Senate File 33 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McCOY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the issuance of new licenses to conduct
  2    gambling games near a horse racetrack enclosure and providing
  3    an effective date.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1026XS 81
  6 ec/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  If the commission is satisfied that this chapter and
  1  4 its rules adopted under this chapter applicable to licensees
  1  5 have been or will be complied with, the commission shall issue
  1  6 a license for a period of not more than three years to an
  1  7 applicant to own a gambling game operation and to an applicant
  1  8 to operate an excursion gambling boat.  However, the
  1  9 commission shall not issue any licenses to conduct gambling
  1 10 games under this chapter in addition to the number of licenses
  1 11 issued as of January 1, 2005, for a facility to be located
  1 12 within fifty miles of a horse racetrack enclosure to which a
  1 13 license to conduct gambling games has been granted under this
  1 14 chapter.  The commission shall decide which of the gambling
  1 15 games authorized under this chapter the commission will
  1 16 permit.  The commission shall decide the number, location, and
  1 17 type of excursion gambling boats licensed under this chapter
  1 18 for operation on the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs of this
  1 19 state.  An excursion gambling boat may be located or operated
  1 20 on a natural or man=made lake or reservoir if the lake or
  1 21 reservoir is of sufficient size to accommodate recreational
  1 22 activity.  An excursion gambling boat may also be located on a
  1 23 man=made basin or other body of water adjacent to a river,
  1 24 provided it is located no more than one thousand feet from the
  1 25 high water mark of the river, as established by the commission
  1 26 in consultation with the United States army corps of
  1 27 engineers, the department of natural resources, or other
  1 28 appropriate regulatory agency.  The license shall set forth,
  1 29 as applicable, the name of the licensee, the type of license
  1 30 granted, the place where the excursion gambling boats will
  1 31 operate and dock, and the time and number of days during the
  1 32 excursion season and the off season when gambling may be
  1 33 conducted by the licensee.
  1 34    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 35 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  1                           EXPLANATION
  2  2    This bill provides that no new licenses to conduct gambling
  2  3 games can be issued for a facility that would be located
  2  4 within 50 miles of a horse racetrack that has been issued a
  2  5 license to conduct gambling games.
  2  6    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
  2  7 LSB 1026XS 81
  2  8 ec/gg/14