General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5577
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 2620
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Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5577
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 2620
*02620_______CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT REQUIRING THE EVALUATION OF THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF ESTABLISHING CERTAIN COMMERCIAL GAMING WITHIN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this section, (1) "commercial gaming" means risking any money, credit, deposit or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance or the operation of a gambling device, as defined in section 53-278a of the general statutes, including, but not limited to, lottery, bingo, pari-mutuel betting, off-track betting, or the playing of a casino gambling game such as blackjack, poker, craps, roulette or a slot machine; and (2) "commercial gaming facility" means a gambling premise, as defined in section 53-278a of the general statutes, not located on Indian land or subject to the oversight of the National Indian Gaming Commission.
(b) The Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Protection, shall conduct or commission a study to evaluate the costs and benefits of authorizing and licensing a commercial gaming facility within the state. Such study shall (1) identify the types of commercial gaming that are effective and not effective in maximizing state revenues in a cost beneficial manner; and (2) use uniform data collection and a common methodological approach to compare options with regard to (A) geographic locations within the state where a commercial gaming facility could be located to maximize state revenues, (B) various tax rates to be applied to commercial gaming proceeds, (C) minimum internal controls under which such commercial gaming facility would be required to operate, (D) minimum capital investments that would be necessary to build a commercial gaming facility, and (E) the regulatory structure that would be required to oversee the issuance of a commercial gaming license to a commercial gaming facility and enforce any statutory requirements on such facility.
(c) In addition to the requirements set forth in subsection (b) of this section, such study shall include, but not be limited to, an economic and legal analysis of the potential effects that the authorization of a commercial gaming facility would have on the Minimum Contributions and exclusivity obligations required under: (1) The joint memorandum of understanding entered into between the state and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe on January 13, 1993, with regard to the implementation of the final Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Procedures, 56 Fed. Reg. 24996 (May 31, 1991); and (2) the joint memorandum of understanding entered into between the state and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut on May 17, 1994, with regard to the implementation of the Mohegan Gaming Compact.
(d) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Office of Policy and Management shall report the results of such study and any recommendations concerning the authorization and licensing of a commercial gaming facility within the state, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, commerce, planning and development, public safety and security and regulation review.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Department of Consumer Protection, to conduct a study evaluating the costs and benefits of authorizing and licensing a commercial gaming facility within the state.
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