Description:
Requiring the house research office Minnesota lottery research division and the office of senate counsel and research to conduct a study of gambling on the Internet and issue a report by a certain date, specifying certain study requirements and requiring the departments of revenue and public safety, Minnesota planning, the lawful gambling control board and the attorney general to cooperate with the study.
Text:
S.F No. 2273, as introduced: 81st Legislative Session (1999-2000) Posted on 5/15/99
A bill for an act relating to Internet gambling; requiring study of costs and benefits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. [INTERNET GAMBLING STUDY.]
The house research office, Minnesota lottery research division, and office of senate counsel and research shall conduct a study of gambling on the Internet and shall issue a report on this matter by February 1, 2000. The study shall consider the benefits and costs to Minnesota from legalization of Internet gambling businesses operated within Minnesota, which conduct gambling for persons not resident in Minnesota. The study shall consider the financial impact on employment, potential costs and benefits to existing gambling industries, and impacts on potential gamblers. The departments of revenue and public safety, Minnesota planning, the lawful gambling control board, and the attorney general shall cooperate with this study.