Senate Study Bill 3067

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            COMMERCE BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON BEHN)


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the operation of electrical and mechanical
  2    amusement devices by a chamber of commerce.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  99B.10C  CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ==
  1  2 ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL AMUSEMENT DEVICES == REGISTRATION.
  1  3    1.  A chamber of commerce which is organized as a not=for=
  1  4 profit entity may operate electrical and mechanical amusement
  1  5 devices where the outcome is not primarily determined by the
  1  6 skill or knowledge of the operator pursuant to the
  1  7 requirements of this section upon registering with the
  1  8 department.  Each chamber of commerce that registers with the
  1  9 department under this section shall pay an annual registration
  1 10 fee of two thousand five hundred dollars.  Registration shall
  1 11 be submitted on forms designated by the department that shall
  1 12 contain the information required by the department by rule.
  1 13    2.  A chamber of commerce registered under this section
  1 14 shall comply with the requirements of section 99B.10 for
  1 15 operating an electrical and mechanical amusement device except
  1 16 that the provisions of section 99B.10, subsection 4, limiting
  1 17 the number of devices allowed, and the provisions of section
  1 18 99B.10, subsection 5, shall not apply.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill concerns the operation of electrical and
  1 21 mechanical amusement devices by a chamber of commerce.  Under
  1 22 current law, electrical and mechanical amusement devices where
  1 23 the outcome is not primarily determined by skill are limited
  1 24 to no more than four devices for a nonprofit organization, and
  1 25 no more than two devices for any other person, and the prizes
  1 26 awarded by these devices must be redeemed on the premises
  1 27 where the devices are located.  The bill provides an exception
  1 28 to these requirements for a chamber of commerce that registers
  1 29 with the department of inspections and appeals upon paying an
  1 30 annual registration fee of $2,500.
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