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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES,

TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING

     Introduced By: Senators Paolino, and Pearson

     Date Introduced: April 01, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 42-61.2 of the General Laws entitled "Video-Lottery Games, Table

Games and Sports Wagering" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     42-61.2-17. Compensation of municipal police and fire details at authorized facilities.

     (a) Any facility authorized by this chapter to offer casino gambling, video lottery game

retailing, video lottery terminals, table game retailing, or sports wagering, including, but not limited

to, Twin River and Twin River-Tiverton is required to compensate the municipality in which the

facility is located for any and all police and/or fire details which are required by contract, law or

regulation. At a minimum, each facility must have at least one police officer and one firefighter on

duty on the premises at all times the facility is open for operation. Facilities larger than seventy-

five thousand square feet (75,000 sq. ft.) dedicated to gaming space must have at least two (2)

police officers on duty on the premises at all times the facility is open for operation, unless a greater

number is otherwise required by contract, law or regulation.

     (b) The amount of compensation to be paid will be based on the rate of compensation

agreed to under the collective bargaining agreement between the municipality and the recognized

bargaining unit for the respective police officers or firefighters pursuant to chapters 9.1 and 9.2 of

title 28 for police details or fire details, as applicable. In determining such compensation, no

collective bargaining agreement shall contain a term providing for a different rate for details

provided to a facility authorized under this chapter that differs from the rate or rates provided to

other persons and/or entities.

     (c) As used in this section, the term “required by contract, law or regulation” means any

contract between the facility and the state, a contract between the facility and the municipality, or

any state statute or regulation by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the state fire

marshall, the state police and/or the division of state lottery.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2021.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- VIDEO-LOTTERY GAMES,

TABLE GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING

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     This act would require any gambling facility to compensate the municipality in which the

facility is located for any and all police and/or fire details required by contract, law or regulation.

     This act would take effect on July 1, 2021.

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