PRINTER'S NO. 1657
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1210
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY LAUGHLIN, MAY 31, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
MAY 31, 2024
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further
3 providing for regulatory authority of board and for number of
4 slot machines.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 1207(19) and 1210(a)(2) of Title 4 of
8 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 1207. Regulatory authority of board.
10 The board shall have the power and its duties shall be to:
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12 (19) Authorize an employee of the board to approve, deny
13 or condition a request to decrease the number of slot
14 machines in operation at a licensed facility. An employee may
15 not approve a requested decrease in the number of slot
16 machines under this paragraph if the requested decrease
17 exceeds 2% of the total number of slot machines in operation
18 at a licensed facility. [Except as provided under paragraph
19 (20), at no time shall the number of slot machines in
1 operation at a Category 1 or Category 2 licensed facility be
2 less than 1,500 or less than 250 slot machines at a Category
3 3 licensed facility.]
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5 § 1210. Number of slot machines.
6 (a) Initial complement.--Except as provided for Category 3
7 slot machine licensees under section 1305 (relating to Category
8 3 slot machine license) or a Category 4 slot machine licensee
9 under section 1305.1 (relating to Category 4 slot machine
10 license), the following apply:
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12 [(2) Each slot machine licensee shall be required to
13 operate and make available to play a minimum of 1,500 slot
14 machines at its licensed facility within one year of the
15 issuance by the board of a slot machine license to the slot
16 machine licensee. The board, upon application and for good
17 cause shown, may grant an extension for an additional period
18 ending on the later of 36 months from the end of the initial
19 one-year period or December 31, 2012.]
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21 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected: Printer's No. 1657: 4-1207(19), 4-1210(a)(2)