PRINTER'S NO. 894
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
815
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MURT, FREEMAN, KAUFFMAN, LAWRENCE, SCHLOSSBERG,
SCHWEYER, WARD AND WATSON, MARCH 10, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, MARCH 10, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in licensees, further providing for Category 1 slot
machine license, for Category 2 slot machine license and for
Category 3 slot machine license.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1302(b), 1304(b) and 1305(b) of Title 4
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 1302. Category 1 slot machine license.
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(b) Location.--A Category 1 license may only be issued to an
eligible person authorizing slot machine operations at the
particular licensed racetrack facility identified in the
application. No Category 1 licensed facility shall be located
within 20 linear miles of another Category 1 licensed
facility[.] or within 10 linear miles of the boundary of a
national military park or a national memorial designated by the
Congress of the United States after September 11, 2001.
§ 1304. Category 2 slot machine license.
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(b) Location.--
(1) Two Category 2 licensed facilities and no more shall
be located by the board within a city of the first class, and
one Category 2 licensed facility and no more shall be located
by the board within a city of the second class. No Category 2
licensed facility located by the board within a city of the
first class shall be within [ten] 10 linear miles of a
Category 1 licensed facility regardless of the municipality
where the Category 1 licensed facility is located. Except for
any Category 2 licensed facility located by the board within
a city of the first class or a city of the second class, no
Category 2 licensed facility shall be located within 30
linear miles of any Category 1 licensed facility that has
conducted over 200 racing days per year for the two calendar
years immediately preceding the effective date of this part
and not within 20 linear miles of any other Category 1
licensed facility. Except for any Category 2 licensed
facility located by the board within a city of the first
class, no Category 2 licensed facility shall be located
within 20 linear miles of another Category 2 licensed
facility[.] or within 10 linear miles of the boundary of a
national military park or a national memorial designated by
the Congress of the United States after September 11, 2001.
(2) Within five days of approving a license for an
applicant with a proposed licensed facility consisting of
land designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an
improvement subzone under the Keystone Opportunity Zone,
Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity
Improvement Zone Act for a slot machine license under this
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section, the board shall notify the Department of Community
and Economic Development. The notice shall include a
description of the land of the proposed licensed facility
which is designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an
improvement subzone. Within five days of receiving the notice
required by this paragraph, the Secretary of Community and
Economic Development shall decertify the land of the proposed
licensed facility as being a subzone, an expansion subzone or
an improvement subzone. Upon decertification in accordance
with this paragraph and notwithstanding Chapter 3 of the
Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion
Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, a
political subdivision may amend the ordinance, resolution or
other required action which granted the exemptions,
deductions, abatements or credits required by the Keystone
Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and
Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act to repeal the
exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits for the land
decertified.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
governing body of a city of the first class shall not exempt
from real property taxation or provide any real property tax
abatement under the act of December 1, 1977 (P.L.237, No.76),
known as the Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance
Act, to a Category 2 licensed facility located within the
city, or any improvements to such facility, unless the owner
of the licensed facility enters into or has entered into a
tax settlement agreement or payment in lieu of taxes
agreement with the city, including any amendments,
supplements or modifications of such agreements.
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§ 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 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, shall not be located by the board within 30 linear
miles of another licensed facility[.] or within 10 linear
miles of the boundary of a national military park or a
national memorial designated by the Congress of the United
States after September 11, 2001.
(2) Within five days of approving a license for an
applicant with a proposed licensed facility consisting of
land designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an
improvement subzone under the Keystone Opportunity Zone,
Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity
Improvement Zone Act for a slot machine license under this
section, the board shall notify the Department of Community
and Economic Development. The notice shall include a
description of the land of the proposed licensed facility
which is designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an
improvement subzone. Within five days of receiving the notice
required by this paragraph, the Secretary of Community and
Economic Development shall decertify the land of the proposed
license facility as being a subzone, an expansion subzone or
an improvement subzone. Upon decertification in accordance
with this paragraph and notwithstanding Chapter 3 of the
Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion
Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, a
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political subdivision may amend the ordinance, resolution or
other required action which granted the exemptions,
deductions, abatements or credits required by the Keystone
Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and
Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act to repeal the
exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits for the land
decertified.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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