During the hearing portion, committee members will focus their attention on the Gaming Budgets (FY 2010-11) for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) and Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (DOR) and also be provided with a status update regarding the implementation of table games. The committee will hear testimony from and have an opportunity to question representatives of the PGCB, PSP and DOR on matters that will ultimately help shape their respective gaming budgets and gaming regulation in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

PA Gaming Control Board:

• Gregory [Greg] C. Fajt, Chairman
• Kevin O'Toole, Executive Director

Pennsylvania State Police

• Captain Tim Allue, Director of Gaming Enforcement Office
• Scott Frederick, Director of Fiscal Division

PA Department of Revenue

• David Barasch, Executive Deputy Secretary
• Stacie Amsler, Fiscal Manager

Meeting

The meeting portion will involve the consideration of the following legislation:

• Senate Bill 831, Printer's No. 966 (Wozniak) amends Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in licensees, further providing for Category 2 slot machine license.
  • [A07095] (Earll) Amendment Summary - This amendment strikes the provisions in the legislation that would take away one of the two Category 2 slot machine licenses provided for with regard to a city of the first class (Philadelphia) and instead makes it available to either a county of the fourth class or county of the sixth class.  It would instead amend section 1304(b) by taking one of the two Philadelphia Category 2 slot machine licenses upon such being revoked by the board (PGCB), prior to the commencement of operations, and open the application process for said Category 2 slot machine license throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, including a city of the first (Philadelphia), although a city of the second class (Pittsburgh) would continue to be limited to the one Category 2 license facility (previously issued and currently operating) and any existing mileage limitations would also continue to apply.  This amendment also makes a corresponding modification to section 1307 (relating to the number of slot machine licenses) to ensure the provisions of section 1304 and section 1307 do not conflict.