2023 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes › Title 4 - AMUSEMENTS › Chapter 13 - Licensees › Section 1305.1 - Category 4 slot machine license

§ 1305.1. Category 4 slot machine license.
(a) Eligibility.--
The following apply:
(1) A slot machine licensee may submit a bid if:
(i) the slot machine licensee's license and table game operation certificate are in good standing with the board; and
(ii) the slot machine licensee agrees to locate a Category 4 licensed facility as provided under subsection (b).
(2) A winning bidder of an auction under section 1305.2(a) (relating to conduct of auctions) shall be ineligible to participate in an auction until an auction is conducted under section 1305.2(b) and (b.1).
(a.1) Municipal option.--
(1) Prior to the commencement of an auction under section 1305.2, each municipality shall have the option to prohibit the location of a Category 4 licensed facility within the municipality by delivering a resolution of the municipality's governing body to the board no later than December 31, 2017. No Category 4 licensed facility may be located in a municipality which has exercised its option under this paragraph.
(2) A municipality that prohibits the location of a Category 4 licensed facility within the municipality under paragraph (1) may rescind that prohibition at any time by delivering a new resolution of the municipality's governing body to the board. A municipality that rescinds its prior prohibition according to this subsection may not subsequently prohibit the location of a Category 4 licensed facility in the municipality.
(b) Location.--
The following shall apply:
(1) Ten Category 4 licensed facilities may be located in this Commonwealth.
(2) A winning bidder's Category 4 location may not be within 25 linear miles of another Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 licensed facility but may be within 25 linear miles of the winning bidder's licensed facility.
(3) After a winning bidder selects a Category 4 location under section 1305.2(c)(9), the selected Category 4 location is reserved and another Category 4 location may not be located within that Category 4 location.
(4) If the winning bidder applying for a Category 4 slot machine license proposes to place the licensed facility upon land designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone under the act of October 6, 1998 (P.L.705, No.92), known as the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, and the application is subsequently approved by the board, the winning bidder shall submit a statement waiving the exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits granted under the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act.
(5) Within five days of approving a Category 4 slot machine license for a proposed Category 4 licensed facility consisting of land designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone under the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act for a Category 4 slot machine license under this section, the board shall notify the Department of Community and Economic Development. The notice shall include a description of the land where the proposed Category 4 licensed facility would be situated which is designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone. Within five days of receiving the notice required by this paragraph, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development shall decertify the land as being a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone. Upon decertification in accordance with this paragraph and notwithstanding Chapter 3 of the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, a political subdivision may amend an ordinance, resolution or other required action which granted the exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits required by the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act to repeal the exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits for the decertified land.
(6) A Category 4 slot machine license may not be located in a county hosting a Category 3 licensed facility.
(7) A Category 4 slot machine license may not be located in a sixth class county which is contiguous to a county that hosts a Category 2 licensed facility.
(c) Conduct of gaming.--
A Category 4 slot machine licensee shall have the authority to install and make slot machines available for play at a Category 4 licensed facility. The holder of a table game certificate that is a Category 4 slot machine licensee may install and make table games available for play at a Category 4 licensed facility.
(d) Number of slot machines.--
The following apply:
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a Category 4 slot machine licensee may operate not fewer than 300 and not more than 750 slot machines at the Category 4 licensed facility.
(2) A Category 1 or Category 2 slot machine licensee who is a Category 4 slot machine licensee may not operate slot machines above the authorized complement under section 1210 (relating to number of slot machines).
(3) (i) A Category 3 slot machine licensee who is a Category 4 slot machine licensee may submit a petition to operate slot machines above the Category 3 authorized complement under section 1305 (relating to Category 3 slot machine license).
(ii) No later than 60 days after the board approves a petition to operate slot machines above the Category 3 authorized complement in accordance with subparagraph (i), the Category 3 slot machine licensee shall pay a nonrefundable authorization fee in the amount of $10,000 per authorized additional slot machine.
(iii) A qualified entity who is a Category 4 slot machine licensee shall submit to the board a petition to operate slot machines not to exceed the limit under paragraph (1). No later than 60 days after the board approves a petition to operate slot machines at a Category 4 licensed facility, the qualified entity must pay a nonrefundable authorization fee in the amount of $10,000 per authorized slot machine.
(4) A slot machine licensee may not reduce the number of slot machines and table games in operation at a Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 licensed facility, as of the effective date of this section, unless the board approves of a reduction and the reduction is not a result of the conduct of gaming at a Category 4 licensed facility.
(e) License fee.--
(1) The license fee for a Category 4 slot machine license shall be determined pursuant to an auction under section 1305.2.
(2) An additional license fee for a Category 4 slot machine license shall not be required.
(3) The provisions of section 1209(c) (relating to slot machine license fee) shall not apply to a Category 4 license.
(f) Temporary facilities.--
The board, in its discretion and upon application or petition, may permit the use of a temporary facility within which slot machines and table games may be made available for play or operation at a Category 4 licensed facility, for a period not to exceed 18 months.
(g) Pennsylvania State Police.--
Notwithstanding section 1517 (relating to investigations and enforcement), the board may not require the Pennsylvania State Police to have an office located within a Category 4 licensed facility.
(Oct. 30, 2017, P.L.419, No.42, eff. imd.)
2017 Amendment.
Act 42 added section 1305.1.
Cross References.
Section 1305.1 is referred to in sections 1209, 1210, 1301, 13F02 of this title.