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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7290
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING ST UDIES OF GAMING IN THIS STATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 12-564 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
(a) The commissioner shall make an annual report in writing to the 3
Governor as provided in section 4-60 and shall make such additional 4
reports as the Governor may from time to time reasonably request. The 5
annual report shall include a statement of the receipts and 6
disbursements of the department, a statement of the costs of 7
administering the department, a summary of [its] the department's 8
activities, and any additional information and recommendations which 9
the commissioner may deem of value or which the Governor may 10
request. 11
(b) (1) The commissioner shall conduct studies concerning the effect 12
of legalized gambling on the citizens of this state. [including] The 13
studies shall include, but need not be limited to, [studies to determine] 14
examinations of the types of gambling activity engaged in by the 15
public, the potential impact of authorizing online gaming in the state, 16
the impact of the development of new gaming technologies and the 17
desirability of expanding, maintaining or reducing the amount of 18
legalized gambling permitted in this state. [Such studies shall be 19 Substitute Bill No. 7290
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conducted as often as the commissioner deems necessary, except that 20
no studies shall be conducted before the fiscal year ending June 30, 21
2009, and thereafter studies shall be conducted at least once every ten 22
years. The] 23
(2) The commissioner shall conduct such study not later than 24
October 1, 2020, and every ten years thereafter, and at such other times 25
as the commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner shall submit 26
the findings of such studies and the costs of conducting such studies to 27
the joint standing [committees] committee of the General Assembly 28
having cognizance of matters relating to [legalized gambling shall each 29
receive a report concerning each study carried out, stating the findings 30
of the study and the costs of conducting the study] public safety and 31
security, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a. 32
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 12-564
PS Joint Favorable Subst.