House File 2627 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 610) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act prohibiting monitor vending machines and providing an 2 effective date. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6195HV 81 5 ec/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99G.3, subsection 7, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 7. "Lottery", "lotteries", "lottery game", "lottery games" 1 4 or "lottery products" means any game of chance approved by the 1 5 board and operated pursuant to this chapter and games using 1 6 mechanical or electronic devices, provided that the authority 1 7 shall not authorize a monitor vending machine or a player= 1 8 activated gaming machine that utilizes an internal randomizer 1 9 to determine winning and nonwinning plays and that upon random 1 10 internal selection of a winning play dispenses coins, 1 11 currency, or a ticket, credit, or token to the player that is 1 12 redeemable for cash or a prize, and excluding gambling or 1 13 gaming conducted pursuant to chapter 99B, 99D, or 99F. 1 14 Sec. 2. Section 99G.3, Code 2005, is amended by adding the 1 15 following new subsection: 1 16 NEW SUBSECTION. 8A. "Monitor vending machine" means a 1 17 machine or other similar electronic device that includes a 1 18 video monitor and audio capabilities that dispenses to a 1 19 purchaser lottery tickets that have been determined to be 1 20 winning or losing tickets by a predetermined pool drawing 1 21 machine prior to the dispensing of the tickets. 1 22 Sec. 3. TRANSITION PROVISIONS == MONITOR VENDING MACHINES 1 23 == ASSUMPTION OF COSTS. Notwithstanding any provision of 1 24 section 99G.3, as amended by this Act, to the contrary, a 1 25 retailer that has acquired a monitor vending machine prior to 1 26 the effective date of this Act shall be allowed to offer the 1 27 machine to the public for only thirty days following the 1 28 effective date of this Act. On or after thirty days following 1 29 the effective date of this Act, a retailer shall not make a 1 30 monitor vending machine available to the public. 1 31 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 32 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 This bill prohibits the Iowa lottery authority from 1 35 allowing retailers to offer a monitor vending machine that 2 1 dispenses lottery tickets to the public. The bill defines a 2 2 "monitor vending machine" as a machine with a video monitor 2 3 and audio capabilities that dispenses to a purchaser lottery 2 4 tickets that have been determined to be winning or losing 2 5 tickets by a predetermined pool drawing machine prior to the 2 6 dispensing of the tickets. The bill also amends the 2 7 definition of lottery game to exclude the authorization to use 2 8 a monitor vending machine to dispense lottery tickets. 2 9 The bill further provides that any monitor vending machine 2 10 in use by a retailer prior to the effective date of the bill 2 11 may continue to be offered to the public for 30 days following 2 12 the effective date of the bill. On or after that date, 2 13 monitor vending machines are no longer permitted. 2 14 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 15 LSB 6195HV 81 2 16 ec:rj/sh/8