31 licensee.  For purposes of this subsection, the
 20 32 applicable initial license fee shall be five million
 20 33 dollars if the population of the county where the
 20 34 licensee shall conduct gambling games is fifteen
 20 35 thousand or less based upon the most recent federal
 20 36 decennial census, shall be ten million dollars if the
 20 37 population of the county where the licensee shall
 20 38 conduct gambling games is more than fifteen thousand
 20 39 and less than one hundred thousand based upon the most
 20 40 recent federal decennial census, and shall be twenty
 20 41 million dollars if the population of the county where
 20 42 the licensee shall conduct gambling games is one
 20 43 hundred thousand or more based upon the most recent
 20 44 federal decennial census.  Moneys collected by the
 20 45 commission from an initial license fee paid under this
 20 46 subsection shall be deposited in the rebuild Iowa
 20 47 infrastructure fund created in section 8.57.
 20 48    Sec. 49.  Section 99F.11, Code Supplement 2003, is
 20 49 amended to read as follows:
 20 50    99F.11  WAGERING TAX – RATE – ALLOCATIONS.
 21  1    1.  A tax is imposed on the adjusted gross receipts
 21  2 received annually each fiscal year from gambling games
 21  3 authorized under this chapter at the rate of five
 21  4 percent on the first one million dollars of adjusted
 21  5 gross receipts, and at the rate of ten percent on the
 21  6 next two million dollars of adjusted gross receipts.,
 21  7 and at the rate of twenty percent
 21  8    2.  The tax rate imposed each fiscal year on any
 21  9 amount of adjusted gross receipts over three million
 21 10 dollars.  However, beginning January 1, 1997, the rate
 21 11 on any amount of adjusted gross receipts over three
 21 12 million dollars from gambling games at racetrack
 21 13 enclosures is twenty-two percent and shall increase by
 21 14 two percent each succeeding calendar year until the
 21 15 rate is thirty-six percent. shall be as follows:
 21 16    a.  If the licensee is an excursion gambling boat,
 21 17 twenty-two percent.
 21 18    b.  If the licensee is a racetrack enclosure
 21 19 conducting gambling games and another licensee that is
 21 20 an excursion gambling boat is located in the same
 21 21 county, then the following rate, as applicable:
 21 22    (1)  If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure has
 21 23 not been issued a table games license during the
 21 24 fiscal year or if the adjusted gross receipts from
 21 25 gambling games of the licensee in the prior fiscal
 21 26 year were less than one hundred million dollars,
 21 27 twenty-two percent.
 21 28    (2)  If the licensee of the racetrack enclosure has
 21 29 been issued a table games license during the fiscal
 21 30 year or prior fiscal year and the adjusted gross
 21 31 receipts from gambling games of the licensee in the
 21 32 prior fiscal year were one hundred million dollars or
 21 33 more, twenty-two percent on adjusted gross receipts
 21 34 received prior to the operational date and twenty-four
 21 35 percent on adjusted gross receipts received on or
 21 36 after the operational date.  For purposes of this
 21 37 subparagraph, the operational date is the date the
 21 38 commission determines table games became operational
 21 39 at the racetrack enclosure.
 21 40    c.  If the licensee is a racetrack enclosure
 21 41 conducting gambling games and no licensee that is an
 21 42 excursion gambling boat is located in the same county,
 21 43 twenty-four percent.
 21 44    3.  The taxes imposed by this section shall be paid
 21 45 by the licensee to the treasurer of state within ten
 21 46 days after the close of the day when the wagers were
 21 47 made and shall be distributed as follows:
 21 48    1. a.  If the gambling excursion originated at a
 21 49 dock located in a city, one-half of one percent of the
 21 50 adjusted gross receipts shall be remitted to the
 22  1 treasurer of the city in which the dock is located and
 22  2 shall be deposited in the general fund of the city.
 22  3 Another one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross
 22  4 receipts shall be remitted to the treasurer of the
 22  5 county in which the dock is located and shall be
 22  6 deposited in the general fund of the county.
 22  7    2. b.  If the gambling excursion originated at a
 22  8 dock located in a part of the county outside a city,
 22  9 one-half of one percent of the adjusted gross receipts
 22 10 shall be remitted to the treasurer of the county in
 22 11 which the dock is located and shall be deposited in
 22 12 the general fund of the county.  Another one-half of
 22 13 one percent of the adjusted gross receipts shall be
 22 14 remitted to the treasurer of the Iowa city nearest to
 22 15 where the dock is located and shall be deposited in
 22 16 the general fund of the city.
 22 17    3. c.  Three-tenths One-half of one percent of the
 22 18 adjusted gross receipts shall be deposited in the
 22 19 gambling treatment fund specified in section 99G.39,
 22 20 subsection 1, paragraph "a" created in section
 22 21 135.150.
 22 22    d.  One-half of one percent of the adjusted gross
 22 23 receipts shall be deposited in the county endowment
 22 24 fund created in section 15E.311.
 22 25    4. e.  The remaining amount of the adjusted gross
 22 26 receipts tax shall be credited to the general fund of
 22 27 the state.
 22 28    Sec. 50.  Section 99F.12, Code 2003, is amended to
 22 29 read as follows:
 22 30    99F.12  LICENSEES – RECORDS – REPORTS –
 22 31 SUPERVISION.
 22 32    1.  A licensee shall keep its books and records so
 22 33 as to clearly show all of the following:
 22 34    1. a.  The total number of admissions to gambling
 22 35 excursions conducted by the licensee on each day,
 22 36 including the number of admissions upon free passes or
 22 37 complimentary tickets for each day of operation.
 22 38    2. b.  The amount received daily from admission
 22 39 fees.
 22 40    3.  The total amount of money wagered during each
 22 41 excursion day and the adjusted gross receipts for the
 22 42 each day of operation.
 22 43    2.  The licensee shall furnish to the commission
 22 44 reports and information as the commission may require
 22 45 with respect to its activities.  The gross receipts
 22 46 and adjusted gross receipts from gambling shall be
 22 47 separately handled and accounted for from all other
 22 48 moneys received from operation of an excursion
 22 49 gambling boat or from operation of a racetrack
 22 50 enclosure licensed to conduct gambling games.  The
 23  1 commission may designate a representative to board a
 23  2 licensed excursion gambling boat or to enter a
 23  3 racetrack enclosure licensed to conduct gambling
 23  4 games, who shall have full access to all places within
 23  5 the enclosure of the boat or the racetrack enclosure,
 23  6 who shall directly supervise the handling and
 23  7 accounting of all gross receipts and adjusted gross
 23  8 receipts from gambling, and who shall supervise and
 23  9 check the admissions.  The compensation of a
 23 10 representative shall be fixed by the commission but
 23 11 shall be paid by the licensee.
 23 12    3.  The books and records kept by a licensee as
 23 13 provided by this section are public records and the
 23 14 examination, publication, and dissemination of the
 23 15 books and records are governed by the provisions of
 23 16 chapter 22.
 23 17    Sec. 51.  Section 99F.13, Code 2003, is amended to
 23 18 read as follows:
 23 19    99F.13  ANNUAL AUDIT OF LICENSEE OPERATIONS.
 23 20    Within ninety days after the end of the licensee's
 23 21 fiscal year, the licensee shall transmit to the
 23 22 commission an audit of the financial transactions and
 23 23 condition of the licensee's total gambling operations,
 23 24 including an itemization of all expenses and
 23 25 subsidies.  All audits shall be conducted by certified
 23 26 public accountants registered or licensed in the state
 23 27 of Iowa under chapter 542 who are selected by the
 23 28 board of supervisors of the county in which the
 23 29 licensee operates.
 23 30    Sec. 52.  Section 99F.17, subsections 5 and 6, Code
 23 31 2003, are amended to read as follows:
 23 32    5.  The manufacturer or distributor of gambling
 23 33 games or implements of gambling shall provide the
 23 34 commission with a copy of the invoice written notice
 23 35 showing the items shipped to the licensee and a copy
 23 36 of the bill of lading.
 23 37    6.  Subsection 2 does not apply in the following
 23 38 cases, if approved by the commission:
 23 39    a.  Gambling games or implements of gambling
 23 40 previously installed on an excursion gambling boat in
 23 41 a gambling location licensed in another jurisdiction.
 23 42    b.  Gambling games or implements of gambling
 23 43 previously installed on an excursion gambling boat in
 23 44 a gambling location licensed in this state.
 23 45    Sec. 53.  Section 99G.39, subsection 1, paragraph
 23 46 a, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
 23 47 follows:
 23 48    a.  An amount equal to three-tenths one-half of one
 23 49 percent of the gross lottery revenue for the year
 23 50 shall be deposited in a the gambling treatment fund in
 24  1 the office of the treasurer of state created in
 24  2 section 135.150.
 24  3    Sec. 54.  NEW SECTION.  135.150  GAMBLING TREATMENT
 24  4 FUND.
 24  5    1.  A gambling treatment fund is created in the
 24  6 state treasury under the control of the department.
 24  7 The fund consists of all moneys appropriated to the
 24  8 fund.  However, if moneys appropriated to the fund in
 24  9 a fiscal year exceed six million dollars, the amount
 24 10 exceeding six million dollars shall be transferred to
 24 11 the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund created in
 24 12 section 8.57.  Moneys in the fund are appropriated to
 24 13 the department for the purposes described in this
 24 14 section.
 24 15    2.  Moneys appropriated to the department under
 24 16 this section shall be for the purpose of operating a
 24 17 gambling treatment program and shall be used for
 24 18 funding of administrative costs and to provide
 24 19 programs which may include, but are not limited to,
 24 20 outpatient and follow-up treatment for persons
 24 21 affected by problem gambling, rehabilitation and
 24 22 residential treatment programs, information and
 24 23 referral services, crisis call access, education and
 24 24 preventive services, and financial management and
 24 25 credit counseling services.
 24 26    3.  Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2,
 24 27 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the
 24 28 gambling treatment fund shall be credited to the
 24 29 gambling treatment fund.  Notwithstanding section
 24 30 8.33, moneys credited to the gambling treatment fund
 24 31 shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated
 24 32 at the close of a fiscal year.
 24 33    4.  The department shall report semiannually to the
 24 34 legislative government oversight committees regarding
 24 35 the operation of the gambling treatment fund and
 24 36 program.  The report shall include, but is not limited
 24 37 to, information on revenues and expenses related to
 24 38 the fund for the previous period, fund balances for
 24 39 the period, and moneys expended and grants awarded for
 24 40 operation of the gambling treatment program.
 24 41    Sec. 55.  Section 421.17, Code Supplement 2003, is
 24 42 amended by adding the following new subsection:
 24 43    NEW SUBSECTION.  28.  To administer the county
 24 44 endowment fund created in section 15E.311.
 24 45    Sec. 56.  NEW SECTION.  725.19  GAMBLING BY MINORS.
 24 46    1.  Any person under the age of twenty-one years
 24 47 shall not make or attempt to make a gambling wager,
 24 48 except as permitted under chapter 99B.  A person who
 24 49 violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation
 24 50 under section 805.8C, subsection 4.
 25  1    2.  A person who knowingly permits a person under
 25  2 the age of twenty-one years to make or attempt to make
 25  3 a gambling wager, except as permitted under chapter
 25  4 99B, is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.
 25  5    Sec. 57.  Section 805.8C, Code 2003, is amended by
 25  6 adding the following new subsection:
 25  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  GAMBLING VIOLATIONS.  For
 25  8 violations of legal age for gambling wagering under
 25  9 section 99D.11, subsection 7, section 99F.9,
 25 10 subsection 5, and section 725.19, subsection 1, the
 25 11 scheduled fine is five hundred dollars.  Failure to
 25 12 pay the fine by a person under the age of eighteen
 25 13 shall not result in the person being detained in a
 25 14 secure facility.
 25 15    Sec. 58.  Sections 99D.14A and 99F.10A, Code 2003,
 25 16 are repealed.
 25 17    Sec. 59.  SOCIOECONOMIC STUDY OF GAMBLING.
 25 18    1.  The legislative council shall commission a
 25 19 study by an independent entity to study the
 25 20 socioeconomic impact of gambling on Iowans.  The
 25 21 legislative council is authorized to expend up to one
 25 22 hundred thousand dollars to complete the study.  The
 25 23 legislative council shall make the report available by
 25 24 July 1, 2005.
 25 25    2.  The study shall be an empirical study and
 25 26 include, but not be limited to, the following matters:
 25 27    a.  The economic impact of gambling on communities
 25 28 and other businesses.
 25 29    b.  The impact of gambling, if any, on family
 25 30 finances and family relations in general.
 25 31    c.  Demographic information on gamblers.
 25 32    d.  An assessment of the impact, if any, of
 25 33 pathological or problem gambling on individuals,
 25 34 families, social institutions, criminal activity, and
 25 35 the economy.
 25 36    e.  Other relevant issues to fully examine the
 25 37 socioeconomic impact of gambling.
 25 38    Sec. 60.  TRANSITION PROVISIONS – EXCURSION
 25 39 GAMBLING BOAT CRUISING.  A licensee authorized to
 25 40 conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat
 25 41 pursuant to chapter 99F as of January 1, 2004, shall,
 25 42 no later than June 1, 2004, notify the racing and
 25 43 gaming commission in writing if the licensee intends
 25 44 to operate a moored barge, an excursion boat that will
 25 45 cruise, or an excursion boat that will not cruise.
 25 46 However, a licensee that is located in the same county
 25 47 as a licensee of a racetrack enclosure that conducts
 25 48 gambling games that had less than one hundred million
 25 49 dollars in adjusted gross receipts from gambling games
 25 50 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, shall only
 26  1 be allowed to operate a moored barge if the licensee,
 26  2 the licensee of the racetrack enclosure, and all other
 26  3 licensees of an excursion gambling boat in that county
 26  4 file an agreement with the commission agreeing to the
 26  5 granting of a table games license under chapter 99F
 26  6 and permitting all licensees of an excursion gambling
 26  7 boat to operate a moored barge as of a specific date.
 26  8 The racing and gaming commission shall make the
 26  9 election of each licensee under this section public by
 26 10 June 7, 2004.  A licensee who initially elects to
 26 11 operate a moored barge or an excursion boat that will
 26 12 not cruise may, no later than June 30, 2004, change
 26 13 its election and elect to operate an excursion boat
 26 14 that will cruise.
 26 15    Sec. 61.  2004-2005-2006 REBUILD IOWA
 26 16 INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENTS.
 26 17    1.  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 99F to
 26 18 the contrary and in addition to taxes imposed pursuant
 26 19 to section 99F.11, a rebuild Iowa infrastructure
 26 20 assessment is imposed on each licensee authorized to
 26 21 conduct gambling games pursuant to chapter 99F as of
 26 22 January 1, 2004, as provided in this section.
 26 23    2.  a.  A 2004 rebuild Iowa infrastructure
 26 24 assessment is imposed for each licensee of a pari-
 26 25 mutuel racetrack enclosure licensed to conduct
 26 26 gambling games at the racetrack enclosure under
 26 27 chapter 99F as of January 1, 2004, and determined as
 26 28 follows:
 26 29    (1)  If the adjusted gross receipts from gambling
 26 30 games of the licensee in the prior fiscal year were
 26 31 less than one hundred million dollars and another
 26 32 licensee that is an excursion gambling boat is located
 26 33 in the same county as the licensee, then the
 26 34 assessment on that licensee shall be one million six
 26 35 hundred fourteen thousand five hundred sixty-nine
 26 36 dollars.
 26 37    (2)  If the adjusted gross receipts from gambling
 26 38 games of the licensee in the prior fiscal year were
 26 39 one hundred million dollars or more and another
 26 40 licensee that is an excursion gambling boat is located
 26 41 in the same county as the licensee, then the
 26 42 assessment on that licensee shall be ten million
 26 43 eighty-seven thousand six hundred eighty dollars.
 26 44    (3)  If no licensee of an excursion gambling boat
 26 45 is located in the same county as the licensee, then
 26 46 the assessment on that licensee shall be eleven
 26 47 million eight hundred sixty-eight thousand three
 26 48 hundred fifty-two dollars.
 26 49    b.  The 2004 rebuild Iowa infrastructure assessment
 26 50 provided in this subsection shall be paid by June 1,
 27  1 2004.  The racing and gaming commission shall revoke
 27  2 the license to conduct gambling games of any licensee
 27  3 that fails to pay the 2004 rebuild Iowa infrastructure
 27  4 assessment as provided in this subsection.
 27  5    3.  a.  A 2005 rebuild Iowa infrastructure
 27  6 assessment is imposed at the rate of two and one
 27  7 hundred fifty-two thousandths percent on the estimated
 27  8 adjusted gross receipts amount for each licensee of an
 27  9 excursion gambling boat licensed to conduct gambling
 27 10 games on an excursion gambling boat under chapter 99F
 27 11 as of January 1, 2004.  For purposes of this
 27 12 subsection, the estimated adjusted gross receipts
 27 13 amount for a licensee is the amount of adjusted gross
 27 14 receipts from gambling games the revenue estimating
 27 15 conference estimated, as of the most recent meeting of
 27 16 the revenue estimating conference held prior to the
 27 17 effective date of this section of this Act, a facility
 27 18 licensed to conduct gambling games on an excursion
 27 19 gambling boat will receive for the fiscal year
 27 20 beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005.
 27 21    b.  The 2005 rebuild Iowa infrastructure assessment
 27 22 provided in this subsection shall be paid by June 1,
 27 23 2005, which assessment may be offset by the licensee
 27 24 against taxes imposed on the licensee by section
 27 25 99F.11 to the extent of twenty percent of the
 27 26 assessment paid pursuant to this subsection for each
 27 27 of five consecutive fiscal years beginning with the
 27 28 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010.  The racing and
 27 29 gaming commission shall revoke the license to conduct
 27 30 gambling games of any licensee that fails to pay the
 27 31 2005 rebuild Iowa infrastructure assessment as
 27 32 provided in this subsection.
 27 33    4.  a.  A 2006 rebuild Iowa infrastructure
 27 34 assessment is imposed at the rate of two and one
 27 35 hundred fifty-two thousandths percent on the estimated
 27 36 adjusted gross receipts amount for each licensee of an
 27 37 excursion gambling boat licensed to conduct gambling
 27 38 games on an excursion gambling boat under chapter 99F
 27 39 as of January 1, 2004.  For purposes of this
 27 40 subsection, the estimated adjusted gross receipts
 27 41 amount for a licensee is the amount of adjusted gross
 27 42 receipts from gambling games the revenue estimating
 27 43 conference estimated, as of the most recent meeting of
 27 44 the revenue estimating conference held prior to the
 27 45 effective date of this section of this Act, a facility
 27 46 licensed to conduct gambling games on an excursion
 27 47 gambling boat will receive for the fiscal year
 27 48 beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005.
 27 49    b.  The 2006 rebuild Iowa infrastructure assessment
 27 50 provided in this subsection shall be paid by June 1,
 28  1 2006, which assessment may be offset by the licensee
 28  2 against taxes imposed on the licensee by section
 28  3 99F.11 to the extent of twenty percent of the
 28  4 assessment paid pursuant to this subsection for each
 28  5 of five consecutive fiscal years beginning with the
 28  6 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010.  The racing and
 28  7 gaming commission shall revoke the license to conduct
 28  8 gambling games of any licensee that fails to pay the
 28  9 2006 rebuild Iowa infrastructure assessment as
 28 10 provided in this subsection.
 28 11    5.  The 2004, 2005, and 2006 rebuild Iowa
 28 12 infrastructure assessments imposed by this section
 28 13 shall be deposited in the rebuild Iowa infrastructure
 28 14 fund created in section 8.57.
 28 15    Sec. 62.  RACETRACK LICENSEE RENEWALS – AUCTION OF
 28 16 LICENSES.
 28 17    1.  Notwithstanding any provisions of chapter 99D
 28 18 or 99F to the contrary, the racing and gaming
 28 19 commission shall not renew or reissue licenses to
 28 20 conduct pari-mutuel wagering and gambling games for
 28 21 licensees of racetrack enclosures in Polk county and
 28 22 Dubuque county.
 28 23    2.  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 99D or
 28 24 99F to the contrary, the racing and gaming commission
 28 25 shall establish a process by which licenses for Polk
 28 26 county and for Dubuque county shall be issued to a
 28 27 person otherwise authorized to hold a license under
 28 28 chapters 99D and 99F pursuant to an auction conducted
 28 29 by the commission.  The auction process shall provide
 28 30 that a minimum bid for the issuance of a license to a
 28 31 person to operate a licensed facility in Polk county
 28 32 shall be one hundred fifty million dollars, and the
 28 33 minimum bid for the issuance of a license to a person
 28 34 to operate a licensed facility in Dubuque county shall
 28 35 be ten million dollars.
 28 36    3.  If a license to conduct pari-mutuel wagering at
 28 37 a racetrack enclosure is issued pursuant to this
 28 38 section, the holder of the newly issued license shall
 28 39 be authorized to receive a license to conduct gambling
 28 40 games at the racetrack enclosure notwithstanding any
 28 41 provision of chapter 99F to the contrary.
 28 42    Sec. 63.  EFFECTIVE DATE – RETROACTIVE
 28 43 APPLICABILITY.
 28 44    1.  The section of this Act amending section 99D.6
 28 45 takes effect April 1, 2004.  If this Act is enacted
 28 46 after April 1, 2004, the section of this Act amending
 28 47 section 99D.6, being deemed of immediate importance,
 28 48 takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
 28 49 applicable to April 1, 2004, and is applicable on and
 28 50 after that date.
 29  1    2.  The section of this Act amending section
 29  2 99D.25, subsection 5, takes effect April 1, 2004.  If
 29  3 this Act is enacted after April 1, 2004, the section
 29  4 of this Act amending section 99D.25, subsection 5,
 29  5 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
 29  6 upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to
 29  7 April 1, 2004, and is applicable on and after that
 29  8 date.
 29  9    3.  The section of this Act amending section 99F.1,
 29 10 subsection 10, being deemed of immediate importance,
 29 11 takes effect upon enactment.
 29 12    4.  The section of this Act amending section
 29 13 99F.4A, subsection 8, being deemed of immediate
 29 14 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 29 15    5.  The section of this Act amending section 99F.5,
 29 16 subsection 1, being deemed of immediate importance,
 29 17 takes effect upon enactment.
 29 18    6.  The section of this Act amending section 99F.7,
 29 19 subsection 10, paragraph "e", being deemed of
 29 20 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and
 29 21 is retroactively applicable to referendums held on or
 29 22 after January 1, 2002.
 29 23    7.  The section of this Act requiring a
 29 24 socioeconomic study of gambling, being deemed of
 29 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
 29 26    8.  The section of this Act establishing transition
 29 27 provisions concerning excursion gambling boat
 29 28 cruising, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
 29 29 effect upon enactment.
 29 30    9.  The section of this Act establishing 2004,
 29 31 2005, and 2006 rebuild Iowa infrastructure
 29 32 assessments, being deemed of immediate importance,
 29 33 takes effect upon enactment.
 29 34    10.  The section of this Act providing for
 29 35 racetrack licensee issuance and an auction of
 29 36 licenses, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
 29 37 effect upon enactment."
 29 38    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 3 through 5 and
 29 39 inserting the following:  "excursion gambling boats,
 29 40 including pari-mutuel wagering, horse purses and".  
 29 41 
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 29 44 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
 29 45 LARRY McKIBBEN, Chairperson
 29 46 HF 2302.533 80
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