PRINTER'S NO. 1118
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
960
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MASSER, JAMES, SAINATO, HELM, PICKETT, GROVE,
A. HARRIS, NEILSON, SAYLOR AND WHEELAND, MARCH 27, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, MARCH 27, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156),
entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the licensing of
eligible organizations to conduct games of chance, for the
licensing of persons to distribute games of chance, for the
registration of manufacturers of games of chance, and for
suspensions and revocations of licenses and permits;
requiring records; providing for local referendum by
electorate; and prescribing penalties," in preliminary
provisions, further providing for definitions; in games of
chance, further providing for distributor licenses and for
registration of manufacturers; in enforcement, further
providing for enforcement; and, in tavern gaming, further
providing for definitions, for licenses, for application, for
approval, for change in ownership, for tavern raffle, for
distribution of net revenue, for tavern games tax, for host
municipality tavern games tax, for reports, for enforcement
and for prohibitions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "tavern games" in section 103
of the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the
Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, is amended to read:
Section 103. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall,
except as provided under section 902, have the meanings given to
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