SB575 HFIN AMT 4-6McO
Com. Sub. for Com. Sub. for S. B. 575 -- "A Bill to amend the
Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new
section, designated §29-22-29; to amend and reenact §29-25-1, §29-
25-2, §29-25-3, §29-25-5, §29-25-6, §29-25-8, §29-25-9, §29-25-11,
§29-25-12, §29-25-13, §29-25-16, §29-25-17, §29-25-18, §29-25-19,
§29-25-20, §29-25-21, §29-25-22, §29-25-23, §29-25-24, §29-25-25
and §29-25-26 of said code; and to amend said code by adding
thereto twelve new sections, designated §29-25-22a, §29-25-28, §29-
25-29, §29-25-30, §29-25-31, §29-25-32, §29-25-33, §29-25-34, §29-
25-35, §29-25-36, §29-25-37 and §29-25-38, all relating to gaming
at a historic resort hotel and pari-mutuel racetracks generally;
designating certain moneys as state monies and establishing audit
provisions; updating and conforming provisions for consistency
purposes between hotel and racetracks; legislative findings and
intent; authorizing certain West Virginia lottery games; modifying
licensure requirements and fees therefor; renaming State Gaming
Fund the Historic Resort Hotel Fund; providing for distribution of
the Historic Resort Hotel Fund; creating formula for renewal fee
assessments; expanding licensees' authority to set wagers with
commission approval; altering maximum bets for video lottery
machines; redefining gross terminal income to allow and account for
promotional play at hotel and racetracks; authorizing hotel to
contract for management services with commission approval; authorizing the hotel to lease certain services; creating the Human
Resource Benefit Fund; permissible expenditures; establishing Human
Resource Benefit Advisory Board and setting criteria for its
membership; powers and duties; authorizing certain complimentary
services; restricting who may enter the designated gaming area of
the hotel to overnight guests, certain participants at hotel-based
events and residents; clarifying and specifying forfeiture of
property provisions; authorizing commission to operate slot
machines and video lottery games; establishing requirements for
video lottery terminals; establishing specific duties required of
the gaming facility; creating Capital Reinvestment Fund; imposing
surcharge against share of gross terminal income to be paid into
the Capital Reinvestment Fund; declaring all authorized games to be
owned by the state; preempting inconsistent county and municipal
ordinances or rules; limiting taxing authority; declaring exemption
from federal law to facilitate authorization of legal gaming;
establishing rules of play and dispute resolution; authorizing
shipment of gambling devices into state; modifying distribution of
revenue; license suspension and revocation; revising civil
penalties; authorizing emergency rulemaking; and establishing and
modifying criminal offenses and penalties.
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