PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2491

PRINTER'S NO.  2747

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

HOUSE BILL

 

No.

2004

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, BAKER, BOYD, CLYMER, DUNBAR, EVERETT, GEIST, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MAHER, MILNE, PYLE, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, STERN, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, WATSON, SWANGER, GROVE, LAWRENCE, RAPP, ROCK AND DENLINGER, OCTOBER 4, 2011

  

  

AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 15, 2011   

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

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Statutes, further providing for qualifications and

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restrictions of Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board members.

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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 1201(h) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania

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Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:

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§ 1201.  Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board established.

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(h)  Qualifications and restrictions.--

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(9.1)  No member may:

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(i)  be an applicant or former applicant;

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(ii)  be a principal of a licensed facility or 

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licensed entity; or

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(iii)  have any ownership control in any affiliate,

 


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intermediary, subsidiary or holding company thereof.

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Section 2.  The addition of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1201(h)(9.1) shall

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apply to members elected on or after the effective date of this

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section. not apply to any of the following:

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(1)  An individual appointed to the board before July 1,

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2010.

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(2)  An individual under paragraph (1) who is reappointed

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to the board.

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Section 3.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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