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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY FARNESE, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, FONTANA, ORIE AND WAUGH, MAY 11, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, MAY 11, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, providing for additional public input hearings. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes |
6 | is amended by adding a section to read: |
7 | § 1205.1. Additional public input hearings. |
8 | (a) Public hearing required.--Prior to ruling on a petition |
9 | by a slot machine licensee seeking authorization to redesign its |
10 | licensed facility or seeking authorization to relocate its |
11 | licensed facility under section 1329 (relating to nonportability |
12 | of slot machine license), the board shall hold at least one |
13 | public hearing on the matter. |
14 | (b) Location.--All public input hearings required under |
15 | subsection (a) shall be held in the municipality where the |
16 | facility is located or is sought to be relocated and shall be |
17 | organized in cooperation with the municipality. |
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1 | (c) Public notice.--The board shall provide public notice of |
2 | the date, time and location of the public hearing by advertising |
3 | once each week for three weeks in a newspaper of general |
4 | circulation within the municipality if there is such newspaper |
5 | and, if there is not, then publication shall be made in a |
6 | newspaper of general circulation within the county in which the |
7 | municipality is located. The board shall also post the date, |
8 | time and location of the public hearing on its Internet website. |
9 | (d) Witnesses.--The board shall establish a process through |
10 | which individuals may appear before the board at a public |
11 | hearing to comment on the merits of the petition pending before |
12 | the board. At a minimum, the process shall allow an individual |
13 | to request the opportunity to address the board through written |
14 | request or through the board's Internet website. A list of all |
15 | witnesses scheduled to testify at a public input hearing shall |
16 | be made public at least seven days prior to the hearing. The |
17 | list shall be updated at least three days prior to the hearing. |
18 | Additional witnesses shall be posted on the board's Internet |
19 | website as they are added to the list. The board may, in its |
20 | discretion, set reasonable time limits on an individual's |
21 | comments to the board at the public hearing. |
22 | Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. |
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