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

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  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