House File 2094 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HOGG and FOEGE Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting amusement devices and monitor vending machines 2 in counties that have defeated a proposal to authorize 3 gambling games on excursion gambling boats or pari=mutuel 4 racetracks in that county. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 5564YH 81 7 ec/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99B.10, Code Supplement 2005, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 10. An electrical or mechanical amusement 1 4 device required to be registered as provided by this section 1 5 shall not be located in any county in which the result of the 1 6 most recent referendum conducted in that county pursuant to 1 7 section 99F.7 was a defeat of a proposal to conduct gambling 1 8 games on excursion gambling boats or the defeat of a proposal 1 9 to conduct gambling games at a licensed pari=mutuel racetrack 1 10 enclosure. 1 11 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 99G.30A MONITOR VENDING MACHINES == 1 12 PROHIBITED AREAS. 1 13 1. A monitor vending machine shall not be located in any 1 14 county in which the result of the most recent referendum 1 15 conducted in that county pursuant to section 99F.7 was a 1 16 defeat of a proposal to conduct gambling games on excursion 1 17 gambling boats or the defeat of a proposal to conduct gambling 1 18 games at a licensed pari=mutuel racetrack enclosure. 1 19 2. For purposes of this section, a "monitor vending 1 20 machine" means a machine or other similar electronic device 1 21 that includes a video monitor and audio capabilities that 1 22 dispenses to a purchaser lottery tickets that have been 1 23 determined to be winning or losing tickets by a predetermined 1 24 pool drawing machine prior to the dispensing of the tickets. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 This bill prohibits locating an electrical or mechanical 1 27 amusement device that is required to be registered or a 1 28 monitor vending machine of the Iowa lottery in any county that 1 29 has rejected a proposal to authorize gambling games on 1 30 excursion gambling boats or pari=mutuel racetracks. The bill 1 31 provides that the prohibition would not apply if the county 1 32 subsequently passes a referendum authorizing gambling games in 1 33 that county. The bill also defines a "monitor vending 1 34 machine" as a machine with a video monitor and audio 1 35 capabilities that dispenses to a purchaser lottery tickets 2 1 that have been determined to be winning or losing tickets by a 2 2 predetermined pool drawing machine prior to the dispensing of 2 3 the tickets. 2 4 LSB 5564YH 81 2 5 ec:nh/je/5