Iowa Senate approves gambling bill opening expansion path
The Iowa Senate approved House File 2802 sending it to Gov. Tom Vilsack. The bill leaves licensing to the Racing and Gaming Commission and ends a tax dispute with three licensed tracks by settling at a 22 percent tax rate.
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Iowa gambling plan seeks tax shifts and new riverboat rules
The measure sets new tax rates for race tracks and riverboats, authorizes table games, and imposes one time fees to raise up to 76.5 million. It preserves riverboat licenses, waives cruising, bans cash and credit dispensing machines in wagering areas, and extends the waiting period after a defeated referendum to eight years. It creates an endowment to share gaming proceeds with counties without casinos and allocates up to 6 million annually for gambling treatment and tracks without table games.
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Iowa
Iowa Legislature Approves 2.3 Percent State Budget Increase
The GOP budget boosts spending by 113 million dollars starting July 1, a 2.3 percent rise. It relies on 582 million dollars shifted from non general fund sources including 160 million from the cash reserve and 161 million from the Senior Living Trust Fund. Senate leaders trade barbs over the maneuver as Democrats warn of layoffs and crowded classrooms in the year ahead.
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Senate backs $48 million plan to extend Vision Iowa grants
Iowa Senate Republicans extend Vision Iowa and CAT grant programs by allocating 48 million dollars from infrastructure funds over four years. The plan funds 12 million yearly through 2008 with a 4 million annual cap per project and preserves aid for towns under 10 000.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Senate
Republicans
Stewart Iverson
House
Iowa
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