SSB 1103 (LSB 2202XC (5) 87)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SMITH)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning persons voluntarily excluded from gambling facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 99D.7, subsection 23, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   23.  To require licensees to establish a process to allow a person to be voluntarily excluded for life from the wagering area of a racetrack enclosure and from the gaming floor, as defined in section 99F.1, of all other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99F as provided in this subsection. The process shall provide that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent request following any five-year period shall be for a period of five years or life. The process established shall also require that a licensee disseminate information regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 99F. The state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person but shall be credited to the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 2.  Section 99F.4, subsection 22, Code 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   22.  To require licensees to establish a process to allow a person to be voluntarily excluded for life from the gaming floor of an excursion gambling boat and from the wagering area, as defined in section 99D.2, and the gaming floor of all other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99D as provided in this subsection. The process shall provide that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent request following any five-year period shall be for a period of five years or life. The process established shall also require that a licensee disseminate information regarding persons voluntarily excluded to all licensees under this chapter and chapter 99D. The state and any licensee under this chapter or chapter 99D shall not be liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person by a licensee as a result of wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall not be paid to the person but shall be credited to the general fund of the state.
    Sec. 3.  GAMBLING SELF-EXCLUSION —— REVOCATION.  A person who has been voluntarily excluded for life from a racetrack enclosure, an excursion gambling boat, and all other licensed facilities under Code chapters 99D and 99F pursuant to the process established in Code sections 99D.7 and 99F.4 prior to the effective date of this Act may revoke the exclusion by filing a form with the racing and gaming commission in a manner as prescribed by the racing and gaming commission. A person may revoke the voluntary exclusion only if the person has been voluntarily excluded for a period of at least five years.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill concerns the process by which a person can be voluntarily excluded from a racetrack enclosure under Code chapter 99D and from an excursion gambling boat and all other licensed facilities under Code chapter 99F.
   The bill provides that a person who is voluntarily excluded shall be excluded only from the wagering area and gaming floor of a licensed facility under Code chapters 99D and 99F.
   The bill provides that an initial request to be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or for life and any subsequent request by that person after any five-year period shall be for five years or life. Under current law, a request to be voluntarily excluded is for life.
   The bill also provides that for a person who has been voluntarily excluded for life from a gambling facility prior to the effective date of the bill, the person may have the exclusion revoked by filing a form with the racing and gaming commission if the person has been excluded for at least five years.