PRINTER'S NO. 1298
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1017
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BAKER, COHEN, D. COSTA, KINSEY, McCARTER,
SANTARSIERO AND TALLMAN, APRIL 20, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, APRIL 20, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further
providing for collection of fees and, in revenues, further
providing for fines and for slot machine licensee deposits;
and providing for Intellectual Disabilities and Autism
Waiting List Account.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1208 of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
§ 1208. Collection of fees and fines.
The board has the following powers and duties:
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(3) To require each slot machine licensee to collect a
$2 per-patron admission fee which shall be transmitted weekly
by the slot machine licensee to the State Treasurer for
deposit into the slot machine licensee's account established
under section 1401 (relating to slot machine licensee
deposits).
Section 2. Section 1401 of Title 4 is amended by adding a
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subsection to read:
§ 1401. Slot machine licensee deposits.
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(e) Transfer.--The State Treasurer shall, on a monthly
basis, transfer the admission fee established under section
1208(3) (relating to collection of fees and fines) into the
Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Waiting List Account
pursuant to section 1410 (relating to Intellectual Disabilities
and Autism Waiting List Account).
Section 3. Title 4 is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 1410. Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Waiting List
Account.
(a) Fund established.--There is established in the State
Treasury a special account to be known as the Intellectual
Disabilities and Autism Waiting List Account, which shall
receive money from the admission fee established under section
1208(3) (relating to collection of fees and fines) and any other
money from any source designated for deposit in the Intellectual
Disabilities and Autism Waiting List Account.
(b) Use of money.--The admission fee established under
section 1208(3) shall be deposited into the Intellectual
Disabilities and Autism Waiting List Account. The money in the
Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Waiting List Account is
appropriated, upon approval of the Governor, to the Department
of Human Services for the purposes set forth in subsections (d)
and (e).
(c) Investment.--All earnings received from the investment
or deposit of the money in the Intellectual Disabilities and
Autism Waiting List Account shall be paid into the account for
the purposes authorized by this section.
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(d) Certain transfer prohibited.--Any unexpended moneys and
any interest earned on the money in the Intellectual
Disabilities and Autism Waiting List Account may not be
transferred or revert to the General Fund, but shall remain in
the respective account to be used by the department for the
purposes specified in this section.
(e) Limitations.--
(1) Any funds in the Intellectual Disabilities and
Autism Waiting List Account may not supplant resources for
existing community resources.
(2) Any funds in the Intellectual Disabilities and
Autism Waiting List Account shall be used in accordance with
consumer-centered planning.
(3) Any remaining funds after meeting needs identified
in paragraph (2) shall be used for one-time costs associated
with the community intellectual disabilities and autism
services system.
(f) Definitions.---For the purposes of this section, the
term "Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Waiting List Account"
shall mean the Intellectual Disabilities and Autism Waiting List
Account established in this section.
Section 4. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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