Iowa Code 99F.5A – Limitations on issuance of licenses to conduct gambling games
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1. Commencing June 1, 2022, the total number of licenses issued by the commission to conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat, at a gambling structure, or at a pari-mutuel racetrack shall not exceed nineteen subject to the requirements of this section.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 99F.5A
- Commission: means the state racing and gaming commission created under section 99D. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Excursion gambling boat: means an excursion boat or moored barge on which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Gambling structure: means any man-made stationary structure approved by the commission that does not include a racetrack enclosure which is subject to land-based building codes rather than maritime or Iowa department of natural resources inspection laws and regulations on which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Licensee: means any person licensed under section 99F. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Racetrack enclosure: means all real property utilized for the conduct of a race meeting, including the racetrack, grandstand, concession stands, offices, barns, kennels and barn areas, employee housing facilities, parking lots, and any additional areas designated by the commission. See Iowa Code 99F.1
2. Licenses to conduct gambling games shall be restricted to those counties where an excursion gambling boat, gambling structure, or racetrack enclosure was operating and licensed to conduct gambling games on June 1, 2022.
3. The commission shall be authorized to take any of the following actions concerning the issuance of licenses to conduct gambling games:
a. A gambling games licensee may move to a new location within the same county and retain the gambling games license.
b. A licensed facility may be sold and a new gambling games license issued for operation in the same county.
c. If a license to conduct gambling games is surrendered, not renewed, or revoked, a new gambling games license may be issued for operation in the same county.
4. This section is repealed June 30, 2024.