Bill Text: IA HF165 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to video machine tournament contests.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-05 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 259. [HF165 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF165-Introduced.html
House File 165 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HAGENOW A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to video machine tournament contests. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2116YH (3) 86 ec/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99B.11, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 1 2 2015, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 e. A video machinegolftournament game which is an 1 4 interactive bona fide contest. A player operates a video 1 5 machinegolftournament game with a trackball assembly or by 1 6 player=directed movement with a video or electronic gaming 1 7 device whichacts as the golfer's swing anddetermines the 1 8 results of play and tournament scores. A video machinegolf1 9 tournament game is capable of receiving program and data 1 10 information from an off=site location. A tournament operator 1 11 shall prominently display all tournament rules. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 14 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 15 This bill authorizes the paying of awards and prizes to 1 16 participants in video machine tournament games. 1 17 Code section 99B.11, concerning bona fide contests, is 1 18 amended to provide that a video machine tournament game is a 1 19 bona fide contest, allowing the payment of awards to persons 1 20 winning the contest. The bill provides that a player operates 1 21 a video machine tournament game with a trackball assembly or 1 22 by player=directed movement with a video or electronic gaming 1 23 device which determines the results of play and tournament 1 24 scores. Under current law, only video machine golf tournament 1 25 games using a trackball assembly are considered bona fide 1 26 contests. LSB 2116YH (3) 86 ec/nh