Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF1450

Providing for excursion entertainment boat (riverboat) gambling for +economic
development purposes; defining excursion entertainment boat and +certain other
terms relating to gaming machines; requiring the director of the +state lottery
to contract for gaming machine space at a port of call in the city of+ St. Paul
for placement on an excursion entertainment boat owned or leased by +the
contractor, specifying certain responsibilities of the contractor and+ providing
for the sharing of revenue; requiring and providing for operation and+ control
of the gaming machines by the director; authorizing and providing for+ the
director to enter into a location contract and providing for +investigation and
inspections by the director or the director of alcohol and gambling +enforcement
in the department of public safety, fee, granting the directors +access to
certain criminal history data and certain records; requiring and +providing for
cancellation, suspension or refusal to renew contracts or locations +under
certain conditions; authorizing and providing for the director of the+ state
lottery to issue certain occupational licenses to ensure the +integrity of the
gaming; requiring gaming machines to meet certain specifications; +requiring the
director to specify the games to be placed on and to examine +prototypes of the
machines; providing for testing, examination and analysis of the +machines and
for the awarding of prizes; prohibiting play by minors; requiring the+ director
to post in the area of machines location the toll free telephone +number
established by the commissioner of human services in connection with +the
compulsive gambling program and to establish a proactive plan to +identify
problem gamblers; prohibiting local licensing or regulation; +requiring the
commissioner of public safety to issue an on-sale intoxicating liquor+ license
to the director for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the boat; +authorizing
and providing for operation of a card club on the boat by the +location
contractor, specifying certain supervision requirements and +regulating the type
of wagering, requiring a plan of operation and an annual report to +the director
of the income generated by the club; authorizing and providing for +the
detention of persons suspected of committing certain gambling crimes;+ excluding
the purchase of gaming machine plays from the definition of gambling +for lost
money recovery or gambling debt purposes and from the definition of +bets for
gambling crimes purposes; providing for an in lieu sales tax on +revenue from
operation of the machines and authorizing sale and operation of the +machines as
a gambling device (ja)