Senate Study Bill 1150 - Introduced
SENATE FILE _____
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON SMITH)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to pari-mutuel wagering on horse or dog races
2 licensed in a foreign jurisdiction.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 99D.11, subsection 6, paragraph b,
2 subparagraph (1), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3 (1) The commission may authorize the licensee to
4 simultaneously telecast within the racetrack enclosure or at
5 the facility of a licensee authorized to operate an excursion
6 gambling boat or gambling structure under chapter 99F, for
7 the purpose of pari-mutuel wagering, a horse or dog race
8 licensed by the racing authority of another state or foreign
9 jurisdiction. It is the responsibility of each licensee to
10 obtain the consent of appropriate racing officials in other
11 states as required by the federal Interstate Horseracing Act of
12 1978, 15 U.S.C. §3001 – 3007, to televise races for the purpose
13 of conducting pari-mutuel wagering.
14 EXPLANATION
15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
17 This bill relates to pari-mutuel wagering on horse or dog
18 races licensed in a foreign jurisdiction.
19 The bill allows licensees to simultaneously telecast
20 from the licensee’s racetrack enclosure, excursion gambling
21 boat, or gambling structure, horse or dog races from foreign
22 jurisdictions. Under current law, wagering needs to take place
23 inside the enclosure where the race is held unless the race is
24 simultaneously telecast from a licensee’s racetrack enclosure,
25 excursion gambling boat, or gambling structure, and the state
26 racing and gaming commission may only authorize licensees to
27 simultaneously telecast horse and dog races licensed by the
28 racing authority of another state.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 99D.11