2004-05-04                     Senate Journal                      Page 3297
HB 552                                                                                            
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 552(FIN) am BY THE HOUSE                                                      
FINANCE COMMITTEE, entitled:                                                                        
                                                                                                    
          "An Act relating to the creation of the Alaska                                            
          Gaming Commission to regulate gambling;                                                   
          authorizing the Alaska Gaming Commission to                                               
          license gambling games and gambling casino owners                                         
          and suppliers and to issue occupational licenses for                                      
          gambling employees; limiting casino gambling to                                           
          municipalities with a population of 150,000 or more;                                      
          allowing the Alaska Gaming Commission to issue                                            
          only one owner's license for a gambling casino in                                         
          certain municipalities with a population of 150,000 or                                    
          more; creating crimes relating to gambling and                                            
          setting requirements for gambling; creating the state                                     
          gaming fund in the general fund; setting a gross                                          
          receipts tax on gambling games; limiting the                                              
          authority of a municipality to tax the adjusted gross                                     
          receipts of gambling games."                                                              
                                                                                                    
was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary and Finance                                   
Committees.