PRINTER'S NO.  3469

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2377

Session of

2010

  

  

INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, CREIGHTON, EVERETT, FLECK, GINGRICH, KAUFFMAN, MARSICO, MOUL, M. O'BRIEN, PHILLIPS, RAPP, STERN, STEVENSON, TALLMAN, TRUE, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND BOYD, MARCH 25, 2010

  

  

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, MARCH 25, 2010  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for table game authorization fee.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Section 13A61(a) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes, added January 7, 2010 (P.L.1, No.1), is

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amended to read:

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§ 13A61.  Table game authorization fee.

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(a)  Amount of authorization fee.--

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(1)  A Category 1 or a Category 2 slot machine licensee

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that submits a petition for a table game operation

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certificate under section 13A12 (relating to petition

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requirements) on or before June 1, 2010, shall pay a one-time

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nonrefundable authorization fee in the amount of

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[$16,500,000] $35,000,000. A Category 1 or a Category 2 slot

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machine licensee that submits a petition for a table game

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operation certificate under section 13A12 after June 1, 2010,

 


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shall pay a one-time nonrefundable authorization fee in the

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amount of [$24,750,000] $52,500,000.

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(2)  A Category 3 slot machine licensee that submits a

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petition for a table game operation certificate under section

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13A12 on or before June 1, 2010, shall pay a one-time

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nonrefundable authorization fee in the amount of [$7,500,000]

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$15,750,000. A Category 3 slot machine licensee that submits

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a petition for a table game operation certificate under

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section 13A12 after June 1, 2010, shall pay a one-time

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nonrefundable authorization fee in the amount of

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[$11,250,000] $23,625,000.

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(3)  Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), the holder

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of a Category 1 or Category 3 slot machine license issued

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after June 1, 2010, that submits a petition for a table game

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operation certificate shall pay a one-time nonrefundable

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authorization fee in the amount of [$16,500,000 or

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$7,500,000] $35,000,000 or $15,750,000, respectively.

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(4)  A table game operation certificate shall not be

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subject to renewal or payment of an additional authorization

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fee.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

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