PRINTER'S NO. 896
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
803
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY M. K. KELLER, MASSER, BERNSTINE, HEFFLEY, HERSHEY,
IRVIN, JAMES, MENTZER, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON, PICKETT, PYLE,
ROTHMAN AND RYAN, MARCH 13, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, MARCH 13, 2019
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in interactive gaming, further providing for local
share assessment; in sports wagering, further providing for
local share assessment; and, in revenues, further providing
for distribution of local share.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Sections 13B53(b)(2), 13C63(b) and 4103(a)(2) of
Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to
read:
§ 13B53. Local share assessment.
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(b) Deposit and distribution.--The department shall, on a
quarterly basis, deposit the local share assessment imposed
under subsection (a) as follows:
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(2) Fifty percent shall be deposited into a restricted
receipts account to be established in the Commonwealth
Financing Authority to be used exclusively for grants for
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projects in the public interest in the Commonwealth[.] with
priority given to grants to volunteer fire or volunteer
ambulance service organizations that are ineligible to
receive or apply for grants from local share assessments
established under sections 13A63 (relating to local share
assessment) and 1403 (relating to establishment of State
Gaming Fund and net slot machine revenue distribution).
§ 13C63. Local share assessment.
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(b) Distributions.--The department shall, on a quarterly
basis, make distributions from the local share assessments
deposited into the restricted account under subsection (a) into
a restricted receipt account to be established in the
Commonwealth Financing Authority to be used exclusively for
grants for projects in the public interest in this
Commonwealth[.] with priority given to grants to volunteer fire
or volunteer ambulance service organizations that are ineligible
to receive or apply for grants from local share assessments
established under sections 13A63 (relating to local share
assessment) and 1403 (relating to establishment of State Gaming
Fund and net slot machine revenue distribution).
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§ 4103. Distribution of local share.
(a) Distribution.--
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(2) The department shall on a quarterly basis deposit
the local share assessment imposed under section 4102(b)(1)
(ii) (relating to taxes and assessments) into a restricted
receipts account to be established in the Commonwealth
Financing Authority to be used exclusively for grants for
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projects in the public interest within the Commonwealth[.]
with priority given to grants to volunteer fire or volunteer
ambulance service organizations that are ineligible to
receive or apply for grants from local share assessments
established under sections 13A63 (relating to local share
assessment) and 1403 (relating to establishment of State
Gaming Fund and net slot machine revenue distribution).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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