Pennsylvania
Gaming Board Launches Public Comment Period
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control
Board today launched a month-long public-comment
period on draft regulations governing Category 2
and Category 3 gaming facilities and the Board's
Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement.
"Act 71 gives the Board the 'power
and duty' to adopt the regulations necessary to
bring expanded gaming to Pennsylvania and ensure
its integrity," said Board Chairman Tad Decker.
"With each set of regulations we develop, we
move a step closer to the day when expanded gaming
can begin in the Commonwealth."
Board member Mary Colins, who oversees regulatory
issues for the Board, said the draft regulations
cover:
-- Specific requirements for the operators of five
stand alone gaming facilities, known as "Category
2" operators under Act 71.
-- Specific requirements for operators of gaming
facilities attached to two existing resorts, known
as "Category 3" operators under Act 71.
-- Operations and procedures for the Bureau of
Investigations and Enforcement.
The draft regulations will be available for public
inspection on the Board's Web site and people wishing
to purchase a hard copy for review may do so by
sending a certified check for $10 to cover copying,
staff time and return postage, to PGCB, P.O. Box
69060, Harrisburg, PA, 17106-9060. Checks should
be made out to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and requests should specify that the purchaser is
seeking the draft regulations covering Category
2 operators, Category 3 operators and the Bureau
of Investigations and Enforcement.
The draft regulations will also be published in
the August 13, 2005, edition of The Pennsylvania
Bulletin.
Comments on the draft regulations must submitted
by U.S. mail only, with postmarks no later than
Tuesday September 6, 2005, to PGCB, P.O. Box 69060,
Harrisburg, PA, 17106-9060, Attn: Public Comment.
To be included in the public record, comments must
include the following information: name, organization
represented (if appropriate), mailing address, telephone
number, e-mail address, county, topic/regulation
section number discussed, Colins said. The mailing
address, telephone number and e-mail address are
for verification purposes only and will not be published
in the final record.
Colins also noted that submissions may be excluded
from the final record if they do not address the
topics covered by the draft regulations.
After the comment period closes, the Board will
make the complete record of comments and Board responses
available to interested parties via the Board Web
site.
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