PRINTER'S NO. 1765
No. 1203 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, BROWNE, WONDERLING AND RHOADES,
APRIL 27, 2006
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 27, 2006
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for establishment of State Gaming
3 Fund and net slot machine revenue distribution.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 1403(c)(2)(iii) of Title 4 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a clause
8 and paragraph (3) is amended by adding a subparagraph to read:
9 § 1403. Establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot machine
10 revenue distribution.
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12 (c) Transfers and distributions.--The department shall:
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14 (2) From the local share assessment established in
15 subsection (b), make quarterly distributions among the
16 counties hosting a licensed facility in accordance with the
17 following schedule:
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1 (iii) If the facility is a Category 2 licensed
2 facility and if the county in which the licensed facility
3 is located is:
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5 (D.1) If a licensed facility is located in one
6 of two counties of the third class that includes a
7 city of the third class that is located in both
8 counties of the third class, the county in which the
9 licensed facility is located shall receive 1.2% of
10 the gross terminal revenue to be distributed as
11 follows: 20% to the host city, 40% to the host county
12 and 40% to the host county for the purpose of making
13 municipal grants within the county. The county of the
14 third class that includes a city of the third class
15 that is located in two counties of the third class
16 and is not the host county for the licensed facility
17 shall receive 0.8% of the gross terminal revenue to
18 be distributed as follows: 60% to a nonhost city of
19 the third class located solely in the nonhost county
20 in which the host city of the third class is also
21 located or 60% to the nonhost city of the third class
22 located both in the host and nonhost counties of the
23 third class, 35% to the nonhost county and 5% to the
24 nonhost county for the purpose of making municipal
25 grants within the county.
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27 (3) From the local share assessment established in
28 subsection (b), make quarterly distributions among the
29 municipalities, including home rule municipalities, hosting a
30 licensed facility in accordance with the following schedule:
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2 (iii.1) If a licensed facility is located in a city
3 of the third class and that city is located in more than
4 one county of the third class, 2% of gross terminal
5 revenue or $10,000,000 annually, whichever is greater,
6 shall be distributed as follows: 80% to the host city and
7 20% to the city of the third class located solely in a
8 nonhost county in which the host city of the third class
9 is also located. If a licensed facility is located in a
10 city of the third class and that city is located solely
11 in a host county of the third class in which a nonhost
12 city of the third class is also located, 2% of gross
13 terminal revenue or $10,000,000 annually, whichever is
14 greater, shall be distributed as follows: 80% to the host
15 city and 20% to a city of the third class located both in
16 a nonhost county of the third class and in a host county
17 of the third class in which the host city of the third
18 class is located.
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20 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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