Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF2620

Relating to gambling; requiring the director of the state lottery to establish
and operate a state run casino to be located in the metropolitan area,
authorizing the director to acquire or lease a facility for temporary use until
completion of a permanent facility; requiring the director to determine the
types of gambling to be conducted at the casino and to prescribe game
procedures; authorizing the director to contract with private vendors for goods
and services; providing for casino employees, requiring the director to
determine the occupations requiring licensure, specifying certain requirements
for application and requiring applicant background investigations; providing for
license revocation or suspension under certain conditions; regulating prizes;
prohibiting play by minors; establishing a 21st century economic development
fund, requiring the director to credit a certain percentage of net proceeds from
the casino to the fund, authorizing use of money in the fund for arts programs,
amateur sports facilities and programs, higher education scholarship programs
and elementary and secondary schools telecommunications technology and
equipment; authorizing designation of the casino as a smoking area; providing
for payment of the in lieu sales tax on gross receipts; requiring the director
to establish a casino operations account in the lottery fund for operating costs
payment purposes; specifying certain conflict of interest prohibitions;
appropriating money to the director for certain initial costs, requiring
repayment from the state lottery fund (je)