House Study Bill 610 HOUSE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON ELGIN) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act establishing a moratorium on the number of monitor vending 2 machines authorized by the Iowa lottery authority and 3 providing an effective date. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6195YC 81 6 ec/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99G.30, subsection 4, Code 2005, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. Except for the authority, a retailer shall only sell 1 4 lottery products on the licensed premises and not through the 1 5 mail or by technological means except as the authority may 1 6 provide or authorize and subject to the requirements of 1 7 section 99G.30A. 1 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 99G.30A MONITOR VENDING MACHINES == 1 9 MORATORIUM. 1 10 1. The number of monitor vending machines authorized by 1 11 the authority shall not exceed the number of monitor vending 1 12 machines that had been authorized and either located on the 1 13 licensed premises of a retailer or ordered by a retailer from 1 14 an authorized manufacturer as of January 7, 2006. 1 15 2. For purposes of this section, "monitor vending machine" 1 16 means a machine or other similar electronic device that 1 17 includes a video monitor and audio capabilities that dispenses 1 18 to a purchaser lottery tickets that have been determined to be 1 19 winning or losing tickets by a predetermined pool drawing 1 20 machine prior to the dispensing of the tickets. 1 21 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 22 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 23 EXPLANATION 1 24 This bill establishes a moratorium on the number of monitor 1 25 vending machines authorized by the Iowa lottery authority. 1 26 The bill provides that the lottery authority shall only 1 27 authorize the number of monitor vending machines authorized 1 28 and either located on the premises of a retailer or ordered by 1 29 a retailer from an authorized manufacturer of monitor vending 1 30 machines by January 7, 2006. The bill defines a "monitor 1 31 vending machine" as a machine with a video monitor and audio 1 32 capabilities that dispenses to a purchaser lottery tickets 1 33 that have been determined to be winning or losing tickets by a 1 34 predetermined pool drawing machine prior to the dispensing of 1 35 the tickets. 2 1 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 2 2 LSB 6195YC 81 2 3 ec:rj/sh/8