SB 1047 Summary

• Establishes a framework for authorizing Class III gaming (as defined under federal law 25 U.S.C. § 2703) in bars, beer and wine bars, casinos, and racetracks located outside Indian reservation boundaries.

• Allocates the state's entire revenue share from newly authorized Class III gaming as follows: 40% to the Department of Public Safety, 40% to K-12 public school funding, 2.5% to the Attorney General's Internet Crimes Against Children Enforcement Fund, 2.5% to the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System for opioid addiction treatment, 5% equally distributed to all counties, and 10% retained in the general fund.

• Limits Class III gaming in bars and beer and wine bars to tabletop slot machines, and limits Class III gaming at racetracks to slot machines only.

• Grants city or town councils the authority to prohibit Class III gaming within their jurisdictions; grants county boards of supervisors similar authority for unincorporated areas.

• Delegates licensing and fee assessment for Class III gaming establishments to the Department of Gaming, but does not itself authorize such gaming.