Senate File 442 - Enrolled Senate File 442 AN ACT CONCERNING PERSONS VOLUNTARILY EXCLUDED FROM GAMBLING FACILITIES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 99D.7, subsection 23, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 23. To require licensees to establish a process to allow a person to be voluntarily excluded for life from the wagering area of a racetrack enclosure and from the gaming floor, as defined in section 99F.1, of all other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99F as provided in this subsection. The process shall provide that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent request following any five-year period shall be for a period of five years or life . The process established shall require that a person requesting to be voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled by the Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment options and shall also require that a licensee disseminate information regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 99F . The state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this
Senate File 442, p. 2 process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person but shall be credited to the general fund of the state. Sec. 2. Section 99F.4, subsection 22, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 22. To require licensees to establish a process to allow a person to be voluntarily excluded for life from the gaming floor of an excursion gambling boat and from the wagering area, as defined in section 99D.2, and the gaming floor of all other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99D as provided in this subsection. The process shall provide that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent request following any five-year period shall be for a period of five years or life . The process established shall require that a person requesting to be voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled by the Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment options and shall also require that a licensee disseminate information regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 99D . The state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter 99D shall not be liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person but shall be credited to the general fund of the state. Sec. 3. GAMBLING SELF-EXCLUSION —— REVOCATION. A person who has been voluntarily excluded for life from a racetrack enclosure, an excursion gambling boat, and all other licensed facilities under Code chapters 99D and 99F pursuant to the process established in Code sections 99D.7 and 99F.4 prior to the effective date of this Act may revoke the exclusion by filing a form with the racing and gaming commission in a manner as prescribed by the racing and gaming commission. A person
Senate File 442, p. 3 may revoke the voluntary exclusion only if the person has been voluntarily excluded for a period of at least five years. ______________________________ JACK WHITVER President of the Senate ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 442, Eighty-seventh General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2017 ______________________________ TERRY E. BRANSTAD Governor