Bill Text: IA HSB161 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to pari-mutuel wagering on horse or dog races licensed in a foreign jurisdiction.(See HF 513.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-11 - Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 387. [HSB161 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB161-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
161
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
pari-mutuel
wagering
on
horse
or
dog
races
1
licensed
in
a
foreign
jurisdiction.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
99D.11,
subsection
6,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
The
commission
may
authorize
the
licensee
to
3
simultaneously
telecast
within
the
racetrack
enclosure
or
at
4
the
facility
of
a
licensee
authorized
to
operate
an
excursion
5
gambling
boat
or
gambling
structure
under
chapter
99F
,
for
6
the
purpose
of
pari-mutuel
wagering,
a
horse
or
dog
race
7
licensed
by
the
racing
authority
of
another
state
or
foreign
8
jurisdiction
.
It
is
the
responsibility
of
each
licensee
to
9
obtain
the
consent
of
appropriate
racing
officials
in
other
10
states
as
required
by
the
federal
Interstate
Horseracing
Act
of
11
1978,
15
U.S.C.
§3001
–
3007,
to
televise
races
for
the
purpose
12
of
conducting
pari-mutuel
wagering.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
pari-mutuel
wagering
on
horse
or
dog
17
races
licensed
in
a
foreign
jurisdiction.
18
The
bill
allows
licensees
to
simultaneously
telecast
19
from
the
licensee’s
racetrack
enclosure,
excursion
gambling
20
boat,
or
gambling
structure,
horse
or
dog
races
from
foreign
21
jurisdictions.
Under
current
law,
wagering
needs
to
take
place
22
inside
the
enclosure
where
the
race
is
held
unless
the
race
is
23
simultaneously
telecast
from
a
licensee’s
racetrack
enclosure,
24
excursion
gambling
boat,
or
gambling
structure,
and
the
state
25
racing
and
gaming
commission
may
only
authorize
licensees
to
26
simultaneously
telecast
horse
and
dog
races
licensed
by
the
27
racing
authority
of
another
state.
28
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