Regular Session 2019-2020 Senate Bill 0087 P.N. 0065

PRINTER'S NO. 65

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

No.

Session of

2019

INTRODUCED BY MARTIN, AUMENT, TOMLINSON, GORDNER, HUGHES AND

HUTCHINSON, JANUARY 24, 2019

REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,

JANUARY 24, 2019

AN ACT

Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in application and licensure relating to video

gaming, further providing for establishment licenses; and, in

revenues relating to video gaming, further providing for

fees.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 3514(d) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended and the section is amended by

adding a subsection to read:

§ 3514. Establishment licenses.

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

requirements of subsection (a) have been met and if no

resolution under subsection (g) has been received by the board,

the board may approve the application and issue the applicant an

establishment license consistent with all of the following:

(1) (i) The license shall be valid for a period of five

years.

(ii) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to

relieve a licensee of the affirmative duty to notify the

board of a change relating to the status of its license

or to information contained in application materials on

file with the board.

(2) The license shall be nontransferable.

(3) Other conditions established by the board.

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(g) Municipal option.--

(1) Prior to the board approving an application and

issuing an establishment license within a municipality, the

municipality shall have the option to prohibit the location

of an establishment licensee within the municipality by

delivering a resolution of the municipality's governing body

to the board no later than 90 days after the effective date

of this subsection. No establishment licensee may be located

in a municipality which has exercised its option under this

paragraph.

(2) A municipality that prohibits the location of an

establishment licensee within the municipality under

paragraph (1) may rescind the prohibition at any time by

delivering a new resolution of the municipality's governing

body to the board. A municipality that rescinds its prior

prohibition according to this subsection may not subsequently

prohibit the location of an establishment licensee within the

municipality.

Section 2. Section 4101 of Title 4 is amended to read:

§ 4101. Fees.

(a) Application fees.--[The] Subject to the provisions of

subsection (e), the following nonrefundable application fees

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shall accompany an application for the following licenses or

permits applied for under Chapter 35 (relating to application

and licensure):

(1) For a manufacturer or supplier license, $50,000.

(2) For a terminal operator license, $25,000.

(3) For an establishment license, $1,000.

(4) For a key employee or principal license, $500.

(5) For any other authorization or permit authorized by

this part, an amount established by the board, through

regulation, which may not exceed $100.

(b) Initial license and renewal fees.--[The] Subject to the

provisions of subsection (e), the following nonrefundable fees

shall be required upon issuance of an initial license and shall

accompany an application for renewal for the following licenses

or permits under Chapter 35:

(1) For a manufacturer or supplier license, $10,000.

(2) For a terminal operator license, $5,000.

(3) For an establishment license, an amount equal to

$250 per each video gaming terminal in operation at the

premises of the establishment licensee.

(4) For a key employee, procurement agent license or

principal license, $500.

(5) For any other authorization or license authorized by

this part, an amount established by the board, through

regulation, which may not exceed $100.

increases the total number of video gaming terminals within the

establishment after submission of the renewal fee required in

subsection (b) shall provide the board with a $250 renewal fee

for each additional video gaming terminal added to the

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establishment within 60 days of installation of each additional

video gaming terminal.

(d) Deposit of fees.--Fees collected under this section

shall be deposited into the General Fund.

(e) Refund of fees due to election of municipal option.--If

a truck stop establishment submits an application and submits

the fees for an establishment license as required under this

section and the municipality within which the truck stop

establishment is located elects to prohibit establishment

licensees in accordance with section 3514(g) (relating to

establishment licenses), the board shall refund the fees to the

applicant.

Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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