House File 2107 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  R. OLSON


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning limitations on granting new licenses to conduct
  2    gambling games and providing an effective date and retroactive
  3    applicability provision.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6004HH 82
  6 ec/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99F.7, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is 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, to an applicant to
  1  8 operate a gambling structure, and to an applicant to operate
  1  9 an excursion gambling boat.  If the commission issues any
  1 10 additional licenses to conduct gambling games under this
  1 11 chapter in addition to the number of licenses issued as of
  1 12 January 1, 2008, such license shall only be issued for a
  1 13 facility if the applicant facility will be located more than
  1 14 sixty miles from a facility to which a license to conduct
  1 15 gambling games has been granted under this chapter.  The
  1 16 commission shall decide which of the gambling games authorized
  1 17 under this chapter the commission will permit.  The commission
  1 18 shall decide the number, location, and type of gambling
  1 19 structures and excursion gambling boats licensed under this
  1 20 chapter.  The commission shall allow the operation of an
  1 21 excursion boat or moored barge on or within one thousand feet
  1 22 of the high water marks of the rivers, lakes, and reservoirs
  1 23 of this state as established by the commission in consultation
  1 24 with the United States army corps of engineers, the department
  1 25 of natural resources, or other appropriate regulatory agency.
  1 26 The license shall set forth, as applicable, the name of the
  1 27 licensee, the type of license granted, the location of the
  1 28 gambling structure or the place where the excursion gambling
  1 29 boats will operate and dock, and the time and number of days
  1 30 during the excursion season and the off season when gambling
  1 31 may be conducted by the licensee.
  1 32    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE == RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This
  1 33 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  1 34 enactment and is retroactively applicable to January 1, 2008,
  1 35 and is applicable on and after that date.
  2  1                           EXPLANATION
  2  2    This bill provides that a new license to conduct gambling
  2  3 games issued after January 1, 2008, shall only be issued for a
  2  4 facility if the applicant facility will be located more than
  2  5 60 miles from a facility to which a license to conduct
  2  6 gambling games has already been granted.
  2  7 LSB 6004HH 82
  2  8 ec/nh/14