PRINTER'S NO. 730
No. 683 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, ORIE, GREENLEAF, WAUGH, WONDERLING,
PICCOLA, EICHELBERGER AND ARMSTRONG, MARCH 23, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
MARCH 23, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for license or permit application
3 hearing process; public input hearings.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1205 of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 1205. License or permit application hearing process; public
9 input hearings.
10 * * *
11 (c) Referendum.--
12 (1) The board may not license a facility under this part
13 unless a majority of the electors voting on the question
14 required under this subsection vote in the affirmative.
15 (2) Following the conclusion of all public hearings held
16 under subsection (a), the municipality where the facility
17 will be located shall place a question on the ballot at the
18 next municipal election.
1 (3) The referendum question must state that a facility
2 is proposed for the electors' municipality and that the board
3 may only issue a license if a majority of the electors voting
4 on the question approve. The question shall be in clear
5 language that is readily understandable by a layperson.
6 (4) Proceedings under this subsection shall be in
7 accordance with the provisions of the act of June 3, 1937
8 (P.L.1333, No.320), known as the Pennsylvania Election Code.
9 Section 2. The addition of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1205(c) shall apply
10 to any slot machine license application filed on or after the
11 effective date of this section.
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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