Bill Text: IA HF2350 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning gambling game licensure requirements and fees, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 585) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2429)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-16 - Withdrawn. H.J. 488. [HF2350 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2350-Introduced.html
House File 2350 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 585) A BILL FOR 1 An Act concerning gambling game licensure requirements and 2 fees, and including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5990HV (2) 86 ec/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 99F.5, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. A qualified sponsoring organization may apply to the 1 4 commission for a license to conduct gambling games on an 1 5 excursion gambling boat or gambling structure as provided in 1 6 this chapter. A person may apply to the commission for a 1 7 license to operate an excursion gambling boat. An operating 1 8 agreement entered into on or after May 6, 2004, between 1 9 a qualified sponsoring organization and an operator of an 1 10 excursion gambling boat or gambling structure shall provide for 1 11 a minimum distribution by the qualified sponsoring organization 1 12 for educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or 1 13 religious uses as defined in section 99B.1, that averages at 1 14 least three percent of the adjusted gross receipts for each 1 15 license year. If an operating agreement has been entered into 1 16 between a qualified sponsoring organization and an operator of 1 17 an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure, the person 1 18 licensed to operate the excursion gambling boat or gambling 1 19 structure pursuant to that agreement shall be noted and 1 20 included as a part of the initial or renewed license issued to 1 21 the qualified sponsoring organization. The application shall 1 22 be filed with the administrator of the commission at least 1 23 ninety days before the first day of the next excursion season 1 24 as determined by the commission, shall identify the excursion 1 25 gambling boat upon which gambling games will be authorized, 1 26 shall specify the exact location where the excursion gambling 1 27 boat will be docked, and shall be in a form and contain 1 28 information as the commission prescribes. The minimum capacity 1 29 of an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure is two 1 30 hundred fifty persons. 1 31 Sec. 2. Section 99F.10, subsection 7, Code 2016, is amended 1 32 to read as follows: 1 33 7. In addition to any other fees required by this chapter, 1 34 a person awarded a new license to conduct gambling games 1 35 pursuant to section 99F.7 on or after January 1, 2004, shall 2 1 pay the applicable initial license fee to the commission as 2 2 provided by this subsection. A person awarded a new license 2 3 shall pay one=fifth of the applicable initial license fee 2 4 immediately upon the granting of the license, one=fifth of 2 5 the applicable initial license fee within one year of the 2 6 granting of the license, one=fifth of the applicable initial 2 7 license fee within two years of the granting of the license, 2 8 one=fifth of the applicable initial license fee within three 2 9 years of the granting of the license, and the remaining 2 10 one=fifth of the applicable initial license fee within four 2 11 years of the granting of the license. However, the license 2 12 fee provided for in this subsection shallnotonly apply when 2 13 alicensed facility is sold and anew license is issued tothe 2 14 purchasera person for a facility that increases the number of 2 15 licensed facilities in the county. Fees paid pursuant to this 2 16 subsection are not refundable to the licensee. For purposes of 2 17 this subsection, the applicable initial license fee shall be 2 18 five million dollars if the population of the county where the 2 19 licensee shall conduct gambling games is fifteen thousand or 2 20 less based upon the most recent federal decennial census, shall 2 21 be ten million dollars if the population of the county where 2 22 the licensee shall conduct gambling games is more than fifteen 2 23 thousand and less than one hundred thousand based upon the most 2 24 recent federal decennial census, and shall be twenty million 2 25 dollars if the population of the county where the licensee 2 26 shall conduct gambling games is one hundred thousand or more 2 27 based upon the most recent federal decennial census. Moneys 2 28 collected by the commission from an initial license fee paid 2 29 under this subsection shall be deposited in the rebuild Iowa 2 30 infrastructure fund created in section 8.57. 2 31 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to initial or 2 32 renewed licenses issued to a qualified sponsoring organization 2 33 on or after the effective date of this Act. 2 34 EXPLANATION 2 35 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 1 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 2 Code section 99F.5, concerning gambling game licensing, is 3 3 amended to provide that if an operating agreement has been 3 4 entered into between a qualified sponsoring organization and an 3 5 operator of an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure, 3 6 the person licensed to operate the boat or structure shall be 3 7 noted and included as a part of the initial or renewed license 3 8 issued to the qualified sponsoring organization. 3 9 Code section 99F.10, concerning license fees, is amended to 3 10 provide that the initial license fee shall be paid only when a 3 11 new license is issued to a person for a facility that increases 3 12 the number of licensed facilities in the county. 3 13 This bill applies to licenses issued or renewed on or after 3 14 the effective date of the bill. 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