SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2340 PRINTER'S NO. 3426
No. 1831 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, MELIO, TRELLO, BILLOW, OLASZ, GIGLIOTTI,
DeLUCA, PRESTON, VEON, COWELL, CESSAR, KONDRICH, FARMER,
OLIVER, DeWEESE, KUKOVICH, VAN HORNE, ITKIN, TANGRETTI AND
B. D. CLARK, JUNE 30, 1989
SENATOR ARMSTRONG, FINANCE, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
APRIL 24, 1990
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156),
2 entitled "An act providing for the licensing of clubs to
3 conduct games of chance, for the licensing of persons to
4 distribute games of chance, for the registration of
5 manufacturers of games of chance, and for suspensions and
6 revocations of licenses and permits; requiring records;
7 providing for local referendum by electorate; and prescribing
8 penalties," further providing for local option referenda.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 14(a) of the act of December 19, 1988
12 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of
13 Chance Act, is amended to read:
14 Section 14. Local option.
15 (a) Election to be held.--In any municipality, an election
16 may be held on the date of [the] a primary, MUNICIPAL OR GENERAL <--
17 election [immediately preceding any municipal election, but not
18 more than once in four years,] to determine the will of the
19 electors with respect to the issuance of licenses within the
1 limits of such municipality under the provisions of this act.
2 [Where an election shall have been held at the primary election
3 preceding a municipal election in any year, another election may
4 be held under the provisions of this act at the primary election
5 occurring the fourth year after such prior election.] Whenever
6 electors equal to at least 25% of the highest vote cast for any
7 office in the municipality at the last preceding general
8 election shall file a petition with the county board of
9 elections of the county, or the governing body of the
10 municipality adopts, by a majority vote, a resolution to place
11 such a question on the ballot and a copy of the resolution is
12 filed with the board of elections of the county, for a
13 referendum on the question of issuing licenses, the county board
14 of elections shall cause a question to be placed on the ballot
15 or on the voting machine board and submitted at [the] a NEXT <--
16 FOLLOWING primary, MUNICIPAL OR GENERAL election [immediately <--
17 preceding the municipal election]. The question shall be in the
18 following form:
19 Do you favor the issuance of licenses
20 to conduct small games of chance in the
21 of ?
22 * * *
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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