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Introduced Version Senate Bill 667 History

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Senate Bill No. 667

(By Senator Sypolt)

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[Introduced February 22, 2010; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact §29-22B-1101 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to reducing the total number of video lottery terminals which may be placed in restricted access adult-only facilities in this state.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §29-22B-1101 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 22B. LIMITED VIDEO LOTTERY.
PART 11. ALLOCATION AND DISTRIBUTION

OF VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS.

§29-22B-1101. Limitation on number and location of video lottery terminals.

(a) Effective July 1, 2011, the Lottery Commission may not authorize the placement of more than nine thousand seven thousand five hundred video lottery terminals in restricted access adult-only facilities in this state.
(b) No person may directly or indirectly operate more than seven and one-half percent of the number of video lottery terminals authorized in this section, which shall be located only in restricted access adult-only facilities.
(c) No licensed limited video lottery retailer may be authorized to have on the premises for which the license was issued more than five video lottery terminals except that a fraternal society or veteran's organization that is: (A) A fraternal beneficiary society that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (B) a domestic fraternal society that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(10); or (C) a veterans' organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code may be authorized to have on the premises for which the license was issued not more than ten video lottery terminals.



NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reduce the total number of video lottery terminals which may be placed in restricted access adult-only facilities in this state from 9,000 to 7,500 nine thousand to seven thousand five hundred.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
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