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| PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2496 | PRINTER'S NO. 2653 |
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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY LAWRENCE, BAKER, BOYD, CLYMER, DUNBAR, EVERETT, GEIST, GINGRICH, HARRIS, HICKERNELL, KAUFFMAN, MAHER, MILNE, PYLE, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, STERN, TALLMAN, TOEPEL, WATSON, SWANGER, GROVE, VULAKOVICH, RAPP AND ROCK, OCTOBER 4, 2011 |
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| AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OCTOBER 26, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, in gaming, further providing for general and |
3 | specific powers of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, for | <-- |
4 | regulatory authority of Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and |
5 | for table game taxes. |
6 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7 | hereby enacts as follows: |
8 | Section 1. Section 1202(b) of Title 4 of the Pennsylvania |
9 | Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a paragraph to read: |
10 | § 1202. General and specific powers. |
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12 | (b) Specific powers.--The board shall have the specific |
13 | power and duty: |
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15 | (31.1) To post on the board's Internet website a |
16 | description of all requests for access to records under the |
17 | act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known as the Right- |
18 | to-Know Law, including the total number of record requests, |
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1 | the number of requests approved, the number of requests |
2 | denied and the number and outcome of appeals from denials of |
3 | access to records. |
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5 | Section 2. Sections 1207(18) and 13A62(c) of Title 4 are | <-- |
6 | amended to read: |
7 | § 1207. Regulatory authority of board. |
8 | The board shall have the power and its duties shall be to: |
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10 | (18) [(Reserved).] Require that each licensed gaming |
11 | entity that offers patrons total rewards cards that track the |
12 | amount of money and time spent gaming in order to determine |
13 | the value of provisions or complimentary services to their |
14 | patrons issue monthly statements that list patrons' gaming |
15 | winnings and losses. |
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17 | § 13A62. Table game taxes. |
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19 | (c) Deposits for property tax relief.--[If, on the last day |
20 | of a fiscal year the balance of the Budget Stabilization Reserve |
21 | Fund established pursuant to section 1701-A of the act of April |
22 | 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, exceeds |
23 | $750,000,000, as certified by the Secretary of the Budget] Two |
24 | years following the first payment of tax imposed under |
25 | subsection (a) to the department in accordance with subsection |
26 | (b)(1), the deposits made into the General Fund pursuant to |
27 | subsection (b)(3) shall cease and thereafter be deposited into |
28 | the Property Tax Relief Fund established pursuant to section |
29 | 1409 (relating to Property Tax Relief Fund). |
30 | Section 2 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days. | <-- |
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