H. B. 4281
(By Delegate Webb)
[Introduced January 29, 2002; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section one thousand one hundred one,
article twenty-two-b, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
relating to limiting the number of video lottery terminals.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section one thousand one hundred one, article
twenty-two-b, chapter twenty-nine of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, 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) The lottery commission may not authorize the placement of
more than nine thousand video lottery terminals in restricted
access adult-only facilities in this state:
Provided, That after
the effective date of this amendment to this section, if nine
thousand video lottery terminals have not yet been authorized by
the lottery commission, then the lottery commission may not
authorize the placement of more than the number of video lottery
terminals that have been approved by the thirty-first day of
December, two thousand one.
(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
limit the number of
video lottery terminals that the lottery commission may authorize
to less than 9000, by using the number of terminals authorized by
December 31, 2001, as the maximum of video terminals permitted in
the state.
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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