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Senate Bill No. 483

(By Senators Barnes, Sprouse, Sypolt, Boley and Deem)

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[Introduced January 29, 2008; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-22B-1715, relating to the prohibition of operating a video lottery game or video lottery terminal between six a.m. and one p.m. on Sundays; exceptions; and establishment of criminal penalties.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-22B-1715, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 22B. LIMITED VIDEO LOTTERY.
§29-22B-1715. Criminal penalty for operating a video lottery terminal during prohibited hours on Sundays.

(a) A person who operates, carries on or exposes for play a video lottery game or video lottery terminal between six a.m. and one p.m. on Sundays is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall for a first conviction be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, except that, in the case of a person other than an individual, the amount of the fine imposed may not be less than ten thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars; for a second and each subsequent offense under this section shall be fined not less than ten thousand dollars nor more than twenty thousand dollars, except that in the case of a person other than an individual, the fine may not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars nor more than fifty thousand dollars.
(b) Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to modify, amend, or otherwise affect the validity of any provisions regulating racetrack video lottery as set forth in article twenty- two-a of this chapter.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit persons, other than a racetrack video lottery, from operating video lottery games and terminals between six a.m. and one p.m. on Sundays and to establish criminal penalties for convictions.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.
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