SF2273

Committee Report (2/24/00):

Senator Vickerman from the Committee to Internet gambling; requiring study of costs and benefits. Bill Name: SF227
Revisor Number: 99-4278
Chief Author: Johnson, D.J.
Author: Kelley, S.P.

S.F No. 2273, 1st Engrossment: 81st Legislative Session (1999-2000) Posted on Feb 24, 2000

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, 2001. 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. The costs of conducting the study and producing the report shall be incurred by the Minnesota state lottery and come out of its administrative budget.

S.F. No. 2273: A bill for an act relating to Internet gambling; requiring study of costs and benefits.

Reports the same back with the recommendation that the bill be amended as follows:

Page 1, line 9, delete "2000" and insert "2001"

Page 1, line 18, after the period, insert "The costs of conducting the study and producing the report shall be incurred by the Minnesota state lottery and come out of its administrative budget."

And when so amended the bill do pass. Amendments adopted. Report adopted.

Second Reading: 2/24/00