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.