RIVERBOATS-ADMISSION TAX

Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides that the tax upon admissions to all riverboats is $3 per person. If a county provides for the police protection of a riverboat within the boundaries of a municipality in that county and the licensee admitted 1,000,000 or fewer persons in calendar year 2004, provides that, from the admission tax and a fee imposed upon admissions operated by licensed managers, the county shall receive $1 from the State for each person embarking on the riverboat and the municipality shall receive $1 from the State for each person embarking on the riverboat. Provides that these amounts shall be collected by the Board on behalf of the State and remitted quarterly by the State, subject to appropriation, to the treasurer of the unit of local government for deposit in the general fund. Effective immediately.