PRINTER'S NO. 1936
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1402
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY D. COSTA, PAYNE, THOMAS, MILLARD, KOTIK, JOZWIAK,
COHEN, WARNER AND MOUL, JUNE 25, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JUNE 25, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensees, further providing for Category 3 slot
machine license; and repealing the effective date provision
of an act relating, in part, to number of slot machine
licenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1305(b)(1) and (1.1) of Title 4 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1305. Category 3 slot machine license.
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(b) Location.--The following shall apply:
(1) [Except as provided in paragraph (1.1), no] No
Category 3 license shall be located by the board within 15
linear miles of another licensed facility.
(1.1) A Category 3 license established on or after July
20, [2017] 2015, shall [not] be located by the board [within
30 linear miles of another licensed facility.] in a county of
the fourth class that:
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(i) does not contain a licensed facility; and
(ii) does not share a border with a county
containing a licensed facility.
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Section 2. The amendment of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1307 in the act of
January 7, 2010 (P.L.1, No.1) shall take effect:
(1) on July 20, 2015, if all Category 3 licensed
facilities authorized by 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II before the
effective date of this section have commenced the operation
of slot machines; or
(2) if all Category 3 licensed facilities authorized by
4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II before the effective date of this section
have not commenced operation on or before July 20, 2015, upon
a written determination of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control
Board issued after July 20, 2015, that all Category 3
licensed facilities authorized by 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II before the
effective date of this section have commenced the operation
of slot machines.
Section 3. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly finds that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate this act.
(2) Section 21(2) of the act of January 7, 2010 (P.L.1,
No.1), is repealed.
Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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