House Study Bill 585 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON VANDER LINDEN) A BILL FOR An Act concerning gambling game licensure requirements and 1 including applicability provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5990YC (2) 86 ec/nh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 99F.5, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. A qualified sponsoring organization may apply to the 3 commission for a license to conduct gambling games on an 4 excursion gambling boat or gambling structure as provided in 5 this chapter . A person may apply to the commission for a 6 license to operate an excursion gambling boat. An operating 7 agreement entered into on or after May 6, 2004, between 8 a qualified sponsoring organization and an operator of an 9 excursion gambling boat or gambling structure shall provide for 10 a minimum distribution by the qualified sponsoring organization 11 for educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or 12 religious uses as defined in section 99B.1 , that averages at 13 least three percent of the adjusted gross receipts for each 14 license year. If an operating agreement has been entered into 15 between a qualified sponsoring organization and an operator of 16 an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure, the person 17 licensed to operate the excursion gambling boat or gambling 18 structure pursuant to that agreement shall be noted and 19 included as a part of the initial or renewed license issued to 20 the qualified sponsoring organization. The application shall 21 be filed with the administrator of the commission at least 22 ninety days before the first day of the next excursion season 23 as determined by the commission, shall identify the excursion 24 gambling boat upon which gambling games will be authorized, 25 shall specify the exact location where the excursion gambling 26 boat will be docked, and shall be in a form and contain 27 information as the commission prescribes. The minimum capacity 28 of an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure is two 29 hundred fifty persons. 30 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to initial or 31 renewed licenses issued to a qualified sponsoring organization 32 on or after the effective date of this Act. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 5990YC (2) 86 ec/nh 1/ 2

H.F. _____ the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill provides that if an operating agreement has been 2 entered into between a qualified sponsoring organization and an 3 operator of an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure, 4 the person licensed to operate the boat or structure shall be 5 noted and included as a part of the initial or renewed license 6 issued to the qualified sponsoring organization. The bill 7 applies to licenses issued or renewed on or after the effective 8 date of the bill. 9 -2- LSB 5990YC (2) 86 ec/nh 2/ 2