House File 198HOUSE FILE BY ROBERTS Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act imposing a moratorium on the issuance or relocation of 2 licenses for gambling games and providing an effective date. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2065YH 83 5 ec/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 99F.4E MORATORIUM FOR ISSUANCE 1 2 AND RELOCATION OF LICENSES FOR GAMBLING GAMES. 1 3 1. Commencing on the effective date of this Act, the 1 4 commission shall not issue a license to conduct gambling games 1 5 on an excursion gambling boat, in a gambling structure, or at 1 6 a pari=mutuel racetrack pursuant to this chapter. 1 7 2. This section does not affect the validity of a license 1 8 issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter before the 1 9 effective date of this Act, or the authority of the commission 1 10 to suspend, revoke, transfer, or renew a license issued before 1 11 the effective date of this Act, pursuant to chapter 99D or 1 12 this chapter. However, the commission shall not permit a 1 13 licensee to change the location of an excursion gambling boat, 1 14 gambling structure, or pari=mutuel racetrack authorized to 1 15 conduct gambling games after the effective date of this Act. 1 16 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 17 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill imposes a moratorium on the issuance of a new 1 20 license to conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling 1 21 boat, in a gambling structure, or at a pari=mutuel racetrack 1 22 commencing on the effective date of the bill. In addition, 1 23 the bill prohibits a licensee from moving the location of a 1 24 boat, gambling structure, or racetrack after the effective 1 25 date of the bill. The bill takes effect upon enactment. 1 26 LSB 2065YH 83 1 27 ec/nh/8