VA SB1010 | 2017 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-23 - Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission (the Commission) as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill specifies the licensing requirements for casino gaming and imposes penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. The bill also requires the Commission to establish a voluntary exclusion program allowing persons to voluntarily exclude themselves from the gaming areas of facilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission. Under the bill, casino gaming is limited to localities in which at least 40 percent of the land area is exempt from local real property taxation pursuant to federal law or subdivisions (a) (1) through (a) 5 and (a) 7 of Article X, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia. In addition, the bill establishes the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund administered by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to provide counseling and other support services for compulsive and problem gamblers, develop problem gambling treatment and prevention programs, and provide grants to supporting organizations that provide assistance to compulsive gamblers. The bill requires proceeds of the gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed on casino gaming operators to be paid as follows: (i) one percent into the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, (ii) 10 percent to the locality in which the casino gaming operation is located, and (iii) 89 percent into the Toll Mitigation Fund, which shall be used to mitigate the tolls established to support construction and maintenance of the Dominion Boulevard Bridge and Roadway Improvement Project and the Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/Martin Luther King Freeway Extension Project.

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Title

Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2017-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2017-01-23SenatePassed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (8-Y 7-N)
2017-01-23SenateCommittee amendments
2017-01-04SenateReferred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2017-01-04SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100706D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
182334.5(n/a)See Bill Text
22204(n/a)See Bill Text
223705.3(n/a)See Bill Text
223711(n/a)See Bill Text
3321532(n/a)See Bill Text
372304(n/a)See Bill Text
372314.1(n/a)See Bill Text
41100(n/a)See Bill Text
41210(n/a)See Bill Text
41231(n/a)See Bill Text
41233(n/a)See Bill Text
591571(n/a)See Bill Text
591607(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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