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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PERZEL, J. TAYLOR, EVERETT, HELM, HESS, PETRI, SABATINA, SCAVELLO AND YOUNGBLOOD, OCTOBER 12, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, OCTOBER 12, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for distributions from the State |
3 | Gaming Fund to counties of the first class. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 1403(c)(2)(i)(A), (ii)(A) and (iii)(A) of |
7 | Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to |
8 | read: |
9 | § 1403. Establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot machine |
10 | revenue distribution. |
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12 | (c) Transfers and distributions.--The department shall: |
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14 | (2) From the local share assessment established in |
15 | subsection (b), make quarterly distributions among the |
16 | counties hosting a licensed facility in accordance with the |
17 | following schedule: |
18 | (i) If the licensed facility is a Category 1 |
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1 | licensed facility that is located at a harness racetrack |
2 | and the county, including a home rule county, in which |
3 | the licensed facility is located is: |
4 | (A) A county of the first class: 4% of the |
5 | gross terminal revenue to the county hosting the |
6 | licensed facility from each such licensed facility. |
7 | Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, |
8 | funds from licensed gaming entities located within a |
9 | county of the first class shall not be distributed |
10 | outside of a county of the first class. All of the |
11 | funds distributed to a county of the first class |
12 | shall be used for any shortfalls in the police and |
13 | fire budgets first, then the remainder will go into |
14 | the General Fund. |
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16 | (ii) If the licensed facility is a Category 1 |
17 | licensed facility and is located at a thoroughbred |
18 | racetrack and the county in which the licensed facility |
19 | is located is: |
20 | (A) A county of the first class: 4% of the |
21 | gross terminal revenue to the county hosting the |
22 | licensed facility from each such licensed facility. |
23 | Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, |
24 | funds from licensed gaming entities located within |
25 | the county of the first class shall not be |
26 | distributed outside of a county of the first class. |
27 | All of the funds distributed to a county of the first |
28 | class shall be used for any shortfalls in the police |
29 | and fire budgets first, then the remainder will go |
30 | into the General Fund. |
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2 | (iii) If the facility is a Category 2 licensed |
3 | facility and if the county in which the licensed facility |
4 | is located is: |
5 | (A) A county of the first class: 4% of the |
6 | gross terminal revenue to the county hosting the |
7 | licensed facility from each such licensed facility. |
8 | Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, |
9 | funds from licensed gaming entities located within a |
10 | county of the first class shall not be distributed |
11 | outside of a county of the first class. [The first |
12 | $5,000,000 of the total amount distributed annually |
13 | to the county of the first class shall be distributed |
14 | to the Philadelphia School District.] All of the |
15 | funds distributed to a county of the first class |
16 | shall be used for any shortfalls in the police and |
17 | fire budgets first, then the remainder will go into |
18 | the General Fund. |
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20 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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