Bill Text: IA HSB210 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to amusement concessions, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.(See HF 785.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-05 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 785. [HSB210 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB210-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
210
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KAUFMANN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
amusement
concessions,
and
including
1
effective
date
and
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99B.1,
subsections
1,
18,
and
19,
Code
1
2021,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
“Amusement
concession”
means
a
game
of
skill
or
game
3
of
chance
with
an
instant
win
possibility
where
,
if
the
4
participant
completes
a
task,
the
participant
wins
may
win
5
a
prize.
“Amusement
concession”
includes
but
is
not
limited
6
to
carnival-style
games
and
video
games
that
are
conducted
7
by
a
person
for
profit.
“Amusement
concession”
does
not
8
include
casino-style
games
or
amusement
devices
required
to
be
9
registered
pursuant
to
section
99B.53
.
10
18.
“Game
of
chance”
means
a
game
whereby
the
result
is
11
determined
by
chance
and
the
player
in
order
to
win
completes
12
activities,
such
as
aligning
objects
or
balls
in
a
prescribed
13
pattern
or
order
or
makes
certain
color
patterns
appear
.
“Game
14
of
chance”
specifically
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
bingo.
15
“Game
of
chance”
does
not
include
a
slot
machine
or
amusement
16
device.
17
19.
“Game
of
skill”
means
a
game
whereby
the
possibility
18
of
a
result
is
determined
by
favorable
to
the
player
increases
19
with
the
player’s
ability
to
do
a
task,
such
as
directing
20
or
throwing
objects
to
designated
areas
or
targets,
or
by
21
maneuvering
water
or
an
object
into
a
designated
area,
or
by
22
maneuvering
a
dragline
device
to
pick
up
particular
items,
23
or
by
shooting
a
gun
or
rifle
at
“targets”,
or
aiming
at,
24
capturing,
or
collecting
symbols
on
a
video
screen
.
25
Sec.
2.
Section
99B.31,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
26
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
a.
The
person
conducting
the
amusement
concession
has
28
submitted
a
license
application
and
a
fee
of
fifty
dollars
29
for
each
amusement
concession
at
least
thirty
days
prior
to
30
conducting
an
amusement
concession
,
and
has
been
issued
a
31
license
for
the
amusement
concession,
and
prominently
displays
32
the
license
at
the
playing
area
of
the
amusement
concession.
33
A
license
is
valid
for
a
period
of
one
year
from
the
date
of
34
issue.
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Sec.
3.
DEPARTMENT
OF
INSPECTIONS
AND
APPEALS
——
2020
1
AMUSEMENT
CONCESSIONS
LICENSES.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
2
of
law
to
the
contrary,
amusement
concession
licenses
and
3
provisional
licenses
issued
by
the
department
of
inspections
4
and
appeals
in
calendar
year
2020
shall
allow
the
licensee
to
5
conduct
any
amusement
concession
that
was
authorized
to
be
6
conducted
on
the
date
of
licensure
in
2020
for
the
duration
of
7
the
one-year
license.
8
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
9
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
10
Sec.
5.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
following
applies
11
retroactively
to
January
1,
2020:
12
The
section
of
this
Act
authorizing
the
continuation
of
13
amusement
concession
licenses
and
professional
licenses
for
a
14
one-year
duration.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
amusement
concessions.
19
The
bill
changes
the
definition
of
amusement
concession
to
a
20
game
of
skill
or
game
of
chance
where
the
participant
may
win
a
21
prize.
The
bill
adds
video
games
as
an
example
of
an
amusement
22
concession.
23
The
bill
changes
the
definition
of
game
of
chance
to
a
game
24
whereby
the
result
is
determined
by
chance.
Under
current
25
law,
a
game
of
chance
must
also
require
a
player
to
complete
26
activities,
such
as
aligning
objects
or
balls
in
a
prescribed
27
pattern
or
order
or
make
certain
color
patterns
appear,
in
28
order
to
win.
29
The
bill
changes
the
definition
of
a
game
of
skill
to
a
30
game
whereby
the
possibility
for
a
result
favorable
to
the
31
player
increases
with
the
player’s
ability
to
do
a
task.
The
32
bill
adds
shooting
a
gun
or
rifle
at
“targets”,
and
aiming
at,
33
capturing,
or
collecting
symbols
on
a
video
screen
as
examples
34
of
activities
in
games
of
skill.
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The
bill
requires
amusement
concession
license
applicants
to
1
submit
their
application
and
application
fee
for
an
amusement
2
concession
license
at
least
30
days
before
conducting
amusement
3
concession
activities.
4
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
5
to
adopt
rules
that
set
out
that
all
amusement
concession
6
licenses
and
provisional
licenses
issued
in
calendar
year
2020
7
shall
remain
valid
until
the
date
prescribed
for
the
licenses
8
on
the
licenses’
date
of
issue.
The
bill
makes
this
directive
9
retroactive
to
January
1,
2020.
10
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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