SB575 H JUD AMT 4-6 #1
The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the
bill as follows?
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for S. B. 575 -- "A Bill to amend the
Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new
section, designated §29-22-29, and to amend and reenact §29-25-1,
§29-25-2, §29-25-3, §29-25-5, §29-25-6, §29-25-8, §29-25-9, §29-25-
11, §29-25-12, §29-25-13, §29-25-16, §29-25-17, §29-25-18, §29-25-
19, §29-25-20, §29-25-21, §29-25-22, §29-25-23, §29-25-24, §29-25-
25 and §29-25-26 of said code as amended; and to amend said code by
adding thereto twelve new sections, designated §29-25-22a, §29-25-
28, §29-25-29, §29-25-30, §29-25-31, §29-25-32, §29-25-33, §29-25-
34, §29-25-35, §29-25-36, §29-25-37 and §29-25-38 of said code, all
relating to gaming at a historic resort hotel and pari-mutuel
racetracks generally; designating certain moneys as state monies
and establishing audit provisions; updating and conforming
provisions for consistency purposes between hotel and racetracks;
legislative findings and intent; authorizing certain West Virginia
lottery games; modifying licensure requirements and fees therefor;
renaming State Gaming Fund the Historic Resort Hotel Fund;
providing for distribution of the Historic Resort Hotel Fund;
creating formula for renewal fee assessments; expanding licensees'
authority to set wagers with commission approval; altering maximum
bets for video lottery machines; redefining gross terminal income to allow and account for promotional play at hotel and racetracks;
authorizing hotel to contract for management services with
commission approval; authorizing the hotel to lease certain
services; creating the Human Resource Benefit Fund; permissible
expenditures; establishing Human Resource Benefit Advisory Board
and setting criteria for its membership; powers and duties;
authorizing certain complimentary services; restricting who may
enter the designated gaming area of the hotel to overnight guests,
certain participants at hotel-based events and residents;
clarifying and specifying forfeiture of property provisions;
authorizing commission to operate slot machines and video lottery
games; establishing requirements for video lottery terminals;
establishing specific duties required of the gaming facility;
creating Capital Reinvestment Fund; imposing surcharge against
share of gross terminal income to be paid into the Capital
Reinvestment Fund; declaring all authorized games to be owned by
the state, preempting inconsistent county and municipal ordinances
or rules; limiting taxing authority; declaring exemption from
federal law to facilitate authorization of legal gaming;
establishing rules of play and dispute resolution; authorizing
shipment of gambling devices into state; modifying distribution of
revenue; license suspension and revocation; revising civil
penalties; authorizing emergency rulemaking; and establishing and
modifying criminal offenses and penalties.
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