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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
76
BY
REICHMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
a
moratorium
on
the
issuance
of
new
gambling
1
games
licenses,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
99F.5A
Limitations
on
issuance
of
1
licenses
to
conduct
gambling
games.
2
1.
a.
Commencing
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
through
3
June
30,
2030,
the
total
number
of
licenses
issued
by
the
4
commission
to
conduct
gambling
games
on
an
excursion
gambling
5
boat,
at
a
gambling
structure,
or
at
a
pari-mutuel
racetrack
6
shall
not
exceed
nineteen
subject
to
the
requirements
of
this
7
subsection.
8
b.
Licenses
to
conduct
gambling
games
shall
be
restricted
9
to
those
counties
where
an
excursion
gambling
boat,
gambling
10
structure,
or
racetrack
enclosure
was
operating
and
licensed
to
11
conduct
gambling
games
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
12
c.
The
commission
shall
be
authorized
to
take
any
of
the
13
following
actions
concerning
the
issuance
of
licenses
to
14
conduct
gambling
games:
15
(1)
A
gambling
games
licensee
may
move
to
a
new
location
16
within
the
same
county
and
retain
the
gambling
games
license.
17
(2)
A
licensed
facility
may
be
sold
and
a
new
gambling
games
18
license
issued
for
operation
in
the
same
county.
19
(3)
If
a
license
to
conduct
gambling
games
is
surrendered,
20
not
renewed,
or
revoked,
a
new
gambling
games
license
may
be
21
issued
for
operation
in
the
same
county.
22
2.
This
section
is
repealed
July
1,
2030.
23
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
24
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
places
a
moratorium
on
the
issuance
of
new
licenses
29
to
conduct
gambling
games
in
excess
of
19
licenses
through
June
30
30,
2030.
The
bill
restricts
gambling
games
licenses
to
those
31
counties
conducting
gambling
games
on
the
effective
date
of
32
the
bill.
The
bill
allows
the
racing
and
gaming
commission
to
33
authorize
a
gambling
games
licensee
to
move
to
a
new
location
34
within
the
same
county,
to
issue
a
gambling
games
license
in
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a
county
if
a
licensed
facility
in
that
county
is
sold,
and
1
to
issue
a
new
license
in
a
county
if
a
previous
license
to
2
conduct
gambling
games
in
that
county
was
surrendered,
not
3
renewed,
or
revoked.
4
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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