Bill Text: IA SSB1103 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning persons voluntarily excluded from gambling facilities.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Subcommittee Meeting: 02/23/2017 11:30AM Senate Lobbyist Lounge [SSB1103 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SSB1103-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1103
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SMITH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
persons
voluntarily
excluded
from
gambling
1
facilities.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99D.7,
subsection
23,
Code
2017,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
23.
To
require
licensees
to
establish
a
process
to
allow
a
3
person
to
be
voluntarily
excluded
for
life
from
the
wagering
4
area
of
a
racetrack
enclosure
and
from
the
gaming
floor,
as
5
defined
in
section
99F.1,
of
all
other
licensed
facilities
6
under
this
chapter
and
chapter
99F
as
provided
in
this
7
subsection.
The
process
shall
provide
that
an
initial
request
8
by
a
person
to
be
voluntarily
excluded
shall
be
for
a
period
9
of
five
years
or
life
and
any
subsequent
request
following
any
10
five-year
period
shall
be
for
a
period
of
five
years
or
life
.
11
The
process
established
shall
also
require
that
a
licensee
12
disseminate
information
regarding
persons
voluntarily
excluded
13
to
all
licensees
under
this
chapter
and
chapter
99F
.
The
state
14
and
any
licensee
under
this
chapter
or
chapter
99F
shall
not
15
be
liable
to
any
person
for
any
claim
which
may
arise
from
this
16
process.
In
addition
to
any
other
penalty
provided
by
law,
any
17
money
or
thing
of
value
that
has
been
obtained
by,
or
is
owed
18
to,
a
voluntarily
excluded
person
by
a
licensee
as
a
result
of
19
wagers
made
by
the
person
after
the
person
has
been
voluntarily
20
excluded
shall
not
be
paid
to
the
person
but
shall
be
credited
21
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state.
22
Sec.
2.
Section
99F.4,
subsection
22,
Code
2017,
is
amended
23
to
read
as
follows:
24
22.
To
require
licensees
to
establish
a
process
to
allow
25
a
person
to
be
voluntarily
excluded
for
life
from
the
gaming
26
floor
of
an
excursion
gambling
boat
and
from
the
wagering
27
area,
as
defined
in
section
99D.2,
and
the
gaming
floor
of
all
28
other
licensed
facilities
under
this
chapter
and
chapter
99D
29
as
provided
in
this
subsection.
The
process
shall
provide
30
that
an
initial
request
by
a
person
to
be
voluntarily
excluded
31
shall
be
for
a
period
of
five
years
or
life
and
any
subsequent
32
request
following
any
five-year
period
shall
be
for
a
period
of
33
five
years
or
life
.
The
process
established
shall
also
require
34
that
a
licensee
disseminate
information
regarding
persons
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voluntarily
excluded
to
all
licensees
under
this
chapter
and
1
chapter
99D
.
The
state
and
any
licensee
under
this
chapter
or
2
chapter
99D
shall
not
be
liable
to
any
person
for
any
claim
3
which
may
arise
from
this
process.
In
addition
to
any
other
4
penalty
provided
by
law,
any
money
or
thing
of
value
that
has
5
been
obtained
by,
or
is
owed
to,
a
voluntarily
excluded
person
6
by
a
licensee
as
a
result
of
wagers
made
by
the
person
after
the
7
person
has
been
voluntarily
excluded
shall
not
be
paid
to
the
8
person
but
shall
be
credited
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state.
9
Sec.
3.
GAMBLING
SELF-EXCLUSION
——
REVOCATION.
A
person
10
who
has
been
voluntarily
excluded
for
life
from
a
racetrack
11
enclosure,
an
excursion
gambling
boat,
and
all
other
licensed
12
facilities
under
Code
chapters
99D
and
99F
pursuant
to
the
13
process
established
in
Code
sections
99D.7
and
99F.4
prior
to
14
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
may
revoke
the
exclusion
by
15
filing
a
form
with
the
racing
and
gaming
commission
in
a
manner
16
as
prescribed
by
the
racing
and
gaming
commission.
A
person
17
may
revoke
the
voluntary
exclusion
only
if
the
person
has
been
18
voluntarily
excluded
for
a
period
of
at
least
five
years.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
concerns
the
process
by
which
a
person
can
be
23
voluntarily
excluded
from
a
racetrack
enclosure
under
Code
24
chapter
99D
and
from
an
excursion
gambling
boat
and
all
other
25
licensed
facilities
under
Code
chapter
99F.
26
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
is
voluntarily
excluded
27
shall
be
excluded
only
from
the
wagering
area
and
gaming
floor
28
of
a
licensed
facility
under
Code
chapters
99D
and
99F.
29
The
bill
provides
that
an
initial
request
to
be
voluntarily
30
excluded
shall
be
for
a
period
of
five
years
or
for
life
and
any
31
subsequent
request
by
that
person
after
any
five-year
period
32
shall
be
for
five
years
or
life.
Under
current
law,
a
request
33
to
be
voluntarily
excluded
is
for
life.
34
The
bill
also
provides
that
for
a
person
who
has
been
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voluntarily
excluded
for
life
from
a
gambling
facility
prior
1
to
the
effective
date
of
the
bill,
the
person
may
have
the
2
exclusion
revoked
by
filing
a
form
with
the
racing
and
gaming
3
commission
if
the
person
has
been
excluded
for
at
least
five
4
years.
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