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PRINTER'S NO. 230
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
236
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY HEFFLEY, PICKETT, DAVIS, JAMES, STEPHENS, RAPP,
BOBACK, LAWRENCE, MASSER AND TALLMAN, JANUARY 27, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JANUARY 27, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in table games, further providing for table game
taxes.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A62(b) and (c) of Title 4 of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
ยง 13A62. Table game taxes.
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(b) Deposits and distributions.--
(1) The tax imposed under subsection (a) shall be
payable to the department on a weekly basis and shall be
based upon gross table game revenue derived during the
previous week.
(2) All funds owed to the Commonwealth under this
section shall be held in trust for the Commonwealth by the
certificate holder until the funds are paid to the
department. Unless otherwise agreed to by the board, a
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certificate holder shall establish a separate bank account
into which gross table game revenue shall be deposited and
maintained until such time as the funds are paid to the
department under this section or paid into the fund under
section 13A63(a) (relating to local share assessment).
(3) The tax imposed under subsection (a) shall be
deposited into the [General Fund.] Property Tax Relief Fund.
[(c) Deposits for property tax relief.--If, on the last day
of a fiscal year the balance of the Budget Stabilization Reserve
Fund established pursuant to section 1701-A of the act of April
9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, exceeds
$750,000,000, as certified by the Secretary of the Budget, the
deposits made into the General Fund pursuant to subsection (b)
(3) shall cease and thereafter be deposited into the Property
Tax Relief Fund established pursuant to section 1409 (relating
to Property Tax Relief Fund).]
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
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