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
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  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
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