Jeff Tansill voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Racetrack Table Games
Signed by Governor Joe Manchin III
Title: Racetrack Table Games
Vote to pass a bill that allows racetracks to operate table games, such as blackjack or poker, upon approval by the voters in their respective counties.
- Classifies table games as a type of lottery [sec. 29-22C-2 (B)(4)]. - Applies only to the four racetracks that are already operating video lottery games [sec. 29-22C-8 (A)]. - Imposes a 35 percent tax on gross table game income to be deposited into a new Racetrack Table Games Fund [sec. 29-22C-26]. - Distributes monies from the Racetrack Table Games Fund to other areas [sec. 29-22C-27]:
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Title: Racetrack Table Games