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PRINTER'S NO. 2056
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1578
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY RYAN, DIAMOND AND SOLOMON, JUNE 16, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JUNE 16, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in table games, further providing for local share
assessment; and, in revenues, further providing for
establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot machine
revenue distribution.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 13A63(c)(5)(iii) and 1403(c)(3)(v)(C) of
Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to
read:
§ 13A63. Local share assessment.
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(c) Distributions to municipalities.--The department shall
make quarterly distributions from the local share assessments
deposited into the fund under subsection (a) to municipalities,
including home rule municipalities, hosting a licensed facility
authorized to conduct table games under this chapter in
accordance with the following:
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(iii) If the licensed facility is a Category 1
licensed facility located at a thoroughbred racetrack in
a township of the second class in a county of the third
class with a population of not less than 200,000 but not
more than 260,000 where the licensed facility and all
attached or contiguous acreage owned by the licensed
facility is located in more than one township of the
second class, 50% of the licensed facility's local share
assessment shall be distributed as follows:
(A) $120,000 of the licensed facility's local
share assessment shall be distributed annually to
[each such township of the second class; and] all of
the following:
(I) each township of the second class in a
county of the third class with a population of
not less than 200,000 but not more than 260,000
where the licensed facility and all attached or
contiguous acreage owned by the licensed facility
is located in more than one township of the
second class;
(II) each township of the second class with
a population of not less than 2,000 but not more
than 9,000 which is contiguous to a township
under subclause (I) and is located in a county of
the fifth class with a population of not less
than 130,000 but not more than 135,000; and
(B) remaining funds shall be added to and
distributed with the funds distributed to the county
under subsection (b)(2)(ii).
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§ 1403. Establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot machine
revenue distribution.
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(c) Transfers and distributions.--The department shall:
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(3) From the local share assessment established in
subsection (b), make quarterly distributions among the
municipalities, including home rule municipalities, hosting a
licensed facility in accordance with the following schedule:
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(v) To a township of the second class hosting a
licensed facility:
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(C) $160,000 annually shall be paid by each
licensed gaming entity operating a licensed facility
and owning land adjacent to the licensed facility
located in more than one township of the second
class, other than a Category 3 licensed facility, to
the following townships contiguous to the host
township:
(I) The township of the second class that is
located in a county of the fifth class in which
the adjacent land is located, including
racetracks, grazing fields or any other adjoining
real property.
(II) The township of the second class with a
population of not less than 7,000 but not more
than 9,000 that is located in a county of the
fifth class with a population of not less than
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130,000 but not more than 135,000.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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