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EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 870
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ROBERTS.
4782S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 313.820, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to admission
fees on excursion gambling boats.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 313.820, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 313.820, 2
to read as follows:3
313.820. 1. An excursion boat licensee shall pay to 1
the commission an admission fee of [two] four dollars for 2
each person embarking on an excursion gambling boat with a 3
ticket of admission, with the amount of such fee adjusted 4
annually for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for 5
All Urban Consumers, as defined and officially recorded by 6
the United States Department of Labor or its successor. 7
[One dollar] Fifty percent of such fee shall be deposited to 8
the credit of the gaming commission fund as authorized 9
pursuant to section 313.835, and [one dollar] fifty percent 10
of such fee shall not be considered state funds and shall be 11
paid to the home dock city or county. Subject to 12
appropriation, one cent of such fee deposited to the credit 13
of the gaming commission fund may be deposited to the credit 14
of the compulsive gamblers fund created pursuant to the 15
provisions of section 313.842. Nothing in this section 16
shall preclude any licensee from charging any amount deemed 17
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necessary for a ticket of admission to any person embarking 18
on an excursion gambling boat. If tickets are issued which 19
are good for more than one excursion, the admission fee 20
shall be paid to the commission for each person using the 21
ticket on each excursion that the ticket is used. If free 22
passes or complimentary admission tickets are issued, the 23
excursion boat licensee shall pay to the commission the same 24
fee upon these passes or complimentary tickets as if they 25
were sold at the regular and usual admission rate; however, 26
the excursion boat licensee may issue fee-free passes to 27
actual and necessary officials and employees of the licensee 28
or other persons actually working on the excursion gambling 29
boat. The issuance of fee-free passes is subject to the 30
rules of the commission, and a list of all persons to whom 31
the fee-free passes are issued shall be filed with the 32
commission. 33
2. All licensees are subject to all income taxes, 34
sales taxes, earnings taxes, use taxes, property taxes or 35
any other tax or fee now or hereafter lawfully levied by any 36
political subdivision; however, no other license tax, permit 37
tax, occupation tax, excursion fee, or taxes or fees shall 38
be imposed, levied or assessed exclusively upon licensees by 39
a political subdivision. All state taxes not connected 40
directly to gambling games shall be collected by the 41
department of revenue. Notwithstanding the provisions of 42
section 32.057 to the contrary, the department of revenue 43
may furnish and the commission may receive tax information 44
to determine if applicants or licensees are complying with 45
the tax laws of this state; however, any tax information 46
acquired by the commission shall not become public record 47
and shall be used exclusively for commission business. 48
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