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AR SB745

Bill

Status

Passed

4/8/2015

Primary Sponsor

Jeremy Hutchinson

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Origin

Senate

90th General Assembly (2015 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Excludes casino-gambling style games (draw games, slot machines, roulette wheels, craps, video poker) from the definition of amusement devices.

  • Adds "candy" as a new defined term for food items with sugar as principal ingredient that do not contain alcohol.

  • Permits toys and novelties up to $12.50 wholesale value (or $500 in facilities exceeding 25,000 sq. ft. with full-service restaurants and 100+ devices in counties with 350,000+ population traversed by navigable river) to be awarded as amusement device prizes.

  • Prohibits traded, redeemed, or resold amusement device prize items (toys, novelties, candy) from being exchanged for money or used to circumvent antigambling statutes.

  • Revises definitions of "coin-operated," "novelty," "person," and "toy" with updated language and monetary thresholds.

Legislative Description

To Amend The Law Concerning The Tax Applicable To Coin-operated Amusement Devices; And To Amend The Definitions Applicable To Coin-operated Amusement Devices.

Last Action

Notification that SB745 is now Act 1209

4/8/2015

Committee Referrals

Revenue & Taxation3/3/2015

Full Bill Text

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