5994-S AMH CL CORD 084

SSB 5994 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Commerce & Labor

   On page 2, after line 13, insert the following:

   "(3) For purposes of this section, an ordinance, resolution, or other legislative act that:

   (a) Prohibits all house-banked card games within the applicable jurisdiction on and after the effective date of the legislative act, or on and after any other date specified in the legislative act, shall be deemed to be an act adopted in compliance with subsection (1)(c) of this section.

   (b) Allows any house-banked card games to continue to operate within the applicable jurisdiction for an indefinite period after the effective date of the legislative act, or after another date, if any, specified in the legislative act, shall be deemed to be an act not in compliance with subsection (1)(c) of this section, and is null and void."

EFFECT: Adds that local ordinances:

   (1)  prohibiting all house-banked card games as of a specified date are deemed to in compliance with the statutory requirement to prohibit "absolutely;" and

   (2)  allowing any house-banked card games to continue for an indefinite period are deemed not to be in compliance with the statutory requirement to prohibit "absolutely," and are null and void.