SENATE FILE 46

BY  ZAUN, BOETTGER, BACON, BEHN, SEYMOUR, and FEENSTRA

A BILL FOR

An Act imposing a moratorium on the issuance of licenses for gambling games and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  99F.4E  Moratorium for issuance of licenses for gambling games.
   1.  Commencing January 1, 2011, the commission shall not issue a license to conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, or at a pari-mutuel racetrack pursuant to this chapter.
   2.  This section does not affect the validity of a license issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter before January 1, 2011, or the authority of the commission to suspend, revoke, transfer, or renew a license issued before January 1, 2011, pursuant to chapter 99D or this chapter.
   Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies retroactively to January 1, 2011.
EXPLANATION
   This bill establishes a moratorium preventing the racing and gaming commission from issuing a new license to conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, or at a pari-mutuel racetrack on and after January 1, 2011. The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively applicable to January 1, 2011.