House File 451 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  CARROLL


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act imposing a moratorium on the issuance of licenses for
  2    gambling games.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2704YH 81
  5 ec/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  99F.4D  MORATORIUM FOR ISSUANCE
  1  2 OF LICENSES FOR GAMBLING GAMES.
  1  3    1.  Commencing July 1, 2005, the commission shall not issue
  1  4 a license to conduct gambling games on an excursion boat or at
  1  5 a pari=mutuel racetrack pursuant to this chapter.  However,
  1  6 this moratorium shall not apply to the granting of a table
  1  7 games license as provided by this chapter.
  1  8    2.  This section does not affect the validity of a license
  1  9 issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter before July
  1 10 1, 2005, or the authority of the commission to suspend,
  1 11 revoke, transfer, or renew a license issued before July 1,
  1 12 2005, pursuant to chapter 99D or this chapter.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill imposes a moratorium on the issuance of a new
  1 15 license to conduct gambling games on an excursion boat or at a
  1 16 pari=mutuel racetrack commencing July 1, 2005.
  1 17 LSB 2704YH 81
  1 18 ec:nh/sh/8