House
File
289
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Enrolled
House
File
289
AN
ACT
CONCERNING
THE
DISTRIBUTION
OF
GAMBLING
GAME
RECEIPTS
FOR
CHARITABLE
PURPOSES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
99F.6,
subsection
4,
paragraph
a,
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(2)
A
qualified
sponsoring
organization
licensed
to
operate
gambling
games
under
this
chapter
shall
distribute
the
receipts
of
all
gambling
games,
less
reasonable
expenses,
charges,
taxes,
fees,
and
deductions
allowed
under
this
chapter
,
as
winnings
to
players
or
participants
or
shall
distribute
the
receipts
for
educational,
civic,
public,
charitable,
patriotic,
or
religious
uses
as
defined
in
section
99B.1
.
A
qualified
sponsoring
organization
shall
provide
that
any
organization
exempt
from
federal
income
taxes
under
section
501(c)(19)
of
the
Internal
Revenue
Code,
as
defined
in
section
422.3,
shall
be
eligible
for
a
distribution
of
adjusted
gross
receipts
for
educational,
civic,
public,
charitable,
patriotic,
or
religious
uses
as
required
by
this
subparagraph.
However,
a
licensee
to
conduct
gambling
games
under
this
chapter
shall,
unless
an
operating
agreement
for
an
excursion
gambling
boat
otherwise
provides,
distribute
at
least
three
percent
of
the
adjusted
gross
receipts
for
each
license
year
for
educational,
civic,
public,
charitable,
patriotic,
or
religious
uses
as
defined
in
section
99B.1
.
However,
if
a
licensee
who
is
also
licensed
to
conduct
pari-mutuel
wagering
at
a
horse
racetrack
has
unpaid
House
File
289,
p.
2
debt
from
the
pari-mutuel
racetrack
operations,
the
first
receipts
of
the
gambling
games
operated
within
the
racetrack
enclosure
less
reasonable
operating
expenses,
taxes,
and
fees
allowed
under
this
chapter
shall
be
first
used
to
pay
the
annual
indebtedness.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
289,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor