H.B. 108
         INTERNET GAMBLING

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 6 February 21, 2012 9:35 AM



Representative Stephen E. Sandstrom proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 14c through 14d
    House Committee Amendments
    2-9-2012 :    

             14c          .
{   requires   }        provides       that      {   the governor advise the federal government of this state's choice to opt

             14d      out of Internet gambling   } if any federal law authorizes Internet gambling .H
  in the states, this state shall opt out of allowing Internet gambling by the procedure provided in the federal law; and

    . provides an exemption for an Internet service provider or hosting company, a provider of public telecommunications services, and an Internet advertising service that is routing or providing connections without selecting the material  
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2.    Page 3, Lines 85a through 85i
    a.House Committee Amendments
    b.2-9-2012 :    

             85a      H. (3) (a) A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor who
{   :   }

             85b          
{   knowingly transmits, receives, or relays   }        intentionally provides or offers to provide       any form of Internet or online gambling

             85c     
{   into   }        to any person in this state.            {   or within this state; or

             85d          (b) promotes, offers, or provides Internet gambling in this state.   }
  (b) Subsection (3)(a) does not apply to an Internet service provider or hosting company as defined in Section 76-10-1230, a provider of public telecommunications services defined in Section 54-8b-2, or an Internet advertising service by reason of the the fact that the Internet service provider, hosting company, Internet advertising service, or provider of public telecommunications services:

(i) transmits, routes, or provides connections for material without selecting the material; or
(ii) stores or delivers the material at the direction of a user.  

             85e     
{        (4) If any federal law is enacted that authorizes Internet gambling in the states and the

             85f      federal law provides that individual states may opt out of allowing Internet gambling by the
             85g      process of the governor of the state advising the federal regulatory authority of the             
85h      state's choice to opt out, the governor of this state shall inform the regulatory authority in
             85i      compliance with the opt-out provisions of the federal legislation.   }
  (4) If any federal law is enacted that authorizes Internet gambling in the states and that federal law provides that individual states may opt out of Internet gambling, this state shall opt out of Internet

gambling in the manner provided by federal law and within the time frame provided by that law.      


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