Senate File 2368 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON STATE
                                           GOVERNMENT

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2062)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning persons voluntarily excluded from gambling
  2    facilities.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5759SV 82
  5 ec/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99D.7, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  22A.  To establish a process by which a
  1  4 person who has been voluntarily excluded for life from a
  1  5 racetrack enclosure and all other licensed facilities under
  1  6 this chapter and chapter 99F may, after having been excluded
  1  7 for at least five years, apply to the commission to revoke
  1  8 that exclusion for good cause shown.  The process established
  1  9 shall include a procedure that will allow any person that has
  1 10 revoked their exclusion to request that the lifetime exclusion
  1 11 be reinstated.  A person that has reinstated a lifetime
  1 12 exclusion shall not be permitted to revoke that reinstated
  1 13 exclusion.  The state and any licensee under this chapter or
  1 14 chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim
  1 15 which may arise from this process.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 99F.4, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by
  1 17 adding the following new subsection:
  1 18    NEW SUBSECTION.  22A.  To establish a process by which a
  1 19 person who has been voluntarily excluded for life from an
  1 20 excursion gambling boat and all other licensed facilities
  1 21 under this chapter and chapter 99D may, after having been
  1 22 excluded for at least five years, apply to the commission to
  1 23 revoke that exclusion for good cause shown.  The process
  1 24 established shall include a procedure that will allow any
  1 25 person that has revoked their exclusion to request that the
  1 26 lifetime exclusion be reinstated.  A person that has
  1 27 reinstated a lifetime exclusion shall not be permitted to
  1 28 revoke that reinstated exclusion.  The state and any licensee
  1 29 under this chapter or chapter 99D shall not be liable to any
  1 30 person for any claim which may arise from this process.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    This bill requires the racing and gaming commission to
  1 33 establish a process by which a person who has been voluntarily
  1 34 excluded for life from a gambling facility licensed under Code
  1 35 chapter 99D or Code chapter 99F may apply to the commission to
  2  1 revoke that exclusion for good cause shown.  The bill provides
  2  2 that a person may only apply to be reinstated after they have
  2  3 been excluded for at least five years.  In addition, the bill
  2  4 provides that a person who has revoked their exclusion may
  2  5 have their exclusion reinstated.  Once reinstated, however, a
  2  6 person may not then revoke that reinstated exclusion.  The
  2  7 bill further provides that the state or licensee under Code
  2  8 chapter 99D or 99F shall not be liable for any claim arising
  2  9 out of this process.
  2 10 LSB 5759SV 82
  2 11 ec/nh/5