| 24 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) For the purposes of this 1 |
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| 25 | | - | section and sections 2 to 12, inclusive, of this act: 2 |
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| 26 | | - | (1) "Casino gaming facility" has the same meaning as provided in 3 |
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| 27 | | - | section 12-557b of the general statutes, as amended by this act; 4 |
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| 28 | | - | (2) "Electronic wagering platform" or "platform" means the 5 |
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| 29 | | - | combination of hardware, software and data networks used to manage, 6 |
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| 30 | | - | administer, offer or control sports wagering or casino gaming over the 7 |
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| 31 | | - | Internet, including through an Internet web site or a mobile device; 8 |
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| 32 | | - | (3) "Entertainment zone facility" means a facility authorized to 9 |
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| 33 | | - | conduct retail sports wagering and e-sports pursuant to section 5 of this 10 |
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| 34 | | - | act or any other provision of the general statutes or a public or special 11 |
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| 35 | | - | act; 12 |
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| 36 | | - | (4) "E-sports" means electronic sports and competitive video games 13 |
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| 42 | | - | played as a game of skill and for which wagering by nonparticipants 14 |
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| 43 | | - | may be authorized pursuant to section 6 of this act or any other 15 |
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| 44 | | - | provision of the general statutes or a public or special act; 16 |
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| 45 | | - | (5) "Gross gaming revenue from online casino gaming" means the 17 |
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| 46 | | - | total of all sums actually received by an operator of online casino 18 |
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| 47 | | - | gaming less the total of all sums paid as winnings to patrons of the 19 |
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| 48 | | - | operator of online casino gaming and any federal excise tax applicable 20 |
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| 49 | | - | to such sums received, provided the total of all sums paid as winnings 21 |
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| 50 | | - | to such patrons shall not include the cash equivalent value of any 22 |
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| 51 | | - | merchandise or thing of value included in a jackpot or payout, and 23 |
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| 52 | | - | provided further the issuance to or wagering by such patrons of any 24 |
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| 53 | | - | promotional gaming credit shall not be included in the total of all sums 25 |
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| 54 | | - | actually received by an operator of online casino gaming for the 26 |
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| 55 | | - | purposes of determining gross gaming revenue; 27 |
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| 56 | | - | (6) "Gross gaming revenue from sports wagering" means the total of 28 |
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| 57 | | - | all sums actually received by an operator of sports wagering less the 29 |
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| 58 | | - | total of all sums paid as winnings to patrons of the operator of sports 30 |
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| 59 | | - | wagering and any federal excise tax applicable to such sums received, 31 |
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| 60 | | - | provided the total of all sums paid as winnings to such patrons shall not 32 |
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| 61 | | - | include the cash equivalent value of any merchandise or thing of value 33 |
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| 62 | | - | included in a jackpot or payout, and provided further the issuance to or 34 |
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| 63 | | - | wagering by such patrons of any promotional gaming credit shall not 35 |
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| 64 | | - | be included in the total of all sums actually received by an operator of 36 |
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| 65 | | - | sports wagering for the purposes of determining gross gaming revenue; 37 |
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| 66 | | - | (7) "Indian lands" has the meaning set forth in the Indian Gaming 38 |
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| 67 | | - | Regulatory Act, 25 USC 2703(4); 39 |
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| 68 | | - | (8) "Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding" means 40 |
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| 69 | | - | the memorandum of understanding entered into by and between the 41 |
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| 70 | | - | state and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe on January 13, 1993, as 42 |
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| 71 | | - | amended from time to time; 43 |
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| 72 | | - | (9) "Mashantucket Pequot procedures" means the Final 44 |
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| 73 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 78 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Procedures prescribed by the Secretary 45 |
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| 79 | | - | of the United States Department of the Interior pursuant to 25 USC 46 |
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| 80 | | - | 2710(d)(7)(B)(vii) and published in 56 Federal Register 24996 (May 31, 47 |
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| 81 | | - | 1991), as amended from time to time; 48 |
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| 82 | | - | (10) "MMCT Venture, LLC" means a limited liability company (A) 49 |
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| 83 | | - | jointly and exclusively owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and 50 |
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| 84 | | - | the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut; (B) in which no other 51 |
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| 85 | | - | person or business organization holds an equity interest; and (C) in 52 |
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| 86 | | - | which each tribe holds at least a twenty-five per cent equity interest; 53 |
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| 87 | | - | (11) "Mohegan compact" means the Tribal-State Compact entered 54 |
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| 88 | | - | into by and between the state and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 55 |
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| 89 | | - | Connecticut on May 17, 1994, as amended from time to time; 56 |
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| 90 | | - | (12) "Mohegan memorandum of understanding" means th e 57 |
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| 91 | | - | memorandum of understanding entered into by and between the state 58 |
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| 92 | | - | and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut on May 17, 1994, as 59 |
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| 93 | | - | amended from time to time; 60 |
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| 94 | | - | (13) "Online casino gaming" means any game of chance including, but 61 |
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| 95 | | - | not limited to, blackjack, poker, dice, money-wheels, roulette, baccarat, 62 |
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| 96 | | - | chuck-a-luck, pan game, over and under, horse race game, acey-deucy, 63 |
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| 97 | | - | beat the dealer, bouncing ball and slot machine, conducted over the 64 |
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| 98 | | - | Internet, including through an Internet web site or a mobile device. 65 |
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| 99 | | - | "Online casino gaming" does not include sports wagering; 66 |
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| 100 | | - | (14) "Prohibited sports event" means any high school sport or high 67 |
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| 101 | | - | school e-sport event, except an international sports event in which 68 |
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| 102 | | - | persons under age eighteen make up a minority of the participants; 69 |
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| 103 | | - | (15) "Retail sports wagering" means in-person sports wagering at a 70 |
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| 104 | | - | casino gaming facility authorized under section 12-578f of the general 71 |
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| 105 | | - | statutes, as amended by this act, or an entertainment zone facility 72 |
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| 106 | | - | authorized under section 5 of this act; 73 |
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| 107 | | - | (16) "Skin" means the branded or cobranded name and logo on the 74 |
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| 108 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 113 | | - | interface of an Internet web site or a mobile application that bettors use 75 |
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| 114 | | - | to access an electronic wagering platform for online sports wagering or 76 |
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| 115 | | - | online casino gaming; 77 |
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| 116 | | - | (17) "Sporting event" or "sports event" means any (A) sporting or 78 |
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| 117 | | - | athletic event at which two or more persons participate and receive 79 |
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| 118 | | - | compensation in excess of actual expenses for such participation in such 80 |
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| 119 | | - | sporting or athletic event, (B) sporting or athletic event sponsored by an 81 |
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| 120 | | - | intercollegiate athletic program of an institution of higher education, or 82 |
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| 121 | | - | (C) e-sports. "Sporting event" does not include horse racing or any 83 |
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| 122 | | - | sporting or athletic event sponsored by a minor league; 84 |
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| 123 | | - | (18) "Sports wagering" means risking or accepting any money, credit, 85 |
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| 124 | | - | deposit or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part 86 |
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| 125 | | - | (A) by any system or method of wagering, including, but not limited to, 87 |
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| 126 | | - | in person or over the Internet through an Internet web site or a mobile 88 |
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| 127 | | - | device, and (B) based on (i) a sporting event or a portion or portions of 89 |
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| 128 | | - | a sporting event including future or propositional events during such 90 |
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| 129 | | - | an event, or (ii) the individual performance statistics of an athlete or 91 |
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| 130 | | - | athletes in a sporting event or a combination of sporting events. "Sports 92 |
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| 131 | | - | wagering" does not include the payment of an entry fee to play fantasy 93 |
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| 132 | | - | contests, as defined in section 12-578aa of the general statutes, or an 94 |
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| 133 | | - | entry fee to participate in e-sports; and 95 |
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| 134 | | - | (19) "Tribally owned company" means MMCT Venture, LLC, or any 96 |
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| 135 | | - | other limited liability company formed under the laws of the state of 97 |
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| 136 | | - | Connecticut (A) jointly and exclusively owned by the Mashantucket 98 |
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| 137 | | - | Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, (B) in 99 |
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| 138 | | - | which no other person or business organization holds an equity interest, 100 |
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| 139 | | - | and (C) in which each tribe holds at least a twenty-five per cent equity 101 |
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| 140 | | - | interest. 102 |
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| 141 | | - | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) Not later than October 1, 2020, 103 |
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| 142 | | - | the Governor shall enter into amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot 104 |
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| 143 | | - | procedures and to the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of 105 |
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| 144 | | - | understanding with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and amendments 106 |
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| 145 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 150 | | - | to the Mohegan compact and to the Mohegan memorandum of 107 |
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| 151 | | - | understanding with the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, or 108 |
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| 152 | | - | new compacts with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, Mohegan Tribe of 109 |
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| 153 | | - | Indians of Connecticut, or both, that conform to the provisions of 110 |
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| 154 | | - | sections 1 to 12, inclusive, of this act concerning: 111 |
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| 155 | | - | (1) The operation of retail sports wagering on Indian lands pursuant 112 |
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| 156 | | - | to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701 113 |
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| 157 | | - | et seq., provided (A) such amendment or new compact shall provide 114 |
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| 158 | | - | that any individual making a sports wager is at least twenty-one years 115 |
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| 159 | | - | of age or older, and (B) the authorization to operate sports wagering 116 |
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| 160 | | - | shall not become effective until each new compact with the 117 |
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| 161 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut 118 |
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| 162 | | - | or each amendment to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures, the 119 |
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| 163 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding, the Mohegan 120 |
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| 164 | | - | compact and the Mohegan memorandum of understanding, for retail 121 |
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| 165 | | - | sports wagering on Indian lands, has become effective; 122 |
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| 166 | | - | (2) The operation of retail sports wagering at a casino gaming facility 123 |
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| 167 | | - | authorized under section 12-578f of the general statutes, as amended by 124 |
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| 168 | | - | this act; 125 |
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| 169 | | - | (3) The operation of one online skin for sports wagering conducted 126 |
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| 170 | | - | over the Internet through an Internet web site or mobile application 127 |
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| 171 | | - | within the state by each federally recognized Native American Tribe 128 |
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| 172 | | - | operating Class III gaming on its Indian lands in the state pursuant to a 129 |
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| 173 | | - | tribal-state gaming compact or procedures approved under the Indian 130 |
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| 174 | | - | Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2710 et seq., 131 |
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| 175 | | - | provided the Internet web site and mobile application used by each tribe 132 |
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| 176 | | - | clearly identifies, at all times, the skin on the display screen; 133 |
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| 177 | | - | (4) The operation of one online skin for online casino gaming 134 |
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| 178 | | - | conducted over the Internet through an Internet web site or mobile 135 |
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| 179 | | - | application within the state by each federally recognized Native 136 |
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| 180 | | - | American Tribe operating Class III gaming on its Indian lands in the 137 |
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| 181 | | - | state pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact or procedures approved 138 |
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| 182 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 187 | | - | under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 139 |
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| 188 | | - | 2710 et seq., provided the Internet web site and mobile application used 140 |
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| 189 | | - | by each tribe clearly identifies, at all times, the skin on the display 141 |
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| 190 | | - | screen; 142 |
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| 191 | | - | (5) The operation of retail sports wagering at entertainment zone 143 |
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| 192 | | - | facilities by a tribally owned company pursuant to section 5 of this act; 144 |
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| 193 | | - | and 145 |
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| 194 | | - | (6) The operation of a program by the Connecticut Lottery 146 |
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| 195 | | - | Corporation to sell lottery tickets for lottery draw games through the 147 |
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| 196 | | - | corporation's Internet web site, online service or mobile application, 148 |
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| 197 | | - | provided the total number of drawings across all such games in a given 149 |
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| 198 | | - | day shall not exceed six drawings. 150 |
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| 199 | | - | (b) (1) Any amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures and 151 |
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| 200 | | - | the Mohegan compact pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall 152 |
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| 201 | | - | include a provision that such amendments do not terminate the 153 |
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| 202 | | - | moratorium against the operation of video facsimile games by the 154 |
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| 203 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 155 |
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| 204 | | - | Connecticut on each tribe's reservation. 156 |
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| 205 | | - | (2) Any amendments to each tribe's memorandum of understanding 157 |
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| 206 | | - | pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall include a provision that 158 |
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| 207 | | - | such amendments do not relieve each tribe from each tribe's obligation 159 |
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| 208 | | - | to contribute a percentage of the gross operating revenues of video 160 |
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| 209 | | - | facsimile games to the state as provided in each tribe's memorandum of 161 |
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| 210 | | - | understanding. 162 |
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| 211 | | - | (c) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-6c of the general 163 |
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| 212 | | - | statutes and unless federal law or a gaming agreement or procedure 164 |
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| 213 | | - | entered into pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-165 |
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| 214 | | - | 497, 25 USC 2701 et seq. requires otherwise, the Governor shall enter 166 |
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| 215 | | - | into the amendments or compacts pursuant to subsection (a) of this 167 |
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| 216 | | - | section, and such amendment or compact shall be effective, provided 168 |
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| 217 | | - | each tribe agrees to make contributions to the state from gaming 169 |
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| 223 | | - | revenue for online sports wagering and online casino gaming on Indian 170 |
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| 224 | | - | lands that are equivalent to the rates established in section 8 of this act. 171 |
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| 225 | | - | (2) If federal law requires approval by the Secretary of the United 172 |
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| 226 | | - | States Department of Interior for any amendment or compact entered 173 |
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| 227 | | - | into pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and such approval is 174 |
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| 228 | | - | overturned by a court in a final judgment, which is not appealable, the 175 |
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| 229 | | - | authorization provided for in such amendment or compact shall cease 176 |
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| 230 | | - | to be effective. 177 |
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| 231 | | - | Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) Each federally recognized Native 178 |
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| 232 | | - | American Tribe that operates Class III gaming on its Indian lands in the 179 |
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| 233 | | - | state pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact or procedures approved 180 |
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| 234 | | - | under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 181 |
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| 235 | | - | 2710 et seq., may operate one online skin for sports wagering within the 182 |
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| 236 | | - | state through an Internet web site or mobile application, provided (1) 183 |
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| 237 | | - | each compact or amendment to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures, 184 |
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| 238 | | - | the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding, the 185 |
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| 239 | | - | Mohegan compact and the Mohegan memorandum of understanding 186 |
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| 240 | | - | required under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 2 of this act is 187 |
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| 241 | | - | effective; and (2) the Internet web site and mobile application used by 188 |
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| 242 | | - | each tribe clearly identifies, at all times, the skin on the display screen. 189 |
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| 243 | | - | Unless prohibited by federal law or any gaming agreement or procedure 190 |
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| 244 | | - | entered into pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-191 |
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| 245 | | - | 497, 25 USC 2701 et seq., any online sports wager received by a casino 192 |
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| 246 | | - | on Indian lands and authorized pursuant to this section is considered to 193 |
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| 247 | | - | be a wager placed where the server receiving the wager is located, 194 |
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| 248 | | - | regardless of the authorized participant's location at the time the wager 195 |
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| 249 | | - | is initiated or otherwise placed. 196 |
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| 250 | | - | Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) Each federally recognized Native 197 |
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| 251 | | - | American Tribe that operates Class III gaming on its Indian lands in the 198 |
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| 252 | | - | state pursuant to a tribal-state gaming compact or procedures approved 199 |
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| 253 | | - | under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 200 |
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| 254 | | - | 2710 et seq., may operate one online skin for online casino gaming 201 |
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| 255 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 260 | | - | within the state through an Internet web site or mobile application, 202 |
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| 261 | | - | provided (1) each compact or amendment to the Mashantucket Pequot 203 |
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| 262 | | - | procedures, the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding, 204 |
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| 263 | | - | the Mohegan compact and the Mohegan memorandum of 205 |
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| 264 | | - | understanding required under subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of 206 |
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| 265 | | - | section 2 of this act is effective; and (2) the Internet web site and mobile 207 |
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| 266 | | - | application used by each tribe clearly identifies, at all times, the skin on 208 |
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| 267 | | - | the display screen. Unless prohibited by federal law or any gaming 209 |
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| 268 | | - | agreement or procedure entered into pursuant to the Indian Gaming 210 |
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| 269 | | - | Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701 et seq., any online casino 211 |
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| 270 | | - | gaming wager received by a casino on Indian lands and authorized 212 |
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| 271 | | - | pursuant to this section is considered to be a wager placed where the 213 |
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| 272 | | - | server receiving the wager is located, regardless of the authorized 214 |
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| 273 | | - | participant's location at the time the wager is initiated or otherwise 215 |
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| 274 | | - | placed. 216 |
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| 275 | | - | Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) A tribally owned company is 217 |
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| 276 | | - | authorized to operate a casino gaming facility in the city of Bridgeport, 218 |
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| 277 | | - | provided such company invests a minimum of one hundred million 219 |
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| 278 | | - | dollars to develop such facility. 220 |
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| 279 | | - | (b) A tribally owned company is authorized to operate an 221 |
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| 280 | | - | entertainment zone facility (1) at the facility described in subsection (a) 222 |
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| 281 | | - | of this section, (2) at a facility in the city of Hartford, (3) at a facility in 223 |
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| 282 | | - | the city of New Haven, and (4) at a facility in one additional 224 |
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| 283 | | - | municipality in the state chosen by the tribally owned company. 225 |
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| 284 | | - | (c) (1) Authorization to operate a facility under subsection (a) or (b) 226 |
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| 285 | | - | of this section shall not be effective unless: 227 |
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| 286 | | - | (A) The governing bodies of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and 228 |
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| 287 | | - | Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut have enacted resolutions 229 |
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| 288 | | - | providing: (i) That, if the tribally owned company fails to pay any fees 230 |
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| 289 | | - | or taxes due the state, the tribes, as the members of the tribally owned 231 |
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| 290 | | - | company, waive the possible defense of sovereign immunity with 232 |
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| 291 | | - | respect to any action or claim by the state against the tribes as the 233 |
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| 297 | | - | members of the tribally owned company to the extent such action or 234 |
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| 298 | | - | claim is permitted to be brought against a member of a limited liability 235 |
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| 299 | | - | company under state law to collect any fees or taxes, while preserving 236 |
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| 300 | | - | any other defenses available to the tribes, and (ii) that the venue for such 237 |
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| 301 | | - | action or claim shall be in the judicial district of Hartford; and 238 |
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| 302 | | - | (B) Prior to operation of any entertainment zone facility, compacts 239 |
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| 303 | | - | with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 240 |
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| 304 | | - | Connecticut or amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures, 241 |
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| 305 | | - | the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding, the 242 |
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| 306 | | - | Mohegan compact and the Mohegan memorandum of understanding 243 |
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| 307 | | - | concerning operation of retail sports wagering at entertainment zone 244 |
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| 308 | | - | facilities are effective pursuant to section 2 of this act. 245 |
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| 309 | | - | (2) Authorization to operate a facility under subsection (a) or (b) of 246 |
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| 310 | | - | this section shall cease to be effective if the tribally owned company 247 |
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| 311 | | - | ceases to be a limited liability company jointly and exclusively owned 248 |
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| 312 | | - | by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 249 |
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| 313 | | - | Connecticut in which each tribe holds at least a twenty-five per cent 250 |
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| 314 | | - | equity interest. 251 |
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| 315 | | - | (3) No entertainment zone facility shall be located in a municipality 252 |
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| 316 | | - | that has, through its legislative body or by referendum, voted not to 253 |
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| 317 | | - | permit the operation of such a facility, unless such vote is superseded 254 |
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| 318 | | - | by a subsequent vote not earlier than sixty days following the first vote. 255 |
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| 319 | | - | Sec. 6. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) An individual may only place 256 |
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| 320 | | - | a sports wager on a sporting event or place a wager through an online 257 |
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| 321 | | - | casino electronic wagering platform if the wagering is authorized 258 |
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| 322 | | - | pursuant to sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this act, as applicable, and the 259 |
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| 323 | | - | individual has attained the age of twenty-one and is physically present 260 |
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| 324 | | - | in the state when placing the wager. 261 |
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| 325 | | - | (b) Any electronic wagering platform used for conducting online 262 |
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| 326 | | - | sports wagering or online casino gaming shall be developed to: (1) 263 |
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| 327 | | - | Verify that an individual with a wagering account is twenty-one years 264 |
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| 333 | | - | of age or older and is physically present in the state when placing a 265 |
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| 334 | | - | wager, (2) provide a mechanism to prevent the unauthorized use of 266 |
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| 335 | | - | wagering accounts and maintain the security of wagering data and 267 |
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| 336 | | - | other confidential information, and (3) allow individuals to register for 268 |
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| 337 | | - | a wagering account at a casino facility operated on Indian lands 269 |
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| 338 | | - | pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, P.L. 100-497, 25 270 |
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| 339 | | - | USC 2701 et seq., at a casino gaming facility, at an entertainment zone 271 |
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| 340 | | - | facility, or online through an electronic wagering platform, in 272 |
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| 341 | | - | accordance with standards of operation and management, policies and 273 |
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| 342 | | - | procedures, or regulations adopted pursuant to section 7 of this act. 274 |
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| 343 | | - | (c) No sports wagering shall be permitted on any prohibited sports 275 |
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| 344 | | - | event. 276 |
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| 345 | | - | Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) Not later than twelve months 277 |
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| 346 | | - | after the date any authorization of sports wagering or online casino 278 |
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| 347 | | - | gaming becomes effective under sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this act, the 279 |
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| 348 | | - | Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in 280 |
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| 349 | | - | accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes and 281 |
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| 350 | | - | to the extent not prohibited by federal law or any gaming agreement or 282 |
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| 351 | | - | procedure entered into pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 283 |
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| 352 | | - | P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701 et seq., to implement the provisions of sections 284 |
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| 353 | | - | 2 to 6, inclusive, of this act. Such regulations shall address the operation 285 |
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| 354 | | - | of, participation in and advertisement of sports wagering and online 286 |
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| 355 | | - | casino gaming, and shall include provisions to protect the public interest 287 |
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| 356 | | - | in the integrity of gaming. 288 |
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| 357 | | - | (b) The commissioner may implement policies and procedures while 289 |
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| 358 | | - | in the process of adopting such regulations, provided notice of intention 290 |
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| 359 | | - | to adopt regulations is posted on the eRegulations System not later than 291 |
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| 360 | | - | twenty days after implementation. Any such policy or procedure shall 292 |
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| 361 | | - | be valid until the time final regulations are effective. 293 |
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| 362 | | - | (c) Prior to the effective date of final regulations or the posting of 294 |
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| 363 | | - | notice of intention to adopt regulations on the eRegulations System 295 |
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| 364 | | - | following implementation of policies and procedures, whichever occurs 296 |
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| 365 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 366 | | - | |
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| 367 | | - | |
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| 368 | | - | LCO No. 1587 11 of 40 |
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| 369 | | - | |
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| 370 | | - | first, sports wagering or online casino gaming authorized under 297 |
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| 371 | | - | sections 2 to 5, inclusive, of this act may be conducted in accordance 298 |
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| 372 | | - | with standards of operation and management adopted by a tribal 299 |
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| 373 | | - | gaming agency of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe or Mohegan Tribe of 300 |
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| 374 | | - | Indians of Connecticut and approved by the Commissioner of 301 |
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| 375 | | - | Consumer Protection. The commissioner shall approve each standard 302 |
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| 376 | | - | unless it finds that the standard would have a material adverse impact 303 |
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| 377 | | - | on the public interest in the integrity of the sports wagering or online 304 |
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| 378 | | - | gaming operation and shall disapprove only such portions of any such 305 |
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| 379 | | - | standard that is determined to have a material adverse impact on such 306 |
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| 380 | | - | public interest, setting forth with specificity the reasons for such 307 |
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| 381 | | - | disapproval. Approval of such standards shall be deemed granted 308 |
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| 382 | | - | unless disapproved within forty-five days of submission. 309 |
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| 383 | | - | Sec. 8. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than thirty days after 310 |
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| 384 | | - | the date an operator of sports wagering or online casino gaming 311 |
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| 385 | | - | commences operation under sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act, and on 312 |
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| 386 | | - | a monthly basis thereafter while such sports wagering or online casino 313 |
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| 387 | | - | gaming is conducted, if such gaming takes place outside of Indian lands 314 |
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| 388 | | - | of a federally recognized Native American Tribe, each such operator 315 |
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| 389 | | - | shall pay to the state for deposit in the General Fund: (1) Ten per cent of 316 |
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| 390 | | - | the gross gaming revenue from online casino gaming authorized under 317 |
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| 391 | | - | sections 2 and 4 of this act; and (2) eight per cent of the gross gaming 318 |
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| 392 | | - | revenue from sports wagering authorized under sections 2, 3 and 5 to 7, 319 |
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| 393 | | - | inclusive, of this act. 320 |
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| 394 | | - | Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Commencing in any fiscal 321 |
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| 395 | | - | year that sports wagering or online casino gaming is conducted 322 |
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| 396 | | - | pursuant to sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act outside of Indian lands 323 |
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| 397 | | - | and on or before September thirtieth in each fiscal year thereafter, the 324 |
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| 398 | | - | Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall: (1) Estimate, after 325 |
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| 399 | | - | consultation with each operator of online casino gaming, online sports 326 |
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| 400 | | - | wagering or an entertainment zone facility or the operator of a casino 327 |
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| 401 | | - | gaming facility conducting retail sports wagering pursuant to section 328 |
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| 402 | | - | 12-578f of the general statutes, as amended by this act, the reasonable 329 |
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| 403 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 404 | | - | |
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| 405 | | - | |
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| 406 | | - | LCO No. 1587 12 of 40 |
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| 407 | | - | |
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| 408 | | - | and necessary costs that will be incurred by the department in the next 330 |
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| 409 | | - | fiscal year to regulate the operation of such wagering or gaming under 331 |
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| 410 | | - | sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act; and (2) assess each such operator's 332 |
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| 411 | | - | share of such estimated costs pro rata according to such operator's 333 |
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| 412 | | - | annualized share of the gross gaming revenue from such wagering or 334 |
|---|
| 413 | | - | gaming in the prior fiscal year, if any. The estimated costs shall not 335 |
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| 414 | | - | exceed the estimate of expenditure requirements transmitted by the 336 |
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| 415 | | - | commissioner pursuant to section 4-77 of the general statutes. The 337 |
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| 416 | | - | assessment for any fiscal year shall be: (A) Reduced pro rata by the 338 |
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| 417 | | - | amount of any surplus from the assessment of the prior fiscal year, 339 |
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| 418 | | - | which shall be maintained in accordance with subsection (d) of this 340 |
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| 419 | | - | section, or (B) increased pro rata by the amount of any deficit from the 341 |
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| 420 | | - | assessment of the prior fiscal year. 342 |
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| 421 | | - | (b) Each operator of online casino gaming, online sports wagering or 343 |
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| 422 | | - | an entertainment zone facility or operator of a casino gaming facility 344 |
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| 423 | | - | conducting sports wagering pursuant to section 12-578f of the general 345 |
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| 424 | | - | statutes, as amended by this act, shall pay to the commissioner the 346 |
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| 425 | | - | amount assessed to such operator pursuant to subsection (a) of this 347 |
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| 426 | | - | section not later than the date specified by the commissioner for 348 |
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| 427 | | - | payment, provided such date is not less than thirty days from the date 349 |
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| 428 | | - | of such assessment. The commissioner shall remit to the State Treasurer 350 |
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| 429 | | - | all funds received pursuant to this section. 351 |
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| 430 | | - | (c) The State Treasurer shall deposit all funds received pursuant to 352 |
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| 431 | | - | subsection (b) of this section in the State Gaming Regulatory Fund, 353 |
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| 432 | | - | established pursuant to subsection (c) of section 12-578e of the general 354 |
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| 433 | | - | statutes, as amended by this act. 355 |
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| 434 | | - | (d) On or before September thirtieth, annually, the Comptroller shall 356 |
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| 435 | | - | calculate the actual reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the 357 |
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| 436 | | - | department to regulate operators of online casino gaming, online sports 358 |
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| 437 | | - | wagering and entertainment zone facilities and the operator of a casino 359 |
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| 438 | | - | gaming facility conducting sports wagering pursuant to section 12-578f 360 |
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| 439 | | - | of the general statutes, as amended by this act, during the prior fiscal 361 |
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| 440 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 441 | | - | |
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| 442 | | - | |
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| 443 | | - | LCO No. 1587 13 of 40 |
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| 444 | | - | |
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| 445 | | - | year. The Treasurer shall set aside amounts received in excess of such 362 |
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| 446 | | - | actual costs. Such excess amounts shall be considered a surplus for the 363 |
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| 447 | | - | purposes of subsection (a) of this section. 364 |
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| 448 | | - | (e) Any operator of online casino gaming, online sports wagering or 365 |
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| 449 | | - | an entertainment zone facility or a casino gaming facility conducting 366 |
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| 450 | | - | sports wagering pursuant to section 12-578f of the general statutes, as 367 |
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| 451 | | - | amended by this act, aggrieved by an assessment under the provisions 368 |
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| 452 | | - | of this section may request a hearing before the commissioner not later 369 |
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| 453 | | - | than thirty days after such assessment. The commissioner shall hold 370 |
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| 454 | | - | such hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the 371 |
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| 455 | | - | general statutes not later than thirty days after receiving such request. 372 |
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| 456 | | - | Sec. 10. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Any payment to the state made 373 |
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| 457 | | - | by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 374 |
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| 458 | | - | Connecticut, MMCT Venture, LLC, or a tribally owned company and 375 |
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| 459 | | - | based on gross gaming revenue from online casino gaming, gross 376 |
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| 460 | | - | gaming revenue from sports wagering or gross gaming revenue, as 377 |
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| 461 | | - | defined in section 12-557b of the general statutes, as amended by this 378 |
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| 462 | | - | act, as applicable, shall count toward the calculation of the "minimum 379 |
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| 463 | | - | contribution" pursuant to the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of 380 |
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| 464 | | - | understanding and the Mohegan memorandum of understanding, with 381 |
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| 465 | | - | any such payments by MMCT Venture, LLC, or another tribally owned 382 |
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| 466 | | - | company based on such tribe's proportionate ownership of MMCT 383 |
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| 467 | | - | Venture, LLC, or the tribally owned company. 384 |
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| 468 | | - | Sec. 11. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this 385 |
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| 469 | | - | section, "gross gaming revenue" has the same meaning as provided in 386 |
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| 470 | | - | section 12-557b of the general statutes, as amended by this act, and 387 |
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| 471 | | - | "authorized games" has the same meaning as provided in section 12-388 |
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| 472 | | - | 578f of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 389 |
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| 473 | | - | (b) Not later than thirty days after the date a casino gaming facility 390 |
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| 474 | | - | authorized under section 5 of this act is operational and on a monthly 391 |
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| 475 | | - | basis thereafter while such casino gaming facility is operational, the 392 |
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| 476 | | - | tribally owned company operating such facility shall pay to the state, in 393 |
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| 477 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 478 | | - | |
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| 479 | | - | |
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| 480 | | - | LCO No. 1587 14 of 40 |
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| 481 | | - | |
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| 482 | | - | addition to the funds provided for in section 8 of this act for sports 394 |
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| 483 | | - | wagering: (1) Ten per cent of the gross gaming revenue from the 395 |
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| 484 | | - | operation of authorized games, except video facsimile games, which 396 |
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| 485 | | - | shall be deposited in the state-wide tourism marketing account, 397 |
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| 486 | | - | established pursuant to section 10-395a of the general statutes, and used 398 |
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| 487 | | - | for state-wide marketing activities; (2) fifteen per cent of the gross 399 |
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| 488 | | - | gaming revenue from the operation of authorized games, except video 400 |
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| 489 | | - | facsimile games, which shall be deposited in the General Fund; and (3) 401 |
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| 490 | | - | twenty-five per cent of the gross gaming revenue from the operation of 402 |
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| 491 | | - | video facsimile games, which shall be deposited as follows: (A) Five 403 |
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| 492 | | - | million two hundred fifty thousand dollars annually in the municipal 404 |
|---|
| 493 | | - | gaming account, established pursuant to section 12-578h of the general 405 |
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| 494 | | - | statutes, as amended by this act, and (B) any remaining amounts in the 406 |
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| 495 | | - | General Fund. 407 |
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| 496 | | - | (c) On and after the date the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 408 |
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| 497 | | - | Management finds that a minimum of five million two hundred fifty 409 |
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| 498 | | - | thousand dollars has been deposited in the municipal gaming account 410 |
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| 499 | | - | pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Office of Policy and 411 |
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| 500 | | - | Management shall provide an annual grant of seven hundred fifty 412 |
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| 501 | | - | thousand dollars to each of the following municipalities: Fairfield, 413 |
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| 502 | | - | Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, Stratford, Trumbull and Waterbury. 414 |
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| 503 | | - | The amount of the grant payable to each municipality during any fiscal 415 |
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| 504 | | - | year shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such grants exceeds 416 |
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| 505 | | - | the amount of funds available for such year. 417 |
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| 506 | | - | Sec. 12. (Effective from passage) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of 418 |
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| 507 | | - | the general statutes or any special act, charter or ordinance, the city of 419 |
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| 508 | | - | Bridgeport may, by affirmative vote of a majority of the city council, 420 |
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| 509 | | - | enter into a written agreement with any party owning or proposing to 421 |
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| 510 | | - | acquire an interest in real property in the city that fixes the assessment 422 |
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| 511 | | - | of (1) any such real property that is the subject of the agreement, and all 423 |
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| 512 | | - | improvements thereon or therein and to be constructed thereon or 424 |
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| 513 | | - | therein, and (2) all taxable personal property, whether owned or leased, 425 |
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| 514 | | - | to be located on such real property. Such agreement or any modification, 426 |
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| 515 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 516 | | - | |
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| 517 | | - | |
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| 518 | | - | LCO No. 1587 15 of 40 |
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| 519 | | - | |
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| 520 | | - | renewal or extension thereof shall be for a period of not more than ten 427 |
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| 521 | | - | years. Such agreement may provide that the owner or lessee of such 428 |
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| 522 | | - | personal property is not required to submit a personal property 429 |
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| 523 | | - | declaration in the city during the period for which such agreement is in 430 |
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| 524 | | - | effect. 431 |
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| 525 | | - | (b) The provisions of this section shall only apply if such real 432 |
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| 526 | | - | property, improvements and personal property are owned, leased or 433 |
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| 527 | | - | used in connection with a casino gaming facility, as defined in section 434 |
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| 528 | | - | 12-557b of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 435 |
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| 529 | | - | (c) For the purposes of this section, "improvements" include the 436 |
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| 530 | | - | rehabilitation of any structure that exists on the effective date of this 437 |
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| 531 | | - | section and is rehabilitated for use by a casino gaming facility. 438 |
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| 532 | | - | Sec. 13. Section 12-578f of the general statutes is repealed and the 439 |
|---|
| 533 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 440 |
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| 534 | | - | (a) For the purposes of this section and section 12-578g, as amended 441 |
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| 535 | | - | by this act: 442 |
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| 536 | | - | (1) "Authorized games" means any game of chance, including, but not 443 |
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| 537 | | - | limited to, blackjack, poker, dice, money-wheels, roulette, baccarat, 444 |
|---|
| 538 | | - | chuck-a-luck, pan game, over and under, horse race game, acey-deucy, 445 |
|---|
| 539 | | - | beat the dealer, bouncing ball, video facsimile game and any other game 446 |
|---|
| 540 | | - | of chance authorized by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. 447 |
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| 541 | | - | "Authorized games" does not include sports wagering, as defined in 448 |
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| 542 | | - | section 1 of this act; 449 |
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| 543 | | - | (2) "Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding" means 450 |
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| 544 | | - | the memorandum of understanding entered into by and between the 451 |
|---|
| 545 | | - | state and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe on January 13, 1993, as 452 |
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| 546 | | - | amended on April 30, 1993; 453 |
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| 547 | | - | (3) "Mashantucket Pequot procedures" means the Final 454 |
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| 548 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Procedures prescribed by the Secretary 455 |
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| 549 | | - | of the United States Department of the Interior pursuant to Section 456 |
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| 550 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 551 | | - | |
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| 552 | | - | |
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| 553 | | - | LCO No. 1587 16 of 40 |
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| 554 | | - | |
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| 555 | | - | 2710(d)(7)(B)(vii) of Title 25 of the United States Code and published in 457 |
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| 556 | | - | 56 Federal Register 24996 (May 31, 1991); 458 |
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| 557 | | - | (4) "MMCT Venture, LLC" means a limited liability company 459 |
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| 558 | | - | described in subsection (d) of this section; 460 |
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| 559 | | - | (5) "Mohegan compact" means the Tribal-State Compact entered into 461 |
|---|
| 560 | | - | by and between the state and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 462 |
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| 561 | | - | Connecticut on May 17, 1994; and 463 |
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| 562 | | - | (6) "Mohegan memorandum of understanding" means the 464 |
|---|
| 563 | | - | memorandum of understanding entered into by and between the state 465 |
|---|
| 564 | | - | and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut on May 17, 1994. 466 |
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| 565 | | - | (b) MMCT Venture, LLC, is authorized to conduct authorized games 467 |
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| 566 | | - | at a casino gaming facility at 171 Bridge Street, East Windsor, 468 |
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| 567 | | - | Connecticut. 469 |
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| 568 | | - | (c) Such authorization shall not be effective unless the following 470 |
|---|
| 569 | | - | conditions have been met: 471 |
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| 570 | | - | (1) (A) The Governor enters into amendments to the Mashantucket 472 |
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| 571 | | - | Pequot procedures and to the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of 473 |
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| 572 | | - | understanding with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and amendments 474 |
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| 573 | | - | to the Mohegan compact and to the Mohegan memorandum of 475 |
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| 574 | | - | understanding with the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut 476 |
|---|
| 575 | | - | concerning the operation of a casino gaming facility in the state. 477 |
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| 576 | | - | (B) The amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures and the 478 |
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| 577 | | - | Mohegan compact shall include a provision that the authorization of 479 |
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| 578 | | - | MMCT Venture, LLC, to conduct authorized games in the state does not 480 |
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| 579 | | - | terminate the moratorium against the operation of video facsimile 481 |
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| 580 | | - | games by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and Mohegan Tribe of Indians 482 |
|---|
| 581 | | - | of Connecticut on each tribe's reservation. 483 |
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| 582 | | - | (C) The amendments to each tribe's memorandum of understanding 484 |
|---|
| 583 | | - | shall include a provision that the authorization of MMCT Venture, LLC, 485 |
|---|
| 584 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 585 | | - | |
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| 586 | | - | |
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| 587 | | - | LCO No. 1587 17 of 40 |
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| 588 | | - | |
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| 589 | | - | to conduct authorized games in the state does not relieve each tribe from 486 |
|---|
| 590 | | - | each tribe's obligation to contribute a percentage of the gross operating 487 |
|---|
| 591 | | - | revenues of video facsimile games to the state as provided in each tribe's 488 |
|---|
| 592 | | - | memorandum of understanding. 489 |
|---|
| 593 | | - | (2) The amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures, the 490 |
|---|
| 594 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding, the Mohegan 491 |
|---|
| 595 | | - | compact and the Mohegan memorandum of understanding are 492 |
|---|
| 596 | | - | approved or deemed approved by the Secretary of the United States 493 |
|---|
| 597 | | - | Department of the Interior pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming 494 |
|---|
| 598 | | - | Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701 et seq., and its implementing 495 |
|---|
| 599 | | - | regulations. If such approval is overturned by a court in a final 496 |
|---|
| 600 | | - | judgment, which is not appealable, the authorization provided under 497 |
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| 601 | | - | this section shall cease to be effective. 498 |
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| 602 | | - | (3) The amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures and to 499 |
|---|
| 603 | | - | the Mohegan compact are approved by the General Assembly pursuant 500 |
|---|
| 604 | | - | to section 3-6c. 501 |
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| 605 | | - | (4) The amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of 502 |
|---|
| 606 | | - | understanding and to the Mohegan memorandum of understanding are 503 |
|---|
| 607 | | - | approved by the General Assembly pursuant to the process described 504 |
|---|
| 608 | | - | in section 3-6c. 505 |
|---|
| 609 | | - | (5) The governing bodies of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and 506 |
|---|
| 610 | | - | Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut enact resolutions providing: 507 |
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| 611 | | - | (A) That if MMCT Venture, LLC, fails to pay any fees or taxes due the 508 |
|---|
| 612 | | - | state, the tribes, as the members of MMCT Venture, LLC, waive the 509 |
|---|
| 613 | | - | possible defense of sovereign immunity with respect to any action or 510 |
|---|
| 614 | | - | claim by the state against the tribes as the members of MMCT Venture, 511 |
|---|
| 615 | | - | LLC, to the extent such action or claim is permitted to be brought against 512 |
|---|
| 616 | | - | a member of a limited liability company under state law to collect any 513 |
|---|
| 617 | | - | fees or taxes, while preserving any other defenses available to the tribes, 514 |
|---|
| 618 | | - | and (B) that the venue for such action or claim shall be in the judicial 515 |
|---|
| 619 | | - | district of Hartford. 516 |
|---|
| 620 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 621 | | - | |
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| 622 | | - | |
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| 623 | | - | LCO No. 1587 18 of 40 |
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| 624 | | - | |
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| 625 | | - | (d) Such authorization shall apply to MMCT Venture, LLC, provided: 517 |
|---|
| 626 | | - | (1) MMCT Venture, LLC, is a limited liability company jointly and 518 |
|---|
| 627 | | - | exclusively owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan 519 |
|---|
| 628 | | - | Tribe of Indians of Connecticut; (2) no other person or business 520 |
|---|
| 629 | | - | organization holds an equity interest in MMCT Venture, LLC; and (3) 521 |
|---|
| 630 | | - | each tribe holds at least a twenty-five per cent equity interest in MMCT 522 |
|---|
| 631 | | - | Venture, LLC. If MMCT Venture, LLC, ceases to be a limited liability 523 |
|---|
| 632 | | - | company jointly and exclusively owned by the Mashantucket Pequot 524 |
|---|
| 633 | | - | Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut in which each 525 |
|---|
| 634 | | - | tribe holds at least a twenty-five per cent equity interest, such 526 |
|---|
| 635 | | - | authorization shall be void. 527 |
|---|
| 636 | | - | (e) MMCT Venture, LLC, is authorized to operate retail sports 528 |
|---|
| 637 | | - | wagering, as defined in section 1 of this act, at a casino gaming facility 529 |
|---|
| 638 | | - | at 171 Bridge Street, East Windsor, Connecticut, provided new compacts 530 |
|---|
| 639 | | - | with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 531 |
|---|
| 640 | | - | Connecticut or amendments to each of the Mashantucket Pequot 532 |
|---|
| 641 | | - | procedures and to the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of 533 |
|---|
| 642 | | - | understanding with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and amendments 534 |
|---|
| 643 | | - | to the Mohegan compact and to the Mohegan memorandum of 535 |
|---|
| 644 | | - | understanding with the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut 536 |
|---|
| 645 | | - | concerning such operation are effective pursuant to section 2 of this act. 537 |
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| 646 | | - | If MMCT Venture, LLC, ceases to be a limited liability company jointly 538 |
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| 647 | | - | and exclusively owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the 539 |
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| 648 | | - | Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut in which each tribe holds at 540 |
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| 649 | | - | least a twenty-five per cent equity interest, such authorization shall be 541 |
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| 650 | | - | void. 542 |
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| 651 | | - | Sec. 14. Section 12-806c of the general statutes is repealed and the 543 |
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| 652 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 544 |
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| 653 | | - | (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-6c, the Secretary of 545 |
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| 654 | | - | the Office of Policy and Management, on behalf of the state of 546 |
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| 655 | | - | Connecticut, may enter into separate agreements with the 547 |
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| 656 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 548 |
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| 657 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 658 | | - | |
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| 659 | | - | |
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| 660 | | - | LCO No. 1587 19 of 40 |
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| 661 | | - | |
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| 662 | | - | Connecticut concerning the operation of keno by the Connecticut 549 |
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| 663 | | - | Lottery Corporation in the state of Connecticut. Any such agreement 550 |
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| 664 | | - | shall provide that the state of Connecticut shall distribute to each tribe 551 |
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| 665 | | - | a sum not to exceed a twelve and one-half per cent share of the gross 552 |
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| 666 | | - | operating revenue received by the state from the operation of keno. The 553 |
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| 667 | | - | corporation may not operate keno until such separate agreements are 554 |
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| 668 | | - | effective. For the purposes of this section, "gross operating revenues" 555 |
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| 669 | | - | means the total amounts wagered, less amounts paid out as prizes. 556 |
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| 670 | | - | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3-6c, the secretary, on 557 |
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| 671 | | - | behalf of the state, may enter into amendments to such agreements 558 |
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| 672 | | - | described in subsection (a) of this section concerning the operation of 559 |
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| 673 | | - | keno over the Internet by the Connecticut Lottery Corporation in the 560 |
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| 674 | | - | state of Connecticut. 561 |
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| 675 | | - | (c) Any electronic platform or combination of hardware, software 562 |
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| 676 | | - | and data networks used to manage, administer, offer or control keno 563 |
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| 677 | | - | over the Internet, including through an Internet web site or a mobile 564 |
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| 678 | | - | device, shall, at a minimum, be developed to: (1) Verify that an 565 |
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| 679 | | - | individual with a keno account is eighteen years of age or older and is 566 |
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| 680 | | - | located in the state, and (2) provide a mechanism to prevent the 567 |
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| 681 | | - | unauthorized use of a keno account and maintain the security of data 568 |
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| 682 | | - | and other confidential information. 569 |
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| 683 | | - | Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, 570 |
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| 684 | | - | "lottery draw game" means any draw game that is (1) available for 571 |
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| 685 | | - | purchase through a lottery sales agent, and (2) played with a live 572 |
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| 686 | | - | drawing that occurs no more frequently than hourly. 573 |
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| 687 | | - | (b) The Connecticut Lottery Corporation shall establish a program to 574 |
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| 688 | | - | sell lottery tickets for lottery draw games through the corporation's 575 |
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| 689 | | - | Internet web site, online service or mobile application, provided: (1) 576 |
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| 690 | | - | Such program is conducted pursuant to compacts with the 577 |
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| 691 | | - | Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 578 |
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| 692 | | - | Connecticut or amendments to the Mashantucket Pequot procedures 579 |
|---|
| 693 | | - | and to the Mashantucket Pequot memorandum of understanding with 580 |
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| 694 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 695 | | - | |
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| 696 | | - | |
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| 697 | | - | LCO No. 1587 20 of 40 |
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| 698 | | - | |
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| 699 | | - | the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and amendments to the Mohegan 581 |
|---|
| 700 | | - | compact and to the Mohegan memorandum of understanding with the 582 |
|---|
| 701 | | - | Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut that are effective pursuant to 583 |
|---|
| 702 | | - | section 2 of this act; (2) the keno draw game or lottery draw game is 584 |
|---|
| 703 | | - | offered pursuant to signed agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot 585 |
|---|
| 704 | | - | Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut or signed 586 |
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| 705 | | - | amendments to such agreements, in accordance with the provisions of 587 |
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| 706 | | - | section 12-806c of the general statutes, as amended by this act; and (3) 588 |
|---|
| 707 | | - | the total number of drawings across all lottery draw games for which 589 |
|---|
| 708 | | - | lottery tickets are sold through the corporation's Internet web site, 590 |
|---|
| 709 | | - | online service or mobile application shall not exceed six drawings in a 591 |
|---|
| 710 | | - | given day. 592 |
|---|
| 711 | | - | (c) Such program shall, at a minimum: (1) Verify that a person who 593 |
|---|
| 712 | | - | establishes an online lottery account to purchase a lottery ticket through 594 |
|---|
| 713 | | - | such program is eighteen years of age or older and is located in the state; 595 |
|---|
| 714 | | - | (2) restrict the sale of lottery tickets to transactions initiated and received 596 |
|---|
| 715 | | - | within the state; (3) allow a person to deposit money into an online 597 |
|---|
| 716 | | - | lottery account through the use of a verified bank account, prepaid 598 |
|---|
| 717 | | - | lottery gift card, debit card or credit card; (4) limit a person with an 599 |
|---|
| 718 | | - | online lottery account to using only one debit card or credit card; (5) 600 |
|---|
| 719 | | - | provide that any money in an online lottery account belongs solely to 601 |
|---|
| 720 | | - | the owner of the account and may be withdrawn by the owner at any 602 |
|---|
| 721 | | - | time; (6) provide a mechanism to prevent the unauthorized use of online 603 |
|---|
| 722 | | - | lottery accounts; (7) establish a voluntary self-exclusion process to allow 604 |
|---|
| 723 | | - | a person to exclude himself or herself from establishing an online lottery 605 |
|---|
| 724 | | - | account or purchasing a lottery ticket through such program; (8) 606 |
|---|
| 725 | | - | provide a mechanism to prevent a person who participates in the self-607 |
|---|
| 726 | | - | exclusion process from establishing an online lottery account; (9) within 608 |
|---|
| 727 | | - | one year from the date such program is established, be the subject of an 609 |
|---|
| 728 | | - | application for certification from a national or international responsible 610 |
|---|
| 729 | | - | gambling compliance assessment program; (10) post a conspicuous link 611 |
|---|
| 730 | | - | to responsible gambling information on all online lottery account 612 |
|---|
| 731 | | - | Internet web pages; and (11) after consultation with advocacy groups 613 |
|---|
| 732 | | - | for individuals with gambling problems, (A) limit the amount of money 614 |
|---|
| 733 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 734 | | - | |
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| 735 | | - | |
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| 736 | | - | LCO No. 1587 21 of 40 |
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| 737 | | - | |
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| 738 | | - | a person may deposit into an online lottery account, (B) limit the amount 615 |
|---|
| 739 | | - | of money a person may spend per day through such program, and (C) 616 |
|---|
| 740 | | - | provide for online messages regarding the importance of responsible 617 |
|---|
| 741 | | - | gambling when a person is using his or her online lottery account for an 618 |
|---|
| 742 | | - | amount of time specified by the corporation. 619 |
|---|
| 743 | | - | (d) Prior to implementing any procedure, as defined in subdivision 620 |
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| 744 | | - | (2) of section 1-120 of the general statutes, to assure the integrity of such 621 |
|---|
| 745 | | - | program, the corporation shall obtain the written approval of the 622 |
|---|
| 746 | | - | Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with regulations 623 |
|---|
| 747 | | - | adopted under section 12-568a of the general statutes. 624 |
|---|
| 748 | | - | (e) The corporation shall: (1) Implement initiatives to promote the 625 |
|---|
| 749 | | - | purchase of lottery tickets through lottery sales agents; (2) permit lottery 626 |
|---|
| 750 | | - | sales agents to sell prepaid lottery gift cards; and (3) conduct an online 627 |
|---|
| 751 | | - | public awareness campaign designed to educate the public regarding 628 |
|---|
| 752 | | - | compulsive gambling and to inform the public of the programs 629 |
|---|
| 753 | | - | available for the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of compulsive 630 |
|---|
| 754 | | - | gamblers in the state. 631 |
|---|
| 755 | | - | Sec. 16. Subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 12-806 of the 632 |
|---|
| 756 | | - | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 633 |
|---|
| 757 | | - | thereof (Effective from passage): 634 |
|---|
| 758 | | - | (4) (A) To introduce new lottery games, modify existing lottery 635 |
|---|
| 759 | | - | games, utilize existing and new technologies, determine distribution 636 |
|---|
| 760 | | - | channels for the sale of lottery tickets, introduce keno pursuant to signed 637 |
|---|
| 761 | | - | agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan 638 |
|---|
| 762 | | - | Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, in accordance with section 12-806c, as 639 |
|---|
| 763 | | - | amended by this act, and, to the extent specifically authorized by 640 |
|---|
| 764 | | - | regulations adopted by the Department of Consumer Protection 641 |
|---|
| 765 | | - | pursuant to chapter 54, introduce instant ticket vending machines, 642 |
|---|
| 766 | | - | kiosks and automated wagering systems or machines, with all such 643 |
|---|
| 767 | | - | rights being subject to regulatory oversight by the Department of 644 |
|---|
| 768 | | - | Consumer Protection; and 645 |
|---|
| 769 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 770 | | - | |
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| 771 | | - | |
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| 772 | | - | LCO No. 1587 22 of 40 |
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| 773 | | - | |
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| 774 | | - | (B) To offer lottery draw games, including for promotional purposes, 646 |
|---|
| 775 | | - | through the corporation's Internet web site, online service or mobile 647 |
|---|
| 776 | | - | application in accordance with section 15 of this act, except that the 648 |
|---|
| 777 | | - | corporation shall not offer any other interactive [on-line] lottery games, 649 |
|---|
| 778 | | - | including [on-line video lottery games] for promotional purposes, on 650 |
|---|
| 779 | | - | the corporation's Internet web site, online service or mobile application; 651 |
|---|
| 780 | | - | Sec. 17. Subdivision (13) of subsection (b) of section 12-806 of the 2020 652 |
|---|
| 781 | | - | supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is 653 |
|---|
| 782 | | - | substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 654 |
|---|
| 783 | | - | (13) To pay the Office of Policy and Management to reimburse the 655 |
|---|
| 784 | | - | Department of Consumer Protection for the reasonable and necessary 656 |
|---|
| 785 | | - | costs arising from the department's regulatory oversight of the 657 |
|---|
| 786 | | - | corporation, in accordance with the assessment made pursuant to 658 |
|---|
| 787 | | - | section 12-806b, including costs arising directly or indirectly from the 659 |
|---|
| 788 | | - | licensing of lottery agents, performance of state police background 660 |
|---|
| 789 | | - | investigations, and the implementation of subsection (b) of section 12-661 |
|---|
| 790 | | - | 562, as amended by this act, and sections 12-563a, as amended by this 662 |
|---|
| 791 | | - | act, 12-568a, 12-569, 12-570, 12-570a and 12-800 to 12-818, inclusive, and 663 |
|---|
| 792 | | - | section 15 of this act; 664 |
|---|
| 793 | | - | Sec. 18. Section 12-810 of the general statutes is repealed and the 665 |
|---|
| 794 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 666 |
|---|
| 795 | | - | (a) The Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, shall 667 |
|---|
| 796 | | - | apply to all actions, meetings and records of the corporation, except (1) 668 |
|---|
| 797 | | - | where otherwise limited by subsection (c) of this section as to new 669 |
|---|
| 798 | | - | lottery games and serial numbers of unclaimed lottery tickets, [and] (2) 670 |
|---|
| 799 | | - | with respect to financial, credit and proprietary information submitted 671 |
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| 800 | | - | by any person to the corporation in connection with any proposal to 672 |
|---|
| 801 | | - | provide goods, services or professional advice to the corporation as 673 |
|---|
| 802 | | - | provided in section 12-815, and (3) where otherwise limited by 674 |
|---|
| 803 | | - | subsection (d) of this section as to information submitted by any person 675 |
|---|
| 804 | | - | to the corporation regarding such person's participation in the 676 |
|---|
| 805 | | - | corporation's voluntary self-exclusion process established pursuant to 677 |
|---|
| 806 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 807 | | - | |
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| 808 | | - | |
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| 809 | | - | LCO No. 1587 23 of 40 |
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| 810 | | - | |
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| 811 | | - | subdivision (7) of subsection (c) of section 15 of this act. 678 |
|---|
| 812 | | - | (b) The records of proceedings as provided in subsection (a) of section 679 |
|---|
| 813 | | - | 12-805 shall be subject to disclosure pursuant to the provisions of 680 |
|---|
| 814 | | - | subsection (a) of section 1-210. 681 |
|---|
| 815 | | - | (c) Any new lottery game and the procedures for such game, until the 682 |
|---|
| 816 | | - | game is publicly announced by the corporation, and any serial number 683 |
|---|
| 817 | | - | of an unclaimed lottery ticket shall not be deemed public records, as 684 |
|---|
| 818 | | - | defined in section 1-200, and shall not be available to the public under 685 |
|---|
| 819 | | - | the provisions of section 1-210. The president shall submit a fiscal note 686 |
|---|
| 820 | | - | prepared by the corporation with respect to the procedures for a new 687 |
|---|
| 821 | | - | lottery game to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 688 |
|---|
| 822 | | - | having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue, bonding and 689 |
|---|
| 823 | | - | public safety after approval of such game by the board. 690 |
|---|
| 824 | | - | (d) The name and any personally identifying information of a person 691 |
|---|
| 825 | | - | who is participating or has participated in the corporation's voluntary 692 |
|---|
| 826 | | - | self-exclusion process shall not be deemed public records, as defined in 693 |
|---|
| 827 | | - | section 1-200, and shall not be available to the public under the 694 |
|---|
| 828 | | - | provisions of section 1-210, except that the president may disclose the 695 |
|---|
| 829 | | - | name and any records of such person if such person claims a winning 696 |
|---|
| 830 | | - | lottery ticket from the use of the online lottery program established 697 |
|---|
| 831 | | - | pursuant to section 15 of this act. 698 |
|---|
| 832 | | - | Sec. 19. Section 12-557b of the general statutes is repealed and the 699 |
|---|
| 833 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 700 |
|---|
| 834 | | - | As used in this chapter, sections [12-578a to 12-578e, inclusive,] 12-701 |
|---|
| 835 | | - | 579 and 12-580, chapter 226b, [and] section 53-278g, as amended by this 702 |
|---|
| 836 | | - | act, and sections 1 to 12, inclusive, of this act, unless the context 703 |
|---|
| 837 | | - | otherwise requires: 704 |
|---|
| 838 | | - | (1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Consumer 705 |
|---|
| 839 | | - | Protection; 706 |
|---|
| 840 | | - | (2) "Department" means the Department of Consumer Protection; 707 |
|---|
| 841 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 842 | | - | |
|---|
| 843 | | - | |
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| 844 | | - | LCO No. 1587 24 of 40 |
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| 845 | | - | |
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| 846 | | - | (3) "Business organization" means a partnership, incorporated or 708 |
|---|
| 847 | | - | unincorporated association, firm, corporation, trust or other form of 709 |
|---|
| 848 | | - | business or legal entity, other than a financial institution regulated by a 710 |
|---|
| 849 | | - | state or federal agency which is not exercising control over an 711 |
|---|
| 850 | | - | association licensee, but does not mean a governmental or sovereign 712 |
|---|
| 851 | | - | entity; 713 |
|---|
| 852 | | - | (4) "Control" means the power to exercise authority over or direct the 714 |
|---|
| 853 | | - | management and policies of a person or business organization; 715 |
|---|
| 854 | | - | (5) "Casino gaming facility" means any casino gaming facility 716 |
|---|
| 855 | | - | authorized by any provision of the general statutes or a public or special 717 |
|---|
| 856 | | - | act to conduct authorized games on its premises, but does not include 718 |
|---|
| 857 | | - | any casino gaming facility located on Indian lands pursuant to the 719 |
|---|
| 858 | | - | Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, P.L. 100-497, 25 USC 2701 et seq.; 720 |
|---|
| 859 | | - | (6) "Authorized game" means any game of chance specifically 721 |
|---|
| 860 | | - | authorized to be conducted at a casino gaming facility by any provision 722 |
|---|
| 861 | | - | of the general statutes or a public or special act; and 723 |
|---|
| 862 | | - | (7) "Gross gaming revenue" means the total of all sums actually 724 |
|---|
| 863 | | - | received by a casino gaming facility from gaming operations less the 725 |
|---|
| 864 | | - | total of all sums paid as winnings to patrons of the casino gaming 726 |
|---|
| 865 | | - | facility, provided the total of all sums paid as winnings to such patrons 727 |
|---|
| 866 | | - | shall not include the cash equivalent value of any merchandise or thing 728 |
|---|
| 867 | | - | of value included in a jackpot or payout, and provided further the 729 |
|---|
| 868 | | - | issuance to or wagering by such patrons of any promotional gaming 730 |
|---|
| 869 | | - | credit shall not be included in the total of all sums actually received by 731 |
|---|
| 870 | | - | a casino gaming facility for the purposes of determining gross gaming 732 |
|---|
| 871 | | - | revenue. 733 |
|---|
| 872 | | - | Sec. 20. Section 12-561 of the general statutes is repealed and the 734 |
|---|
| 873 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 735 |
|---|
| 874 | | - | No commissioner or unit head or employee of the department shall 736 |
|---|
| 875 | | - | directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership or as 737 |
|---|
| 876 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 877 | | - | |
|---|
| 878 | | - | |
|---|
| 879 | | - | LCO No. 1587 25 of 40 |
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| 880 | | - | |
|---|
| 881 | | - | a shareholder of a corporation, have any interest whatsoever in dealing 738 |
|---|
| 882 | | - | in any lottery, racing, fronton, betting enterprise or casino gaming 739 |
|---|
| 883 | | - | facility or in the ownership or leasing of any property or premises used 740 |
|---|
| 884 | | - | by or for any lottery, racing, fronton, betting enterprise or casino gaming 741 |
|---|
| 885 | | - | facility. No commissioner or unit head shall, directly or indirectly, 742 |
|---|
| 886 | | - | wager at any off-track betting facility, race track or fronton authorized 743 |
|---|
| 887 | | - | under this chapter, purchase lottery tickets issued under this chapter, 744 |
|---|
| 888 | | - | [or] play, directly or indirectly, any authorized game conducted at a 745 |
|---|
| 889 | | - | casino gaming facility or place a sports wager, as defined in section 1 of 746 |
|---|
| 890 | | - | this act. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with 747 |
|---|
| 891 | | - | the provisions of chapter 54 to prohibit any employee of the department 748 |
|---|
| 892 | | - | from engaging, directly or indirectly, in any form of legalized gambling 749 |
|---|
| 893 | | - | activity in which such employee is involved because of his or her 750 |
|---|
| 894 | | - | employment with the department. For purposes of this section, "unit 751 |
|---|
| 895 | | - | head" means a managerial employee with direct oversight of a legalized 752 |
|---|
| 896 | | - | gambling activity. 753 |
|---|
| 897 | | - | Sec. 21. Section 12-562 of the general statutes is repealed and the 754 |
|---|
| 898 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 755 |
|---|
| 899 | | - | (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the 756 |
|---|
| 900 | | - | commissioner shall have power to enforce the provisions of this chapter 757 |
|---|
| 901 | | - | and chapter 226b, and shall adopt all necessary regulations for that 758 |
|---|
| 902 | | - | purpose and for carrying out, enforcing and preventing violation of any 759 |
|---|
| 903 | | - | of the provisions of this chapter, for the inspection of licensed premises, 760 |
|---|
| 904 | | - | enterprises, [or] casino gaming facilities or entertainment zone facilities, 761 |
|---|
| 905 | | - | for insuring proper, safe and orderly conduct of licensed premises, 762 |
|---|
| 906 | | - | enterprises or [casino gaming] facilities and for protecting the public 763 |
|---|
| 907 | | - | against fraud or overcharge. The commissioner shall have power 764 |
|---|
| 908 | | - | generally to do whatever is reasonably necessary for the carrying out of 765 |
|---|
| 909 | | - | the intent of this chapter; and may call upon other administrative 766 |
|---|
| 910 | | - | departments of the state government and of municipal governments for 767 |
|---|
| 911 | | - | such information and assistance as he or she deems necessary to the 768 |
|---|
| 912 | | - | performance of his or her duties. The commissioner shall set racing and 769 |
|---|
| 913 | | - | jai alai meeting dates, except that the commissioner may delegate to 770 |
|---|
| 914 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 915 | | - | |
|---|
| 916 | | - | |
|---|
| 917 | | - | LCO No. 1587 26 of 40 |
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| 918 | | - | |
|---|
| 919 | | - | designated staff the authority for setting make-up performance dates. 771 |
|---|
| 920 | | - | The commissioner shall, as far as practicable, avoid conflicts in the dates 772 |
|---|
| 921 | | - | assigned for racing or the exhibition of the game of jai alai in the state. 773 |
|---|
| 922 | | - | (b) The special [policemen] police officers in the Department of 774 |
|---|
| 923 | | - | Consumer Protection and the legalized gambling investigative unit in 775 |
|---|
| 924 | | - | the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency 776 |
|---|
| 925 | | - | Services and Public Protection shall be responsible for the criminal 777 |
|---|
| 926 | | - | enforcement of the provisions of sections 7-169 to 7-186, inclusive, this 778 |
|---|
| 927 | | - | chapter and chapters 226b and 229a. They shall have the powers and 779 |
|---|
| 928 | | - | duties specified in section 29-7c. 780 |
|---|
| 929 | | - | Sec. 22. Section 12-563a of the general statutes is repealed and the 781 |
|---|
| 930 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 782 |
|---|
| 931 | | - | The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall, within available 783 |
|---|
| 932 | | - | resources, prepare and distribute informational materials designed to 784 |
|---|
| 933 | | - | inform the public of the programs available for the prevention, 785 |
|---|
| 934 | | - | treatment and rehabilitation of compulsive gamblers in this state. The 786 |
|---|
| 935 | | - | commissioner shall require any casino gaming facility , any 787 |
|---|
| 936 | | - | entertainment zone facility and any person or business organization 788 |
|---|
| 937 | | - | which is licensed to sell lottery tickets, operate an off-track betting 789 |
|---|
| 938 | | - | system or conduct wagering on racing events or jai alai games, to 790 |
|---|
| 939 | | - | display such informational materials at the casino gaming facility, 791 |
|---|
| 940 | | - | entertainment zone facility and each licensed premise, respectively. 792 |
|---|
| 941 | | - | Sec. 23. Section 12-577 of the general statutes is repealed and the 793 |
|---|
| 942 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 794 |
|---|
| 943 | | - | The commissioner shall annually cause to be made by some 795 |
|---|
| 944 | | - | competent person or persons in the department a thorough audit of the 796 |
|---|
| 945 | | - | books and records of each association licensee under this chapter, [and] 797 |
|---|
| 946 | | - | each casino gaming facility and each entertainment zone facility and the 798 |
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| 947 | | - | commissioner may, from time to time, cause to be made by some 799 |
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| 948 | | - | competent person in the department a thorough audit of the books and 800 |
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| 949 | | - | records of any other person or business organization licensed under this 801 |
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| 950 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 951 | | - | |
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| 952 | | - | |
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| 953 | | - | LCO No. 1587 27 of 40 |
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| 954 | | - | |
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| 955 | | - | chapter. All such audit records shall be kept on file in the 802 |
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| 956 | | - | commissioner's office at all times. Each licensee, [and] casino gaming 803 |
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| 957 | | - | facility and entertainment zone facility shall permit access to its books 804 |
|---|
| 958 | | - | and records for the purpose of having such audit made, and shall 805 |
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| 959 | | - | produce, upon written order of the commissioner, any documents and 806 |
|---|
| 960 | | - | information required for such purpose. 807 |
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| 961 | | - | Sec. 24. Subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of section 12-578e of the 808 |
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| 962 | | - | general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 809 |
|---|
| 963 | | - | thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 810 |
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| 964 | | - | (c) (1) There is established a fund to be known as the "State Gaming 811 |
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| 965 | | - | Regulatory Fund". The fund shall contain any moneys required or 812 |
|---|
| 966 | | - | permitted to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer 813 |
|---|
| 967 | | - | separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. 814 |
|---|
| 968 | | - | Investment earnings credited to the assets of said fund shall become part 815 |
|---|
| 969 | | - | of the assets of said fund. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end 816 |
|---|
| 970 | | - | of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year 817 |
|---|
| 971 | | - | next succeeding. Moneys in the fund shall be expended by the Treasurer 818 |
|---|
| 972 | | - | for the purposes of paying the costs incurred by the department to 819 |
|---|
| 973 | | - | regulate casino gaming facilities, online casino gaming, online sports 820 |
|---|
| 974 | | - | wagering and entertainment zone facilities, as defined in section 1 of 821 |
|---|
| 975 | | - | this act. 822 |
|---|
| 976 | | - | Sec. 25. Subsection (c) of section 12-578g of the general statutes is 823 |
|---|
| 977 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 824 |
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| 978 | | - | 2020): 825 |
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| 979 | | - | (c) Not later than thirty days after the date the casino gaming facility 826 |
|---|
| 980 | | - | is operational and on a monthly basis thereafter while such casino 827 |
|---|
| 981 | | - | gaming facility is operational, MMCT Venture, LLC, shall pay to the 828 |
|---|
| 982 | | - | state: (1) Ten per cent of the gross gaming revenue from the operation 829 |
|---|
| 983 | | - | of authorized games, except video facsimile games, which shall be 830 |
|---|
| 984 | | - | deposited in the state-wide tourism marketing account, established 831 |
|---|
| 985 | | - | pursuant to section 10-395a, and used for state-wide marketing 832 |
|---|
| 986 | | - | activities; (2) fifteen per cent of the gross gaming revenue from the 833 |
|---|
| 987 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 988 | | - | |
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| 989 | | - | |
|---|
| 990 | | - | LCO No. 1587 28 of 40 |
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| 991 | | - | |
|---|
| 992 | | - | operation of authorized games, except video facsimile games, which 834 |
|---|
| 993 | | - | shall be deposited in the General Fund; and (3) twenty-five per cent of 835 |
|---|
| 994 | | - | the gross gaming revenue from the operation of video facsimile games, 836 |
|---|
| 995 | | - | which shall be deposited as follows: (A) [Seven million five hundred 837 |
|---|
| 996 | | - | thousand] Eighteen million dollars annually in the municipal gaming 838 |
|---|
| 997 | | - | account, established pursuant to section 12-578h, as amended by this 839 |
|---|
| 998 | | - | act, and (B) any remaining amounts in the General Fund. 840 |
|---|
| 999 | | - | Sec. 26. Section 12-578h of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 841 |
|---|
| 1000 | | - | is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 842 |
|---|
| 1001 | | - | passage): 843 |
|---|
| 1002 | | - | (a) There is established an account to be known as the "municipal 844 |
|---|
| 1003 | | - | gaming account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within 845 |
|---|
| 1004 | | - | the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund established by section 3-846 |
|---|
| 1005 | | - | 55i. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be 847 |
|---|
| 1006 | | - | deposited in the account. Moneys in the account shall be expended by 848 |
|---|
| 1007 | | - | the Office of Policy and Management for the purpose of providing 849 |
|---|
| 1008 | | - | annual grants pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. 850 |
|---|
| 1009 | | - | (b) (1) On and after the date the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 851 |
|---|
| 1010 | | - | Management finds that a minimum of [seven million five hundred 852 |
|---|
| 1011 | | - | thousand] nine million dollars has been deposited in the municipal 853 |
|---|
| 1012 | | - | gaming account pursuant to subsection (c) of section 12-578g, as 854 |
|---|
| 1013 | | - | amended by this act, the Office of Policy and Management shall provide 855 |
|---|
| 1014 | | - | an annual grant of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to each of the 856 |
|---|
| 1015 | | - | following municipalities: Bridgeport, East Hartford, Ellington, Enfield, 857 |
|---|
| 1016 | | - | Hartford, New Haven, Norwalk, South Windsor, Waterbury, West 858 |
|---|
| 1017 | | - | Hartford, Windsor and Windsor Locks. The amount of the grant 859 |
|---|
| 1018 | | - | payable to each municipality during any fiscal year shall be reduced 860 |
|---|
| 1019 | | - | proportionately if the total of such grants exceeds the amount of funds 861 |
|---|
| 1020 | | - | available for such year. 862 |
|---|
| 1021 | | - | (2) If the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management finds that 863 |
|---|
| 1022 | | - | funds remain in the municipal gaming account after distributing annual 864 |
|---|
| 1023 | | - | grants pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Office of Policy 865 |
|---|
| 1024 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1025 | | - | |
|---|
| 1026 | | - | |
|---|
| 1027 | | - | LCO No. 1587 29 of 40 |
|---|
| 1028 | | - | |
|---|
| 1029 | | - | and Management shall provide annual grants to municipalities to offset 866 |
|---|
| 1030 | | - | economic, public safety and other impacts related to gaming activities, 867 |
|---|
| 1031 | | - | as follows: (A) Grants of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to the 868 |
|---|
| 1032 | | - | municipalities of East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Montville, Norwich, 869 |
|---|
| 1033 | | - | Stonington and Waterford, and (B) grants of three hundred seventy-five 870 |
|---|
| 1034 | | - | thousand dollars to the municipalities of Bozrah, Franklin, Griswold, 871 |
|---|
| 1035 | | - | Lisbon, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Preston, Salem and 872 |
|---|
| 1036 | | - | Sprague. The amount of the grant payable to each municipality during 873 |
|---|
| 1037 | | - | any fiscal year shall be reduced proportionately if the total of such 874 |
|---|
| 1038 | | - | grants exceeds the amount of funds available for such fiscal year. 875 |
|---|
| 1039 | | - | Sec. 27. Section 17a-713 of the general statutes is repealed and the 876 |
|---|
| 1040 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 877 |
|---|
| 1041 | | - | (a) The Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services shall 878 |
|---|
| 1042 | | - | establish a program for the treatment and rehabilitation of compulsive 879 |
|---|
| 1043 | | - | gamblers in the state. The program shall provide prevention, treatment 880 |
|---|
| 1044 | | - | and rehabilitation services for chronic gamblers. The department may 881 |
|---|
| 1045 | | - | enter into agreements with subregional planning and action councils 882 |
|---|
| 1046 | | - | and nonprofit organizations to assist in providing these services, 883 |
|---|
| 1047 | | - | provided not less than twenty-five per cent of the amount received 884 |
|---|
| 1048 | | - | pursuant to section 12-818 annually shall be set aside for contracts with 885 |
|---|
| 1049 | | - | subregional planning and action councils established pursuant to 886 |
|---|
| 1050 | | - | section 17a-671 and nonprofit organizations and not less than five per 887 |
|---|
| 1051 | | - | cent of the amount received pursuant to section 12-818 annually shall be 888 |
|---|
| 1052 | | - | set aside for a contract with the Connecticut Council on Problem 889 |
|---|
| 1053 | | - | Gambling. The department may impose a reasonable fee, on a sliding 890 |
|---|
| 1054 | | - | scale, on those participants who can afford to pay for any such services. 891 |
|---|
| 1055 | | - | The department shall implement such program when the account 892 |
|---|
| 1056 | | - | established under subsection (b) of this section is sufficient to meet 893 |
|---|
| 1057 | | - | initial operating expenses. As used in this section, "chronic gambler" 894 |
|---|
| 1058 | | - | means a person who is chronically and progressively preoccupied with 895 |
|---|
| 1059 | | - | gambling and the urge to gamble, and with gambling behavior that 896 |
|---|
| 1060 | | - | compromises, disrupts or damages personal, family or vocational 897 |
|---|
| 1061 | | - | pursuits. 898 |
|---|
| 1062 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1063 | | - | |
|---|
| 1064 | | - | |
|---|
| 1065 | | - | LCO No. 1587 30 of 40 |
|---|
| 1066 | | - | |
|---|
| 1067 | | - | (b) The program established by subsection (a) of this section shall be 899 |
|---|
| 1068 | | - | funded by: [imposition of: (1) A] (1) Imposition of a fee of one hundred 900 |
|---|
| 1069 | | - | thirty-five dollars on each association license, for each performance of 901 |
|---|
| 1070 | | - | jai alai or dog racing conducted under the provisions of chapter 226, 902 |
|---|
| 1071 | | - | provided no such licensee shall contribute more than forty-five 903 |
|---|
| 1072 | | - | thousand dollars in any one year; (2) imposition of a fee of twenty-five 904 |
|---|
| 1073 | | - | dollars for each teletheater performance on each operator of a teletheater 905 |
|---|
| 1074 | | - | facility; [and] (3) the amount received from the Connecticut Lottery 906 |
|---|
| 1075 | | - | Corporation pursuant to section 12-818; and (4) the amount received 907 |
|---|
| 1076 | | - | from MMCT Venture, LLC, pursuant to section 12-578g, as amended by 908 |
|---|
| 1077 | | - | this act. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall collect the fee 909 |
|---|
| 1078 | | - | from each association licensee or such operator on a monthly basis. The 910 |
|---|
| 1079 | | - | receipts shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to a 911 |
|---|
| 1080 | | - | separate, nonlapsing chronic gamblers treatment and rehabilitation 912 |
|---|
| 1081 | | - | account which shall be established by the Comptroller. All moneys in 913 |
|---|
| 1082 | | - | the account are deemed to be appropriated and shall be expended for 914 |
|---|
| 1083 | | - | the purposes established in subsection (a) of this section. 915 |
|---|
| 1084 | | - | (c) The department shall adopt regulations in accordance with the 916 |
|---|
| 1085 | | - | provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section. 917 |
|---|
| 1086 | | - | Sec. 28. Subsection (a) of section 30-91 of the 2020 supplement to the 918 |
|---|
| 1087 | | - | general statutes, as amended by section 17 of public act 19-24, is 919 |
|---|
| 1088 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 920 |
|---|
| 1089 | | - | 2020): 921 |
|---|
| 1090 | | - | (a) The sale or the dispensing or consumption or the presence in 922 |
|---|
| 1091 | | - | glasses or other receptacles suitable to permit the consumption of 923 |
|---|
| 1092 | | - | alcoholic liquor by an individual in places operating under hotel 924 |
|---|
| 1093 | | - | permits, restaurant permits, cafe permits, Connecticut craft cafe permits, 925 |
|---|
| 1094 | | - | restaurant permits for catering establishments, bowling establishment 926 |
|---|
| 1095 | | - | permits, racquetball facility permits, club permits, coliseum permits, 927 |
|---|
| 1096 | | - | coliseum concession permits, special sporting facility restaurant 928 |
|---|
| 1097 | | - | permits, special sporting facility employee recreational permits, special 929 |
|---|
| 1098 | | - | sporting facility guest permits, special sporting facility concession 930 |
|---|
| 1099 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1100 | | - | |
|---|
| 1101 | | - | |
|---|
| 1102 | | - | LCO No. 1587 31 of 40 |
|---|
| 1103 | | - | |
|---|
| 1104 | | - | permits, special sporting facility bar permits, golf country club permits, 931 |
|---|
| 1105 | | - | nonprofit public museum permits, university permits, airport 932 |
|---|
| 1106 | | - | restaurant permits, airport bar permits, airport airline club permits, 933 |
|---|
| 1107 | | - | tavern permits, manufacturer permits for beer, [casino permits,] caterer 934 |
|---|
| 1108 | | - | liquor permits and charitable organization permits shall be unlawful on: 935 |
|---|
| 1109 | | - | (1) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday between the 936 |
|---|
| 1110 | | - | hours of one o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock a.m.; (2) Saturday between the 937 |
|---|
| 1111 | | - | hours of two o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock a.m.; (3) Sunday between the 938 |
|---|
| 1112 | | - | hours of two o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock a.m.; (4) Christmas, except [(A)] 939 |
|---|
| 1113 | | - | for alcoholic liquor that is served where food is also available during the 940 |
|---|
| 1114 | | - | hours otherwise permitted by this section for the day on which 941 |
|---|
| 1115 | | - | Christmas falls; [, and (B) by casino permittees at casinos, as defined in 942 |
|---|
| 1116 | | - | section 30-37k;] and (5) January first between the hours of three o'clock 943 |
|---|
| 1117 | | - | a.m. and nine o'clock a.m., except that on any Sunday that is January 944 |
|---|
| 1118 | | - | first the prohibitions of this section shall be between the hours of three 945 |
|---|
| 1119 | | - | o'clock a.m. and ten o'clock a.m. 946 |
|---|
| 1120 | | - | Sec. 29. Subsection (l) of section 30-91 of the 2020 supplement to the 947 |
|---|
| 1121 | | - | general statutes, as amended by section 17 of public act 19-24, is 948 |
|---|
| 1122 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 949 |
|---|
| 1123 | | - | 2020): 950 |
|---|
| 1124 | | - | (l) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (a) of this section, it 951 |
|---|
| 1125 | | - | shall be lawful for casino permittees at casinos, as defined in section 30-952 |
|---|
| 1126 | | - | 37k, to allow the sale, dispensing, consumption or presence in glasses or 953 |
|---|
| 1127 | | - | other receptacles suitable to permit the consumption of alcoholic liquor 954 |
|---|
| 1128 | | - | by an individual, except (1) such alcoholic liquor shall not be served to 955 |
|---|
| 1129 | | - | a patron of such casino during (A) Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 956 |
|---|
| 1130 | | - | Thursday, Friday and Saturday between the hours of four o'clock a.m. 957 |
|---|
| 1131 | | - | and nine o'clock a.m.; and (B) Sunday between the hours of four o'clock 958 |
|---|
| 1132 | | - | a.m. and ten o'clock a.m.; and (2) such permittee may allow the presence 959 |
|---|
| 1133 | | - | of alcoholic liquor in glasses or other receptacles suitable to permit the 960 |
|---|
| 1134 | | - | consumption thereof by an individual at any time on its gaming facility, 961 |
|---|
| 1135 | | - | as defined in subsection (a) of section 30-37k. [, provided such alcoholic 962 |
|---|
| 1136 | | - | liquor shall not be served to a patron of such casino during the hours 963 |
|---|
| 1137 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1138 | | - | |
|---|
| 1139 | | - | |
|---|
| 1140 | | - | LCO No. 1587 32 of 40 |
|---|
| 1141 | | - | |
|---|
| 1142 | | - | specified in subsection (a) of this section.] For purposes of this section, 964 |
|---|
| 1143 | | - | "receptacles suitable to permit the consumption of alcoholic liquor" shall 965 |
|---|
| 1144 | | - | not include bottles of distilled spirits or bottles of wine. 966 |
|---|
| 1145 | | - | Sec. 30. Section 52-553 of the general statutes is repealed and the 967 |
|---|
| 1146 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 968 |
|---|
| 1147 | | - | All wagers, and all contracts and securities of which the whole or any 969 |
|---|
| 1148 | | - | part of the consideration is money or other valuable thing won, laid or 970 |
|---|
| 1149 | | - | bet, at any game, horse race, sport or pastime, and all contracts to repay 971 |
|---|
| 1150 | | - | any money knowingly lent at the time and place of such game, race, 972 |
|---|
| 1151 | | - | sport or pastime, to any person so gaming, betting or wagering, or to 973 |
|---|
| 1152 | | - | repay any money lent to any person who, at such time and place, so 974 |
|---|
| 1153 | | - | pays, bets or wagers, shall be void, provided nothing in this section shall 975 |
|---|
| 1154 | | - | (1) affect the validity of any negotiable instrument held by any person 976 |
|---|
| 1155 | | - | who acquired the same for value and in good faith without notice of 977 |
|---|
| 1156 | | - | illegality in the consideration, (2) apply to the sale of a raffle ticket 978 |
|---|
| 1157 | | - | pursuant to section 7-172, (3) apply to sports wagering, and online 979 |
|---|
| 1158 | | - | casino gaming, as each is defined in section 1 of this act, conducted 980 |
|---|
| 1159 | | - | pursuant to sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act, as applicable, (4) apply 981 |
|---|
| 1160 | | - | to the participation in the program established by the Connecticut 982 |
|---|
| 1161 | | - | Lottery Corporation pursuant to section 15 of this act, or [(3)] (5) apply 983 |
|---|
| 1162 | | - | to any wager or contract otherwise authorized by law. 984 |
|---|
| 1163 | | - | Sec. 31. Section 52-554 of the general statutes is repealed and the 985 |
|---|
| 1164 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 986 |
|---|
| 1165 | | - | Any person who, by playing at any game, or betting on the sides or 987 |
|---|
| 1166 | | - | hands of such as play at any game, excluding any game permitted under 988 |
|---|
| 1167 | | - | chapter 226 or any activity not prohibited under the provisions of 989 |
|---|
| 1168 | | - | sections 53-278a to 53-278g, inclusive, as amended by this act, loses the 990 |
|---|
| 1169 | | - | sum or value of one dollar in the whole and pays or delivers the same 991 |
|---|
| 1170 | | - | or any part thereof, may, within three months next following, recover 992 |
|---|
| 1171 | | - | from the winner the money or the value of the goods so lost and paid or 993 |
|---|
| 1172 | | - | delivered, with costs of suit in a civil action, without setting forth the 994 |
|---|
| 1173 | | - | special matter in his complaint. If the defendant refuses to testify, if 995 |
|---|
| 1174 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1175 | | - | |
|---|
| 1176 | | - | |
|---|
| 1177 | | - | LCO No. 1587 33 of 40 |
|---|
| 1178 | | - | |
|---|
| 1179 | | - | called upon in such action, relative to the discovery of the property so 996 |
|---|
| 1180 | | - | won, [he] the defendant shall be defaulted; but no evidence so given by 997 |
|---|
| 1181 | | - | [him] the defendant shall be offered against him or her in any criminal 998 |
|---|
| 1182 | | - | prosecution. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from 999 |
|---|
| 1183 | | - | using a credit card to participate in (1) sports wagering or online casino 1000 |
|---|
| 1184 | | - | gaming, as each is defined in section 1 of this act, conducted pursuant 1001 |
|---|
| 1185 | | - | to sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act, as applicable, or (2) the program 1002 |
|---|
| 1186 | | - | established by the Connecticut Lottery Corporation pursuant to section 1003 |
|---|
| 1187 | | - | 15 of this act. 1004 |
|---|
| 1188 | | - | Sec. 32. Subdivision (2) of section 53-278a of the general statutes is 1005 |
|---|
| 1189 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1006 |
|---|
| 1190 | | - | 2020): 1007 |
|---|
| 1191 | | - | (2) "Gambling" means risking any money, credit, deposit or other 1008 |
|---|
| 1192 | | - | thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance 1009 |
|---|
| 1193 | | - | or the operation of a gambling device, including the playing of a casino 1010 |
|---|
| 1194 | | - | gambling game such as blackjack, poker, craps, roulette or a slot 1011 |
|---|
| 1195 | | - | machine, but does not include: Legal contests of skill, speed, strength or 1012 |
|---|
| 1196 | | - | endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the owners of 1013 |
|---|
| 1197 | | - | entries; legal business transactions which are valid under the law of 1014 |
|---|
| 1198 | | - | contracts; activity legal under the provisions of sections 7-169 to 7-186, 1015 |
|---|
| 1199 | | - | inclusive; any lottery or contest conducted by or under the authority of 1016 |
|---|
| 1200 | | - | any state of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any 1017 |
|---|
| 1201 | | - | possession or territory of the United States; and other acts or 1018 |
|---|
| 1202 | | - | transactions expressly authorized by law on or after October 1, 1973. 1019 |
|---|
| 1203 | | - | Fantasy contests, as defined in section 12-578aa, shall not be considered 1020 |
|---|
| 1204 | | - | gambling, provided the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of section 1021 |
|---|
| 1205 | | - | 12-578aa have been met and the operator of such contests is registered 1022 |
|---|
| 1206 | | - | pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 12-578aa. Sports 1023 |
|---|
| 1207 | | - | wagering and online casino gaming, as both terms are defined in section 1024 |
|---|
| 1208 | | - | 1 of this act, shall not be considered gambling if the sports wagering or 1025 |
|---|
| 1209 | | - | online casino gaming is conducted pursuant to sections 2 to 7, inclusive, 1026 |
|---|
| 1210 | | - | of this act; 1027 |
|---|
| 1211 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1212 | | - | |
|---|
| 1213 | | - | |
|---|
| 1214 | | - | LCO No. 1587 34 of 40 |
|---|
| 1215 | | - | |
|---|
| 1216 | | - | Sec. 33. Subdivision (4) of section 53-278a of the general statutes is 1028 |
|---|
| 1217 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1029 |
|---|
| 1218 | | - | 2020): 1030 |
|---|
| 1219 | | - | (4) "Gambling device" means any device or mechanism by the 1031 |
|---|
| 1220 | | - | operation of which a right to money, credits, deposits or other things of 1032 |
|---|
| 1221 | | - | value may be created, as the result of the operation of an element of 1033 |
|---|
| 1222 | | - | chance; any device or mechanism which, when operated for a 1034 |
|---|
| 1223 | | - | consideration, does not return the same value or thing of value for the 1035 |
|---|
| 1224 | | - | same consideration upon each operation thereof; any device, 1036 |
|---|
| 1225 | | - | mechanism, furniture or fixture designed primarily for use in 1037 |
|---|
| 1226 | | - | connection with professional gambling; and any subassembly or 1038 |
|---|
| 1227 | | - | essential part designed or intended for use in connection with any such 1039 |
|---|
| 1228 | | - | device, mechanism, furniture, fixture, construction or installation, 1040 |
|---|
| 1229 | | - | provided an immediate and unrecorded right of replay mechanically 1041 |
|---|
| 1230 | | - | conferred on players of pinball machines and similar amusement 1042 |
|---|
| 1231 | | - | devices shall be presumed to be without value. "Gambling device" does 1043 |
|---|
| 1232 | | - | not include a crane game machine or device or a redemption machine. 1044 |
|---|
| 1233 | | - | A device or equipment used to play fantasy contests, as defined in 1045 |
|---|
| 1234 | | - | section 12-578aa, shall not be considered a gambling device, provided 1046 |
|---|
| 1235 | | - | the conditions set forth in subsection (b) of section 12-578aa have been 1047 |
|---|
| 1236 | | - | met. A device or equipment used to participate in sports wagering or 1048 |
|---|
| 1237 | | - | online casino gaming, as both terms are defined in section 1 of this act, 1049 |
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| 1238 | | - | shall not be considered a gambling device if the conditions set forth in 1050 |
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| 1239 | | - | sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act, as applicable, have been met; 1051 |
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| 1240 | | - | Sec. 34. Section 53-278g of the general statutes is repealed and the 1052 |
|---|
| 1241 | | - | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 1053 |
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| 1242 | | - | (a) Nothing in sections 53-278a to 53-278f, inclusive, as amended by 1054 |
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| 1243 | | - | this act, shall be construed to prohibit the publication of an 1055 |
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| 1244 | | - | advertisement of, or the operation of, or participation in, a state lottery, 1056 |
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| 1245 | | - | pari-mutuel betting at race tracks licensed by the state, off-track betting 1057 |
|---|
| 1246 | | - | conducted by the state or a licensee authorized to operate the off-track 1058 |
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| 1247 | | - | betting system, authorized games at a casino gaming facility, sports 1059 |
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| 1248 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 1249 | | - | |
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| 1250 | | - | |
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| 1251 | | - | LCO No. 1587 35 of 40 |
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| 1252 | | - | |
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| 1253 | | - | wagering and online casino gaming, as authorized by sections 2 to 7, 1060 |
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| 1254 | | - | inclusive, of this act, a promotional drawing for a prize or prizes, 1061 |
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| 1255 | | - | conducted for advertising purposes by any person, firm or corporation 1062 |
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| 1256 | | - | other than a retail grocer or retail grocery chain, wherein members of 1063 |
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| 1257 | | - | the general public may participate without making any purchase or 1064 |
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| 1258 | | - | otherwise paying or risking credit, money, or any other tangible thing 1065 |
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| 1259 | | - | of value or a sweepstakes conducted pursuant to sections 42-295 to 42-1066 |
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| 1260 | | - | 301, inclusive. 1067 |
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| 1261 | | - | (b) The Mashantucket Pequot [tribe] Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of 1068 |
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| 1262 | | - | Indians of Connecticut, or their agents, may use and possess at any 1069 |
|---|
| 1263 | | - | location within the state, solely for the purpose of training individuals 1070 |
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| 1264 | | - | in skills required for employment by the tribe or testing a gambling 1071 |
|---|
| 1265 | | - | device, any gambling device which the tribes are authorized to utilize 1072 |
|---|
| 1266 | | - | on their reservations pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory 1073 |
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| 1267 | | - | Act; provided no money or other thing of value shall be paid to any 1074 |
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| 1268 | | - | person as a result of the operation of such gambling device in the course 1075 |
|---|
| 1269 | | - | of such training or testing at locations outside of the reservation of the 1076 |
|---|
| 1270 | | - | tribe. Any person receiving such training or testing such device may use 1077 |
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| 1271 | | - | any such device in the course of such training or testing. Whenever 1078 |
|---|
| 1272 | | - | either of said tribes intends to use and possess at any location within the 1079 |
|---|
| 1273 | | - | state any such gambling device for the purpose of testing such device, 1080 |
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| 1274 | | - | the tribe shall give prior notice of such testing to the Department of 1081 |
|---|
| 1275 | | - | Consumer Protection. 1082 |
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| 1276 | | - | (c) Any casino gaming facility or entertainment zone facility, or its 1083 |
|---|
| 1277 | | - | agents, may use and possess at any location within the state, solely for 1084 |
|---|
| 1278 | | - | the purpose of training individuals in skills required for employment by 1085 |
|---|
| 1279 | | - | the casino gaming facility or entertainment zone facility or testing a 1086 |
|---|
| 1280 | | - | gambling device, any gambling device which the casino gaming facility 1087 |
|---|
| 1281 | | - | or entertainment zone facility may use for conducting authorized games 1088 |
|---|
| 1282 | | - | at the casino gaming facility or entertainment zone facility, provided no 1089 |
|---|
| 1283 | | - | money or other thing of value shall be paid to any person as a result of 1090 |
|---|
| 1284 | | - | the operation of such gambling device in the course of such training or 1091 |
|---|
| 1285 | | - | testing at locations outside of the casino gaming facility or 1092 |
|---|
| 1286 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1287 | | - | |
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| 1288 | | - | |
|---|
| 1289 | | - | LCO No. 1587 36 of 40 |
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| 1290 | | - | |
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| 1291 | | - | entertainment zone facility. Any person receiving such training or 1093 |
|---|
| 1292 | | - | testing such device may use any such device in the course of such 1094 |
|---|
| 1293 | | - | training or testing. Whenever a casino gaming facility or entertainment 1095 |
|---|
| 1294 | | - | zone facility intends to use and possess at any location within the state 1096 |
|---|
| 1295 | | - | any such gambling device for the purpose of testing such device, the 1097 |
|---|
| 1296 | | - | casino gambling facility or entertainment zone facility shall give prior 1098 |
|---|
| 1297 | | - | notice of such testing to the Department of Consumer Protection. 1099 |
|---|
| 1298 | | - | Sec. 35. Subsection (b) of section 12-18b of the general statutes is 1100 |
|---|
| 1299 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1101 |
|---|
| 1300 | | - | 2020): 1102 |
|---|
| 1301 | | - | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 12-19a and 12-20a, all 1103 |
|---|
| 1302 | | - | funds appropriated for state grants in lieu of taxes shall be payable to 1104 |
|---|
| 1303 | | - | municipalities and districts pursuant to the provisions of this section. 1105 |
|---|
| 1304 | | - | On or before January first, annually, the Secretary of the Office of Policy 1106 |
|---|
| 1305 | | - | and Management shall determine the amount due, as a state grant in 1107 |
|---|
| 1306 | | - | lieu of taxes, to each municipality and district in this state wherein 1108 |
|---|
| 1307 | | - | college and hospital property is located and to each municipality in this 1109 |
|---|
| 1308 | | - | state wherein state, municipal or tribal property, except that which was 1110 |
|---|
| 1309 | | - | acquired and used for highways and bridges, but not excepting 1111 |
|---|
| 1310 | | - | property acquired and used for highway administration or maintenance 1112 |
|---|
| 1311 | | - | purposes, is located. 1113 |
|---|
| 1312 | | - | (1) The grant payable to any municipality for state, municipal or tribal 1114 |
|---|
| 1313 | | - | property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal year ending 1115 |
|---|
| 1314 | | - | June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter shall be equal to the total 1116 |
|---|
| 1315 | | - | of: 1117 |
|---|
| 1316 | | - | (A) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been 1118 |
|---|
| 1317 | | - | paid with respect to any facility designated by the Commissioner of 1119 |
|---|
| 1318 | | - | Correction, on or before August first of each year, to be a correctional 1120 |
|---|
| 1319 | | - | facility administered under the auspices of the Department of 1121 |
|---|
| 1320 | | - | Correction or a juvenile detention center under direction of the 1122 |
|---|
| 1321 | | - | Department of Children and Families that was used for incarcerative 1123 |
|---|
| 1322 | | - | purposes during the preceding fiscal year. If a list containing the name 1124 |
|---|
| 1323 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 1324 | | - | |
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| 1325 | | - | |
|---|
| 1326 | | - | LCO No. 1587 37 of 40 |
|---|
| 1327 | | - | |
|---|
| 1328 | | - | and location of such designated facilities and information concerning 1125 |
|---|
| 1329 | | - | their use for purposes of incarceration during the preceding fiscal year 1126 |
|---|
| 1330 | | - | is not available from the Secretary of the State on August first of any 1127 |
|---|
| 1331 | | - | year, the Commissioner of Correction shall, on said date, certify to the 1128 |
|---|
| 1332 | | - | Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management a list containing such 1129 |
|---|
| 1333 | | - | information; 1130 |
|---|
| 1334 | | - | (B) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been 1131 |
|---|
| 1335 | | - | paid with respect to that portion of the John Dempsey Hospital located 1132 |
|---|
| 1336 | | - | at The University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington that is 1133 |
|---|
| 1337 | | - | used as a permanent medical ward for prisoners under the custody of 1134 |
|---|
| 1338 | | - | the Department of Correction. Nothing in this section shall be construed 1135 |
|---|
| 1339 | | - | as designating any portion of The University of Connecticut Health 1136 |
|---|
| 1340 | | - | Center John Dempsey Hospital as a correctional facility; 1137 |
|---|
| 1341 | | - | (C) One hundred per cent of the property taxes that would have been 1138 |
|---|
| 1342 | | - | paid on any land designated within the 1983 Settlement boundary and 1139 |
|---|
| 1343 | | - | taken into trust by the federal government for the Mashantucket Pequot 1140 |
|---|
| 1344 | | - | Tribal Nation on or after June 8, 1999; 1141 |
|---|
| 1345 | | - | (D) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of section 12-19a, sixty-1142 |
|---|
| 1346 | | - | five per cent of the property taxes that would have been paid with 1143 |
|---|
| 1347 | | - | respect to the buildings and grounds comprising Connecticut Valley 1144 |
|---|
| 1348 | | - | Hospital and Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown; 1145 |
|---|
| 1349 | | - | (E) With respect to any municipality in which more than fifty per cent 1146 |
|---|
| 1350 | | - | of the property is state-owned real property, one hundred per cent of 1147 |
|---|
| 1351 | | - | the property taxes that would have been paid with respect to such state-1148 |
|---|
| 1352 | | - | owned property; 1149 |
|---|
| 1353 | | - | (F) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been 1150 |
|---|
| 1354 | | - | paid with respect to all municipally owned airports; except for the 1151 |
|---|
| 1355 | | - | exemption applicable to such property, on the assessment list in such 1152 |
|---|
| 1356 | | - | municipality for the assessment date two years prior to the 1153 |
|---|
| 1357 | | - | commencement of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable. 1154 |
|---|
| 1358 | | - | The grant provided pursuant to this section for any municipally owned 1155 |
|---|
| 1359 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 1360 | | - | |
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| 1361 | | - | |
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| 1362 | | - | LCO No. 1587 38 of 40 |
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| 1363 | | - | |
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| 1364 | | - | airport shall be paid to any municipality in which the airport is located, 1156 |
|---|
| 1365 | | - | except that the grant applicable to Sikorsky Airport shall be paid one-1157 |
|---|
| 1366 | | - | half to the town of Stratford and one-half to the city of Bridgeport; 1158 |
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| 1367 | | - | (G) [Forty-five] One hundred per cent of the property taxes that 1159 |
|---|
| 1368 | | - | would have been paid with respect to any land designated within the 1160 |
|---|
| 1369 | | - | 1983 Settlement boundary and taken into trust by the federal 1161 |
|---|
| 1370 | | - | government for the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation prior to June 8, 1162 |
|---|
| 1371 | | - | 1999, or taken into trust by the federal government for the Mohegan 1163 |
|---|
| 1372 | | - | Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, provided the real property subject to 1164 |
|---|
| 1373 | | - | this subparagraph shall be the land only, and shall not include the 1165 |
|---|
| 1374 | | - | assessed value of any structures, buildings or other improvements on 1166 |
|---|
| 1375 | | - | such land; and 1167 |
|---|
| 1376 | | - | (H) Forty-five per cent of the property taxes that would have been 1168 |
|---|
| 1377 | | - | paid with respect to all other state-owned real property. 1169 |
|---|
| 1378 | | - | (2) (A) The grant payable to any municipality or district for college 1170 |
|---|
| 1379 | | - | and hospital property under the provisions of this section in the fiscal 1171 |
|---|
| 1380 | | - | year ending June 30, 2017, and each fiscal year thereafter shall be equal 1172 |
|---|
| 1381 | | - | to the total of seventy-seven per cent of the property taxes that, except 1173 |
|---|
| 1382 | | - | for any exemption applicable to any college and hospital property under 1174 |
|---|
| 1383 | | - | the provisions of section 12-81, would have been paid with respect to 1175 |
|---|
| 1384 | | - | college and hospital property on the assessment list in such municipality 1176 |
|---|
| 1385 | | - | or district for the assessment date two years prior to the commencement 1177 |
|---|
| 1386 | | - | of the state fiscal year in which such grant is payable; and 1178 |
|---|
| 1387 | | - | (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (A) of this 1179 |
|---|
| 1388 | | - | subdivision, the grant payable to any municipality or district with 1180 |
|---|
| 1389 | | - | respect to a campus of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs 1181 |
|---|
| 1390 | | - | Connecticut Healthcare Systems shall be one hundred per cent. 1182 |
|---|
| 1391 | | - | Sec. 36. Sections 12-565a and 12-578j of the general statutes are 1183 |
|---|
| 1392 | | - | repealed. (Effective from passage) 1184 |
|---|
| 1393 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
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| 1394 | | - | |
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| 1395 | | - | |
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| 1396 | | - | LCO No. 1587 39 of 40 |
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| 1397 | | - | |
|---|
| 1398 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 1399 | | - | sections: |
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| 1400 | | - | |
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| 1401 | | - | Section 1 July 1, 2020 New section |
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| 1402 | | - | Sec. 2 July 1, 2020 New section |
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| 1403 | | - | Sec. 3 July 1, 2020 New section |
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| 1404 | | - | Sec. 4 July 1, 2020 New section |
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| 1405 | | - | Sec. 5 July 1, 2020 New section |
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| 1406 | | - | Sec. 6 July 1, 2020 New section |
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| 1407 | | - | Sec. 7 July 1, 2020 New section |
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| 1408 | | - | Sec. 8 from passage New section |
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| 1409 | | - | Sec. 9 from passage New section |
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| 1410 | | - | Sec. 10 from passage New section |
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| 1411 | | - | Sec. 11 from passage New section |
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| 1412 | | - | Sec. 12 from passage New section |
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| 1413 | | - | Sec. 13 from passage 12-578f |
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| 1414 | | - | Sec. 14 July 1, 2020 12-806c |
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| 1415 | | - | Sec. 15 from passage New section |
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| 1416 | | - | Sec. 16 from passage 12-806(b)(4) |
|---|
| 1417 | | - | Sec. 17 from passage 12-806(b)(13) |
|---|
| 1418 | | - | Sec. 18 from passage 12-810 |
|---|
| 1419 | | - | Sec. 19 July 1, 2020 12-557b |
|---|
| 1420 | | - | Sec. 20 July 1, 2020 12-561 |
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| 1421 | | - | Sec. 21 July 1, 2020 12-562 |
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| 1422 | | - | Sec. 22 July 1, 2020 12-563a |
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| 1423 | | - | Sec. 23 July 1, 2020 12-577 |
|---|
| 1424 | | - | Sec. 24 July 1, 2020 12-578e(c)(1) |
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| 1425 | | - | Sec. 25 July 1, 2020 12-578g(c) |
|---|
| 1426 | | - | Sec. 26 from passage 12-578h |
|---|
| 1427 | | - | Sec. 27 July 1, 2020 17a-713 |
|---|
| 1428 | | - | Sec. 28 July 1, 2020 30-91(a) |
|---|
| 1429 | | - | Sec. 29 July 1, 2020 30-91(l) |
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| 1430 | | - | Sec. 30 from passage 52-553 |
|---|
| 1431 | | - | Sec. 31 from passage 52-554 |
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| 1432 | | - | Sec. 32 July 1, 2020 53-278a(2) |
|---|
| 1433 | | - | Sec. 33 July 1, 2020 53-278a(4) |
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| 1434 | | - | Sec. 34 July 1, 2020 53-278g |
|---|
| 1435 | | - | Sec. 35 July 1, 2020 12-18b(b) |
|---|
| 1436 | | - | Sec. 36 from passage Repealer section |
|---|
| 1437 | | - | |
|---|
| 1438 | | - | Committee Bill No. 21 |
|---|
| 1439 | | - | |
|---|
| 1440 | | - | |
|---|
| 1441 | | - | LCO No. 1587 40 of 40 |
|---|
| 1442 | | - | |
|---|
| 24 | + | That the general statutes be amended to (1) authorize the 1 |
|---|
| 25 | + | Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of 2 |
|---|
| 26 | + | Connecticut to conduct sports wagering on Indian lands, online sports 3 |
|---|
| 27 | + | wagering and online casino gaming, subject to new or amended 4 |
|---|
| 28 | + | agreements with the tribes; (2) permit the Connecticut Lottery 5 |
|---|
| 29 | + | Corporation to sell lottery draw game tickets and conduct Keno games 6 |
|---|
| 30 | + | online, subject to agreements with the tribes; (3) require reasonable 7 |
|---|
| 31 | + | procedures and data security standards for Internet gaming; and (4) 8 |
|---|
| 32 | + | provide revenue to the state from such newly authorized forms of 9 |
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| 33 | + | gaming and distribute such revenue. 10 |
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