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

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  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