Bill Text: IA SF40 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act imposing a moratorium on the issuance of licenses for gambling games and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Subcommittee reassigned, Horn, Courtney, and Feenstra. S.J. 116. [SF40 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF40-Introduced.html
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BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
imposing
a
moratorium
on
the
issuance
of
licenses
for
1
gambling
games
and
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
99F.4E
Moratorium
for
issuance
of
1
licenses
for
gambling
games.
2
1.
Commencing
January
1,
2013,
the
commission
shall
not
3
issue
a
license
to
conduct
gambling
games
on
an
excursion
4
gambling
boat,
gambling
structure,
or
at
a
pari-mutuel
5
racetrack
pursuant
to
this
chapter.
6
2.
This
section
does
not
affect
the
validity
of
a
license
7
issued
by
the
commission
pursuant
to
this
chapter
before
8
January
1,
2013,
or
the
authority
of
the
commission
to
suspend,
9
revoke,
transfer,
or
renew
a
license
issued
before
January
1,
10
2013,
pursuant
to
chapter
99D
or
this
chapter.
11
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
12
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
13
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
14
retroactively
to
January
1,
2013.
15
EXPLANATION
16
This
bill
establishes
a
moratorium
preventing
the
racing
17
and
gaming
commission
from
issuing
a
new
license
to
conduct
18
gambling
games
on
an
excursion
gambling
boat,
gambling
19
structure,
or
at
a
pari-mutuel
racetrack
on
and
after
20
January
1,
2013.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
is
21
retroactively
applicable
to
January
1,
2013.
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