PRINTER'S NO. 915

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

700

Session of

2015

INTRODUCED BY WARD, STEFANO, RAFFERTY, SCARNATI, BARTOLOTTA,

TOMLINSON, ARGALL, ALLOWAY, McGARRIGLE, WHITE AND MENSCH,

MAY 14, 2015

Control Board, further providing for slot machine license

fee; in licensees, further providing for supplier licenses,

for manufacturer licenses, for slot machine testing and

certification standards and for license renewals; providing

for reinvestment incentives; in table games, further

providing for table game device and associated equipment

testing and certification standards; and, in administration

and enforcement, further providing for investigations and

enforcement and for detention.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Commonwealth are to be served by this part:

encouragement of continued investment and reinvestment in the

gaming industry established in this Commonwealth to ensure

that this significant source of revenue is available to

support property tax relief, wage tax reduction, economic

development opportunities and other important initiatives.

Section 2. Sections 1209(b), 1317(c), 1317.1(c), 1320(a) and

requirements as provided for in this part. Slot machine

licensees shall be required to update the information in their

initial applications annually, and the license of a licensee in

good standing shall be renewed every [three] five years. Nothing

in this subsection shall relieve a licensee of the affirmative

duty to notify the board of any changes relating to the status

of its license or to any other information contained in the

application materials on file with the board. As to the renewal

of a license, except as required in subsection (f)(3), no

additional license fee pursuant to subsection (a) shall be

approve the application and issue the applicant a supplier

license consistent with all of the following:

year, and, if renewed under subsection (d), the license shall

be for a period of [three] five years. Nothing in this

paragraph shall relieve a licensee of the affirmative duty to

notify the board of any changes relating to the status of its

license or to any information contained in the application

materials on file with the board.

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§ 1317.1. Manufacturer licenses.

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(c) Review and approval.--Upon being satisfied that the

paragraph shall relieve the licensee of the affirmative duty

to notify the board of any changes relating to the status of

its license or to any other information contained in

application materials on file with the board.

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§ 1320. Slot machine testing and certification standards.

(a) Use of other state standards.--Until such time as the

board establishes an independent testing and certification

facility pursuant to subsection (b) and thereafter where cost

savings and efficiencies can be achieved, the board may

determine, at its discretion, whether the slot machine testing

and certification standards of another jurisdiction within the

United States in which an applicant for a manufacturer license

is licensed are comprehensive and thorough and provide similar

adequate safeguards as those required by this part. If the board

makes that determination, it may permit a manufacturer through a

licensed supplier as provided in section 1317 (relating to

supplier and manufacturer licenses application) to deploy those

slot machines which have met the slot machine testing and

certification standards in such other jurisdictions without

undergoing the full testing and certification process by a

board-established independent facility. In the event slot

a slot machine that has met the testing and certification

standards of a board-approved private testing and certification

facility until such time as the board establishes an independent

testing and certification facility pursuant to subsection (b).

Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive any fees

associated with obtaining a license through the normal

application process.

(b) Facility in Commonwealth.--[Within three years

immediately following the effective date of this part, the]

independent slot machine testing and certification facility.

The cost for the establishment and operation of an

independent slot machine testing and certification facility

shall be paid by each licensed manufacturer in accordance

with a schedule adopted by the board. The facility shall be

made available to each slot machine manufacturer and supplier

as determined by the board.

for any costs associated with any testing not conducted by

the board-established independent slot machine testing and

certification facility.

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§ 1326. License renewals.

(a) Renewal.--All permits and licenses issued under this

at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the permit or

license and shall include an update of the information contained

in the initial and any prior renewal applications and the

payment of any renewal fee required by this part. Unless

otherwise specifically provided in this part, the amount of any

renewal fee shall be calculated by the board to reflect the

longer renewal period. A permit or license for which a completed

renewal application and fee, if required, has been received by

the board will continue in effect unless and until the board

sends written notification to the holder of the permit or

license that the board has denied the renewal of such permit or

license.

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machine licensee from qualifying for reinvestment incentives,

are amended to read:

§ 13A41. Table game device and associated equipment testing and

certification standards.

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(b) Use of other state standards.--The board may determine,

where cost savings and efficiencies can be achieved, whether the

table game device testing and certification standards of another

jurisdiction within the United States in which a manufacturer

licensed pursuant to section 1317.1 (relating to manufacturer

licenses) to manufacture table game devices or associated

game device testing and certification standards in another

jurisdiction without undergoing the full testing and

certification process by the board's independent testing and

certification facility.

§ 1517. Investigations and enforcement.

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(c) Powers and duties of the Pennsylvania State Police.--The

Pennsylvania State Police shall have the following powers and

duties:

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other criminal laws of the Commonwealth on or about a

licensed facility, licensed race track and surrounding areas,

including parking areas.

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§ 1519. Detention.

A peace officer, licensee or licensee's security employee or

an agent under contract with the licensee who has probable cause

licensed facility for all or any of the following purposes: to

require the suspect to identify himself, to verify such

identification or to inform a peace officer. Such detention

shall not impose civil or criminal liability upon the peace

officer, licensee, licensee's employee or agent so detaining.