THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY DAY, BAKER, BOYD, CLYMER, DUNBAR, EVERETT, GEIST, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MAHER, MILNE, PYLE, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, STERN, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, WATSON AND SWANGER, OCTOBER 4, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, OCTOBER 4, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in gaming, further providing for Pennsylvania

Gaming Control Board established and for licensing of

principals.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1201(h)(9) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1201.  Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board established.

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(h)  Qualifications and restrictions.--

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(9)  [No member] The following individuals may not accept

employment with any applicant, licensed entity, or an

affiliate, intermediary, subsidiary or holding company

thereof, for a period of two years from the termination of

term of office[.] or employment:

(i)  The Governor.

(ii)  The Attorney General.

(iii)  The Auditor General.

(iv)  A member of the General Assembly.

(v)  A member or employee of the board.

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Section 2.  Section 1311.1 of Title 4 is amended by adding a

subsection to read:

§ 1311.1.  Licensing of principals.

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(a.1)  Ineligibility.--The following individuals are not

eligible for licensing as a principal during the two-year period

following the termination of the individual's term of office or

employment:

(1)  The Governor.

(2)  The Attorney General.

(3)  The Auditor General.

(4)  A member of the General Assembly.

(5)  A member or employee of the board.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.