99D.5 - CREATION OF STATE RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION.
99D.5 CREATION OF STATE RACING AND GAMING
COMMISSION.
1. A state racing and gaming commission is created within the
department of inspections and appeals consisting of five members who
shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the
senate, and who shall serve not to exceed a three-year term at the
pleasure of the governor. The term of each member shall begin and
end as provided in section 69.19.
2. A vacancy on the commission shall be filled as provided in
section 2.32.
3. Not more than three members of the commission shall belong to
the same political party. A member of the commission shall not have
a financial interest in a racetrack.
4. Commission members are each entitled to receive an annual
salary of ten thousand dollars. Members shall also be reimbursed for
actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties to a
maximum of thirty thousand dollars per year for the commission. Each
member shall be covered by the blanket surety bond of the state
purchased pursuant to section 8A.321, subsection 12.
5. a. A member or a holder of an official's license shall not
knowingly:
(1) Have a pecuniary, equitable, or other interest in or engage
in a business or employment which would be a conflict of interest or
interfere or conflict with the proper discharge of the duties of the
commission including any of the following:
(a) A business which does business with a licensee.
(b) A business issued a concession operator's license.
(2) Participate directly or indirectly as an owner,
owner-trainer, trainer of a horse or dog, or jockey of a horse in a
race meeting conducted in this state.
(3) Place a wager on an entry in a race or on a gambling game
operated on an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure.
b. A violation of this subsection is a serious misdemeanor.
In addition, the individual may be subject to disciplinary actions
pursuant to the commission rules.
6. a. A member, employee, or appointee of the commission,
spouse of a member, employee, or appointee of the commission, or a
family member related within the second degree of affinity or
consanguinity to a member, employee, or appointee of the commission
shall not do either of the following:
(1) Hold an occupational license except an official's license.
(2) Enter directly or indirectly into any business dealing,
venture, or contract with an owner or lessee of a racetrack.
b. A member who knowingly approves of a violation of this
subsection is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 187, § 5, 36; 84 Acts, ch 1266, § 4, 5; 86 Acts, ch
1245, § 713, 714; 88 Acts, ch 1267, § 17; 89 Acts, ch 67, § 24, 25;
89 Acts, ch 83, § 21; 89 Acts, ch 231, § 30; 91 Acts, ch 266, §21; 92
Acts, ch 1203, §2; 2004 Acts, ch 1136, §4; 2005 Acts, ch 177, §15;
2007 Acts, ch 188, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, § 201
Referred to in § 99D.2, 99F.1
Confirmation, see § 2.32