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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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State lottery gaming machines established and contracts authorized for the
management and placement of machines and power and duties provided for gaming
revenue.

Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Racetracks allowed outside the seven-county metro area, and racetracks allowed
to operate card clubs.

Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Bar bingo winner postings required.

Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills not identical, R/S, SF substituted on General Register

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Horse racing; Medication regulations modified.

Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Author added Morrow

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HF 3397 FIRST ENGROSSMENT Lawful gambling, bingo games, pull-tabs, tipboards, raffles, prizes and gambling manager provisions modified, penalties provided, and study and report on lawful gambling required Section 1: Gambling equipment language is modified. Section 2: Promotional ticket language is modified. Section 3: Expenditure restrictions language is modified. Section 4: Civil penalty language is provided. Section 5: Prohibited acts; licenses required language is modified. Section 6: Prohibition language is modified. Section 7: Licenses; summary suspension language is modified. Section 8: Gambling managers; licenses language is modified. Section 9: Training of gambling managers language is modified. Section 10: Gambling manager examination language is modified. Section 11: Bar bingo language is modified.

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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Bills identical, SF substituted on General Register

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Gambling device definition clarified, and gambling devices or components for
shipment to other jurisdiction provisions repealed.

Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Gambling penalties provided, and licensing, regulatory, and prize provisions
modified, and technical, clarifying, and conforming changes made, and report
required.

Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Labor

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Video lottery terminals established, duties and powers provided, revenue use
provided, gambling taxes modified, and clarifying, conforming, and technical
changes made.

Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes

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Lawful gambling organizations refund provided for lawful purpose expenditures.

Latest Action: 03/14/2008 - HF indefinitely postponed

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HF 2964

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

Horse racing; purse set-aside and breeder's fund revenue sharing provided, and
simulcasting restriction modified.

Section 1: Additional license; metropolitan are language modified.

Section 2: Sharing of purse set-aside and breeders fund revenue language
provided.

Section 3: Simulcasting language added.

Section 4: Effective date provided.

JAJ 3/3/08

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Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to lawful gambling; providing a refund to organizations for certain
lawful purpose expenditures
(me)

Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Withdrawn and returned to author

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Relating to gambling; revoking current licenses for live horse racing unless
racing is conducted at a racetrack by a certain date, requiring the racing
commission to reissue licenses to the licensee after a certain time period
following revocation
(je)

Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the state smoking ban by defining the terms cigarette and
roll-your-own (roll your own), permitting smoking in American legion, veterans
of foreign wars (VFW), other private facilities and clubs and bingo halls under
certain conditions; defining private club; requiring sign display for permitted
smoking
(rt)

Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the state smoking ban by defining the terms cigarette and
roll-your-own (roll your own), permitting smoking in American legion, veterans
of foreign wars (VFW), other private facilities and clubs and bingo halls under
certain conditions; defining private club; requiring sign display for permitted
smoking
(me)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for general legislative and administrative expenses ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the legislature for general operations and for health care access, to the constitutional officers, to the campaign finance and public disclosure board, to the investment board, to the office of enterprise technology, to the office of administrative hearings, to the commissioner of administration for state facilities, state and community and administrative management services, for matching grants for public television, to the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board, to the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, to the commissioner of employee relations (DOER), to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and accounts receivable [...]

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Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to metropolitan parks; clarifying the distribution of state lottery
gross proceeds in lieu of sales tax for metropolitan parks and open space to
metropolitan area regional parks funding; modifying the compensation for members
of the metropolitan parks and open space commission.
(me)

Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Requiring the state lottery to conduct special scratch games for the benefit of
the arts, historic preservation and conservation; creating the arts and historic
preservation funds; providing for the distribution of lottery game proceeds
(me)

Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing and providing for the director of the state lottery to enter into contracts with certain on-sale alcoholic beverage retailers for the placement and maintenance of video lottery terminals on the premises, specifying certain procedures, restrictions and authorizing inspections without notice; defining or redefining certain terms; providing for the payment of investigation and background check costs relating to owning and operating the terminals and for retention of a certain percentage of net terminal income by lottery retailers as commission, requiring transmission of a portion to the licensed organizations conducting lawful gambling on the premises, restricting the expenditure of money received by licensed organizations from, net video lottery terminal income to lawful purposes; prohibiting local regulation; specifying certain lottery terminal specification requirements, limiting the amount allowed to be played

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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing the Minnesota racing commission to issue certain horse racing
occupational licenses
(je)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance

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1E Relating to gambling; providing for compulsive gambling education, treatment
and assessment; requiring the commissioner of human services in coordination
with the commissioner of corrections to create standards for the assessment and
treatment of compulsive gambling in programs operated by the commissioner of
corrections; requiring the commissioner to standardize reimbursement rates for
compulsive gambling assessments; requiring the commissioner to coordinate a
report on the social and economic costs of gambling, specifying certain issues
to be addressed and the quantification of social and economic impact, requiring
report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the
commissioner of human services for the purposes of compulsive gambling
education, assessment and treatment and determining the effectiveness of
compulsive gambling treatment
(me)