Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming, penalties. (SB19)
Introduced By
Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Virginia Casino Gaming Commission; regulation of casino gaming; penalties. Creates the Virginia Casino Gaming Commission as the licensing body for casino gaming. The bill sets up the licensing scheme for casino gaming and provides penalties for violations of the casino gaming law. Under the bill, casino gambling shall be limited to localities in which at least 40 percent of the land area is exempt from local real property taxation pursuant to federal law or Article X, Sections 6 and 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill requires proceeds of the gross receipts tax and admission tax imposed on casino gaming operators to be paid as follows: (i) 10 percent to the locality in which the casino gaming operation is located and (ii) 90 percent into the Toll Mitigation Fund, which shall be used to mitigate the tolls established to support construction and maintenance of the Dominion Boulevard Bridge and Roadway Improvement Project and the Downtown Tunnel/Midtown Tunnel/Martin Luther King Freeway Extension Project. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 12/06/2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100748D |
| 12/06/2013 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 01/09/2014 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB19) |
| 01/23/2014 | Impact statement from DPB (SB19) |
| 02/03/2014 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (7-Y 5-N 2-A) (see vote tally) |
| 02/03/2014 | Rereferred to Finance |
| 02/05/2014 | Continued to 2015 in Finance (17-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 12/04/2014 | Left in Finance |