PRINTER'S NO.  1396

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

1088

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY EARLL, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, in administration and enforcement, further

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providing for declaration of exemption from Federal laws

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prohibiting slot machines.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 1511(b) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

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§ 1511.  Declaration of exemption from Federal laws prohibiting

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slot machines.

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(b)  Legal shipments.--All shipments of [slot machines]

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gambling devices, as defined in section 1 of the Gambling

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Devices Transportation Act (64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. § 1171), 

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into this Commonwealth, the registering, recording and labeling

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of which has been effected by the manufacturer and supplier of

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those devices, in accordance with sections 5 and 7 of the

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Gambling Devices Transportation Act (64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. §§

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[1175 and 1177] 1173 and 1174), shall be deemed legal shipments

 


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of [slot machines] gambling devices into this Commonwealth.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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