PRINTER'S NO. 3342
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2067
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, SOLOMON, TOEPEL, M. K. KELLER, ECKER,
STRUZZI, SCHLEGEL CULVER, HENNESSEY, FRITZ AND TOPPER,
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 24, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes, in table games, further providing for local share
assessment; in sports wagering, further providing for local
share assessment; and, in revenues, further providing for
establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot machine
revenue distribution.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A63(b)(3) introductory paragraph and
subparagraph (i) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended and the paragraph is amended by adding a
subparagraph to read:
§ 13A63. Local share assessment.
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(b) Distributions to counties.--The department shall make
quarterly distributions from the local share assessments
deposited into the fund under subsection (a) to counties,
including home rule counties, hosting a licensed facility
authorized to conduct table games under this chapter in
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accordance with the following:
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(3) [If the facility is a Category 2 licensed facility
and if the county in which the licensed facility is located
is] The following shall apply:
(i) [A county of the first class: 100% of the
licensed facility's local share assessment shall be
distributed to a city of the first class.] If a licensed
facility is a Category 2 licensed facility and is
operating in a county and city of the first class which
are coterminous on the effective date of this
subparagraph, 100% of the licensed facility's local share
assessment shall be distributed to the city of the first
class.
(i.1) If a licensed facility is a Category 2
licensed facility and is operating in a county and city
of the first class which are coterminous after the
effective date of this subparagraph, 100% of the licensed
facility's local share assessment shall be distributed to
a public transportation authority in the city of the
first class to be used exclusively for public
transportation projects in the city of the first class.
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Section 2. Sections 13C63(b) and 1403(c)(4)(i) and (ii) of
Title 4 are amended to read:
§ 13C63. Local share assessment.
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(b) Distributions.--The department shall, on a quarterly
basis, make distributions from the local share assessments
deposited into the restricted account under subsection (a) [into
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a restricted receipt account to be established in the
Commonwealth Financing Authority to be used exclusively for
grants for projects in the public interest in this
Commonwealth.] as follows:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), into a
restricted receipt account to be established in the
Commonwealth Financing Authority to be used exclusively for
grants for projects in the public interest in this
Commonwealth.
(2) If the sports wagering certificate holder is a
Category 2 licensed facility operating in a county and city
of the first class which are coterminous, 100% of the sports
wagering certificate holder's local share assessment shall be
distributed to a public transportation authority in the city
of the first class to be used exclusively for public
transportation projects in the city of the first class.
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§ 1403. Establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot machine
revenue distribution.
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(c) Transfers and distributions.--The department shall:
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(4) From the slot machine license operation fee
deposited into the fund under section 1326.1(e), make
quarterly distributions totaling $10,000,000 for each
licensed facility located within a county and city of the
first class which is coterminous as follows:
(i) If a licensed facility is a Category 1 or
Category 2 licensed facility and is operating in a county
and city of the first class which is coterminous on the
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effective date of this paragraph, the first $5,000,000
shall be distributed annually to a school district of the
first class. Of the remaining funds, 60% shall be
distributed to the county and city of the first class
which is coterminous and 40% shall be [deposited into a
restricted receipts account established in the Department
of Community and Economic Development to be used
exclusively for grants for economic development projects,
neighborhood revitalization projects, community
improvement projects and other projects in the public
interest within the county and city of the first class
which is coterminous.] distributed to a public
transportation authority in the city of the first class
to be used exclusively for public transportation projects
in the city of the first class.
(ii) If a licensed facility is a Category 1 or
Category 2 licensed facility and begins operating in a
county and city of the first class which is coterminous
after the effective date of this paragraph, [70% of the
slot machine license operation fee shall be distributed
to the county and city of the first class which is
coterminous and 30% of the slot machine license operation
fee shall be deposited into a restricted receipts account
established in the Department of Community and Economic
Development to be used exclusively for grants for
economic development projects, neighborhood
revitalization projects, community improvement projects
and other projects in the public interest within the
county and city of the first class which is coterminous.]
$10,000,000 shall be distributed annually to a public
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transportation authority in the city of the first class
to be used exclusively for public transportation projects
in the city of the first class.
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Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.
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