House File 14 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HUSER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing monetary limits relating to social gambling.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1392YH 81
  4 ec/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99B.6, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    h.  No participant wins or loses more than a total of fifty
  1  4 five hundred dollars or more consideration equivalent thereto
  1  5 in one or more games or activities permitted by this section
  1  6 at any time during any period of twenty=four consecutive hours
  1  7 or over that entire period.  For the purpose of this paragraph
  1  8 a person wins the total amount at stake in any game, wager or
  1  9 bet, regardless of any amount that person may have contributed
  1 10 to the amount at stake.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 99B.9, subsection 1, paragraph h, Code
  1 12 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1 13    h.  No participant wins or loses more than a total of fifty
  1 14 five hundred dollars or other consideration equivalent thereto
  1 15 in all games and activities at any one time during any period
  1 16 of twenty=four consecutive hours or over that entire period.
  1 17 For the purpose of this paragraph, a person wins the total
  1 18 amount at stake in any game, wager or bet, regardless of any
  1 19 amount that person may have contributed to the amount at
  1 20 stake.
  1 21    Sec. 3.  Section 99B.12, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
  1 22 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1 23    g.  No participant wins or loses more than a total of fifty
  1 24 five hundred dollars or other consideration equivalent thereto
  1 25 in one or more games or activities permitted by this section
  1 26 at any time during any period of twenty=four consecutive hours
  1 27 or over that entire period.  For the purpose of this paragraph
  1 28 a person wins the total amount at stake in any game, wager or
  1 29 bet, regardless of any amount that person may have contributed
  1 30 to the amount at stake.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    This bill concerns dollar limits on permissible social
  1 33 gambling between individuals or conducted at a public place or
  1 34 premises with certain liquor control licenses.  Social games
  1 35 are described in Code section 99B.12 and include many card and
  2  1 parlor games.  Specifically, the bill increases from $50 to
  2  2 $500 the maximum amount a person may win or lose during any
  2  3 24=hour period on social gambling.
  2  4 LSB 1392YH 81
  2  5 ec/gg/14