Bill Text: IA SF247 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to certain billiard or pool tournaments and providing penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-11 - Subcommittee: Brown, Bisignano, and Schultz. S.J. 332. [SF247 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF247-Introduced.html
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BY
BOLKCOM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
certain
billiard
or
pool
tournaments
and
1
providing
penalties.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
99B.33
Billiard
or
pool
1
tournaments.
2
1.
A
person
shall
not
host,
conduct,
or
otherwise
facilitate
3
a
billiard
or
pool
tournament
in
this
state
with
at
least
4
sixty-four
tournament
participants
without
first
obtaining
a
5
license
from
the
department.
6
a.
Upon
receipt
of
an
application
and
a
fee
of
one
hundred
7
dollars
for
a
billiard
or
pool
tournament
license,
the
8
department
may
issue
an
annual
license.
The
application
shall
9
include
the
name,
phone
number,
electronic
mail
address,
and
10
physical
address
of
the
applicant.
11
b.
Upon
receipt
of
an
application
and
a
fee
of
one
12
hundred
dollars
for
the
renewal
of
an
annual
billiard
or
pool
13
tournament
license,
the
department
may
renew
an
annual
license.
14
The
application
shall
include
all
of
the
following:
15
(1)
The
name,
phone
number,
electronic
mail
address,
and
16
physical
address
of
the
applicant.
17
(2)
The
number
of
tournaments
the
applicant
conducted
18
during
the
previous
year.
19
(3)
For
each
tournament
conducted
during
the
previous
20
calendar
year,
the
names
of
the
top
five
finishers
in
each
21
group.
22
(4)
For
each
tournament
conducted
during
the
previous
23
calendar
year,
the
amount
of
prize
money
the
applicant
paid
to
24
the
top
five
finishers
in
each
group.
25
(5)
For
each
tournament
conducted
during
the
previous
26
calendar
year,
the
amount
of
money
the
applicant
charged
27
participants
to
participate
in
the
tournament.
28
2.
A
person
hosting,
conducting,
or
otherwise
facilitating
29
a
billiard
or
pool
tournament
subject
to
this
section
shall:
30
a.
Organize
participants
in
the
tournament
into
groups
31
based
on
the
skill
level
of
the
participants.
The
groups
shall
32
include
standard,
open,
advanced,
and
master.
33
b.
Pay
out
in
prizes
to
participants
during
each
tournament
34
at
least
eighty
percent
of
the
total
amount
the
person
charged
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participants
to
participate
in
the
tournament.
The
person
1
shall
pay
out
in
prizes
equal
amounts
to
participants
in
each
2
group
provided
in
paragraph
“a”
.
3
c.
If
the
tournament
includes
participants
competing
as
a
4
team,
register
the
team
in
the
group
corresponding
to
the
group
5
in
which
the
participant
with
the
highest
skill
level
on
the
6
team
would
compete
individually.
7
d.
Publish
all
of
the
following
on
the
person’s
internet
8
site:
9
(1)
How
the
person
determines
the
skill
level
of
the
10
participants
in
a
tournament.
11
(2)
The
names
of
the
participants
in
each
group
who
placed
12
in
the
top
three
percent
of
their
group
in
a
tournament.
13
(3)
Contact
information
for
the
department
and
information
14
related
to
the
system
developed
by
the
department
pursuant
to
15
subsection
4.
16
3.
A
person
hosting,
conducting,
or
otherwise
facilitating
17
a
billiard
or
pool
tournament
subject
to
this
section
shall
not
18
charge
a
participant
in
a
tournament
to
challenge
what
group
19
another
participant
should
be
included
in.
20
4.
The
department
shall
make
available
on
its
internet
site
21
a
system
to
allow
individuals
to
report
potential
violations
of
22
this
section.
23
5.
The
department
may
assess
a
civil
penalty
for
a
violation
24
of
this
section
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
five
thousand
25
dollars
for
each
violation.
The
provisions
of
section
99B.4
26
shall
not
apply
to
a
violation
of
this
section.
27
6.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
28
to
administer
and
interpret
this
section.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
certain
billiard
or
pool
tournaments.
33
The
bill
creates
new
Code
section
99B.33.
The
bill
prohibits
34
a
person
from
hosting,
conducting,
or
otherwise
facilitating
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a
billiard
or
pool
tournament
in
this
state
with
at
least
64
1
tournament
participants
without
first
obtaining
a
license
from
2
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals.
3
The
bill
authorizes
the
department
to
issue
an
annual
4
license
for
a
tournament
upon
receipt
of
an
application
and
5
a
fee
of
$100.
The
bill
requires
the
application
to
include
6
the
name,
phone
number,
electronic
mail
address,
and
physical
7
address
of
the
applicant.
8
The
bill
authorizes
the
department
to
renew
an
annual
9
license
for
a
tournament
upon
receipt
of
an
application
and
a
10
fee
of
$100.
The
bill
requires
the
application
to
include:
11
the
name,
phone
number,
electronic
mail
address,
and
physical
12
address
of
the
applicant;
the
number
of
tournaments
the
13
applicant
conducted
the
previous
year;
for
each
tournament
14
conducted
during
the
previous
calendar
year,
the
names
of
the
15
top
five
finishers
in
each
group;
for
each
tournament
conducted
16
during
the
previous
calendar
year,
the
amount
of
prize
money
17
the
applicant
paid
to
the
top
five
finishers
in
each
group;
18
and
for
each
tournament
conducted
during
the
previous
calendar
19
year,
the
amount
of
money
the
applicant
charged
participants
to
20
participate
in
the
tournament.
21
The
bill
requires
a
person
hosting,
conducting,
or
otherwise
22
facilitating
a
tournament
to
do
all
of
the
following:
organize
23
participants
in
the
tournament
into
groups
based
on
the
skill
24
level
of
the
participants;
pay
out
in
prizes
to
participants
25
during
each
tournament
at
least
80
percent
of
the
total
entry
26
fees;
if
the
tournament
includes
participants
competing
as
27
a
team,
register
the
team
in
the
group
corresponding
to
the
28
group
in
which
the
participant
with
the
highest
skill
level
29
on
the
team
would
compete
individually;
and
publish
certain
30
information
on
the
person’s
internet
site
related
to
the
31
participants
in
the
tournament
and
information
related
to
the
32
department.
33
The
bill
prohibits
a
person
hosting,
conducting,
or
34
otherwise
facilitating
a
tournament
from
charging
a
participant
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to
challenge
what
group
another
participant
should
be
included
1
in.
2
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
make
available
on
its
3
internet
site
a
system
to
allow
individuals
to
report
potential
4
violations
of
new
Code
section
99B.3.
5
The
bill
authorizes
the
department
to
assess
a
civil
penalty
6
for
a
violation
of
new
Code
section
99B.3
in
an
amount
not
to
7
exceed
$5,000
for
each
violation.
The
bill
provides
that
the
8
provisions
of
Code
section
99B.4,
which
provides
additional
9
penalties,
shall
not
apply
to
a
violation
of
new
Code
section
10
99B.3.
Pursuant
to
new
Code
section
99B.3,
a
violation
of
11
new
Code
section
99B.33
may
lead
to
the
department
denying,
12
suspending,
or
revoking
a
license
issued
pursuant
to
new
13
Code
section
99B.33.
Additionally,
if
the
person
hosting,
14
conducting,
or
otherwise
facilitating
a
tournament
has
been
15
issued
a
liquor
control
license,
a
violation
of
new
Code
16
section
99B.33
could
lead
to
suspension
of
the
liquor
control
17
license.
18
The
bill
grants
the
department
the
authority
to
adopt
19
rules
to
administer
and
interpret
the
bill.
If
interpretive
20
rulemaking
authority
is
clearly
vested
in
the
discretion
of
an
21
agency
by
statute,
the
applicable
judicial
standard
of
review
22
is
whether
the
rules
constitute
an
irrational,
illogical,
or
23
wholly
unjustifiable
interpretation
of
law
by
the
agency
(Code
24
section
17A.19(10)(l)).
If
interpretive
rulemaking
authority
25
is
not
clearly
vested
in
the
discretion
of
an
agency,
the
26
applicable
judicial
standard
of
review
is
whether
the
rules
27
constitute
an
erroneous
interpretation
of
law
(Code
section
28
17A.19(10)(c)).
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