99F.1 - DEFINITIONS.
99F.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Adjusted gross receipts" means the gross receipts less
winnings paid to wagerers.
2. "Applicant" means any person applying for an occupational
license or applying for a license to operate an excursion gambling
boat, or the officers and members of the board of directors of a
qualified sponsoring organization located in Iowa applying for a
license to conduct gambling games on an excursion gambling boat.
3. "Cheat" means to alter the selection of criteria which
determine the result of a gambling game or the amount or frequency of
payment in a gambling game.
4. "Claimant agency" means a state agency as defined in
section 8A.504, subsection 1, or the state court administrator as
defined in section 602.1101.
5. "Commission" means the state racing and gaming commission
created under section 99D.5.
6. "Distributor" means a person who sells, markets, or
otherwise distributes gambling games or implements of gambling which
are usable in the lawful conduct of gambling games pursuant to this
chapter, to a licensee authorized to conduct gambling games pursuant
to this chapter.
7. "Division" means the division of criminal investigation of
the department of public safety as provided in section 80.17.
8. "Dock" means the location where an excursion gambling boat
moors for the purpose of embarking passengers for and disembarking
passengers from a gambling excursion.
9. "Excursion boat" means a self-propelled, floating vessel
that is or has been previously certified for operation as a vessel.
10. "Excursion gambling boat" means an excursion boat or
moored barge on which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as
provided in this chapter.
11. "Gambling excursion" means the time during which gambling
games may be operated on an excursion gambling boat whether docked or
during a cruise.
12. "Gambling game" means any game of chance authorized by
the commission. However, for racetrack enclosures, "gambling
game" does not include table games of chance or video machines
which simulate table games of chance, unless otherwise authorized by
this chapter. "Gambling game" does not include sports betting.
13. "Gambling structure" means any man-made stationary
structure approved by the commission that does not include a
racetrack enclosure which is subject to land-based building codes
rather than maritime or Iowa department of natural resources
inspection laws and regulations on which lawful gambling is
authorized and licensed as provided in this chapter.
14. "Gaming floor" means that portion of an excursion
gambling boat, gambling structure, or racetrack enclosure in which
gambling games are conducted as designated by the commission.
15. "Gross receipts" means the total sums wagered under this
chapter.
16. "Holder of occupational license" means a person licensed
by the commission to perform an occupation which the commission has
identified as requiring a license to engage in the excursion gambling
boat industry in Iowa.
17. "Licensee" means any person licensed under section 99F.7.
18. "Manufacturer" means a person who designs, assembles,
fabricates, produces, constructs, or who otherwise prepares a product
or a component part of a product of any implement of gambling usable
in the lawful conduct of gambling games pursuant to this chapter.
19. "Moored barge" means a barge or vessel that is not
self-propelled.
20. "Qualified sponsoring organization" means a nonprofit
corporation organized under the laws of this state, whether or not it
is exempt from federal income taxation, or a person or association
that can show to the satisfaction of the commission that the person
or association is eligible for exemption from federal income taxation
under section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), 501(c)(6), 501(c)(7),
501(c)(8), 501(c)(10), or 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code as
defined in section 422.3.
21. "Racetrack enclosure" means all real property utilized
for the conduct of a race meeting, including the racetrack,
grandstand, concession stands, offices, barns, kennels and barn
areas, employee housing facilities, parking lots, and any additional
areas designated by the commission. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 67, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1203, §14; 94 Acts, ch 1021,
§7--9; 95 Acts, ch 176, §2; 97 Acts, ch 9, §3; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §34;
2004 Acts, ch 1136, §24--30, 65; 2007 Acts, ch 188, §5, 6; 2008 Acts,
ch 1172, §4