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1999 SESSION
HB 2481 Illegal gambling; promoting gambling aboard ships; penalty.
Introduced by: Frank W. Wagner | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Illegal gambling; promoting gambling aboard ships; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly advancing or profiting from a gambling activity, by: (i)managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, a gambling ship; (ii) managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, any craft which embarks from any point within the Commonwealth, and disembarks at the same or another point within the Commonwealth, during which the person intentionally causes or knowingly permits illegal gambling activity to be conducted, whether within or without the waters of the Commonwealth; or (iii)transporting, conveying, or carrying any person to a gambling ship or craft.
Under the bill the prohibition would not apply to (i) any foreign flagged craft provided that no illegal gambling occurs within the territorial waters of the Commonwealth or (ii) gambling activity conducted during travel from foreign nations or another state or territory of the United States to the point of first entry into the Commonwealth or during travel to foreign nations or another state or territory of the United States from the point of final exit from the waters of the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that the penalty for a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. There are some technical amendments and an emergency clause.
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HISTORY
- 01/21/99 House: Presented & ordered printed w/emg. clause 991311482
- 01/21/99 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/26/99 House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
- 02/12/99 House: No action taken by Courts of Justice by voice vote