Bill Text: IA SF46 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2017-01-19 - Subcommittee: Smith, Bisignano, and Dawson. S.J. 106. [SF46 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF46-Introduced.html

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Senate File 46 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ZAUN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act imposing a moratorium on the issuance of licenses for
  2    gambling games and including effective date and retroactive
  3    applicability provisions.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  99F.4E  Moratorium for issuance of
  1  2 licenses for gambling games.
  1  3    1.  Commencing January 1, 2017, the commission shall not
  1  4 issue a license to conduct gambling games on an excursion
  1  5 gambling boat, gambling structure, or at a pari=mutuel
  1  6 racetrack pursuant to this chapter.
  1  7    2.  This section does not affect the validity of a license
  1  8 issued by the commission pursuant to this chapter before
  1  9 January 1, 2017, or the authority of the commission to suspend,
  1 10 revoke, transfer, or renew a license to conduct gambling games
  1 11 issued before January 1, 2017, pursuant to chapter 99D or this
  1 12 chapter.
  1 13    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 14 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 15    Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies
  1 16 retroactively to January 1, 2017.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 19 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 20    This bill establishes a moratorium preventing the racing
  1 21 and gaming commission from issuing a new license to conduct
  1 22 gambling games on an excursion gambling boat, gambling
  1 23 structure, or at a pari=mutuel racetrack on and after
  1 24 January 1, 2017.  The bill takes effect upon enactment and is
  1 25 retroactively applicable to January 1, 2017.
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