State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

338T0700   SENATE STATE AFFAIRS ENGROSSED    NO.  SB 175 -  2/8/2012  

Introduced by:    Senators Gray, Haverly, and Heineman and Representatives Abdallah and Kirkeby
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to increase the number of video lottery machines that may be placed in a licensed establishment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That § 42-7A-44 be amended to read as follows:
    42-7A-44. The placement of video lottery machines in licensed establishments shall be subject to the rules of the commission promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26. No more than ten fourteen video lottery machines may be placed in any licensed establishment. If more than ten video lottery machines are placed in a licensed establishment, each video lottery machine in excess of ten machines shall include video lottery game software approved by the commission after July 1, 2011. The bar or lounge with an on-sale license issued pursuant to subdivision 35-4-2(12) or (16) shall be restricted to persons twenty-one years of age or older. The entrance to the area where video lottery machines are located shall display a sign that the premises are restricted to persons twenty-one years or older. Notwithstanding the restrictions in §§ 35-4-79 to 35-4-79.2, inclusive, persons under the age of twenty-one may only enter the premises where

video lottery machines are located provided if they are accompanied by a parent, guardian, or spouse of twenty-one years or older.