AppendixAPPENDIX TO TITLE 4 AMUSEMENTS

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Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes

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2010, JANUARY 7, P.L.1, NO.1

§ 19.  Transfer of sums.

No later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board shall transfer the sum of $12,500,000 from the amounts previously appropriated to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board pursuant to 4 Pa.C.S. § 1408 to the General Fund.

Explanatory Note.  Act 1 amended or added sections 1102, 1103, 1201, 1201.1, 1202, 1202.1, 1202.2, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1304, 1305, 1307, 1308, 1309, 1310, 1317, 1317.1, 1317.2, 1318, 1319, 1319.1, 1321, 1326, 1328, 1329 and 1332, Chapter 13A, sections 1401, 1402, 1402.1, 1403, 1406, 1407, 1408, 1501, 1504, 1505, 1509, 1509.1, 1510, 1511, 1512, 1512.1, 1513, 1514, 1516.1, 1517, 1517.2, 1518, 1518.1, 1518.2, 1518.3, 1521, 1522 and 1523, Chapters 16 and 17 and sections 1901 and 1901.2 of Title 4.

§ 19.1.  Payments to Category 1 and Category 2 slot machine licensees.

No later than ten business days after the effective date of this section, the Department of Revenue shall pay to each Category 1 and Category 2 slot machine licensee from its existing account established under 4 Pa.C.S. § 1401(a) an amount sufficient to bring the balance in the account to $1,500,000.

§ 19.2.  Additional applications for Category 3 licenses.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board shall receive and accept for consideration additional applications for a Category 3 license in accordance with 4 Pa.C.S. § 1305 if the license has not been approved by the board on the effective date of this section. An applicant that filed an application for a Category 3 license prior to the effective date of this section shall not be required to resubmit the application. The additional application period shall be for 90 days from the effective date of this section. This section shall supersede any prior application period established under 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II.

§ 19.4.  Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board employees.

The amendment of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1201(h)(13)(i) shall not apply to individuals employed on the effective date of this section by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board until July 1, 2010.

§ 20.  Applicability.

The following shall apply:

(1)  The amendment of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1213 shall not apply to any of the following:

(i)  An application submitted before the effective date of this section.

(ii)  Any license or permit issued prior to the effective date of this section.

(iii)  The renewal of any license or permit issued or applied for prior to the effective date of this section.

(2)  The amendment of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1202(a)(2) and the addition of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1517(c)(1.1) shall not apply to an individual:

(i)  who, on July 1, 2009, was serving officially or acting as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Chief Counsel of the board or the Director of the Office of Enforcement Counsel within the Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement; and

(ii)  on whom the bureau or the Pennsylvania State Police completed a background investigation as a condition of employment with the board.

(3)  The amendment or addition of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1201(h)(4.1) and (5) shall not apply to:

(i)  an individual appointed to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board before July 1, 2010; or

(ii)  an individual under subparagraph (i) who is reappointed to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

§ 21.  Effective date.

This act shall take effect as follows:

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(2)  The amendment of 4 Pa.C.S. § 1307 increasing the number of Category 3 licensed facilities authorized by 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II from two to three shall take effect:

(i)  on July 20, 2017, if all Category 3 licensed facilities authorized by 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II before the effective date of this subparagraph have commenced the operation of slot machines; or

(ii)  if all Category 3 licensed facilities authorized by 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II before the effective date of this subparagraph have not commenced operation on or before July 20, 2017, upon a written determination of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board issued after July 20, 2017, that all Category 3 licensed facilities authorized by 4 Pa.C.S. Pt. II before the effective date of this subparagraph have commenced the operation of slot machines.

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