To repeal section 313.817, RSMo 1994, relating to excursion gambling boats, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject, with penalty provisions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:

     Section A. Section 313.817, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 313.817, to read as follows:

     313.817. 1. Except as permitted in this section, the licensee licensed to operate gambling games shall permit no form of wagering on gambling games.

     2. The licensee may receive wagers only from a person present on a licensed excursion gambling boat.

     3. Wagering shall not be conducted with money or other negotiable currency. The licensee shall exchange the money of each wagerer for tokens, chips, or other forms of credit to be wagered on the gambling games. The licensee shall exchange the gambling tokens, chips, or other forms of wagering credit for money at the request of the wagerer.

     4. A person under twenty-one years of age shall not enter or attempt to enter an excursion gambling boat or make or attempt to make a wager on an excursion gambling boat and shall not be allowed in the area of the excursion boat where gambling is being conducted; provided that employees of the licensed operator of the excursion gambling boat who have attained eighteen years of age shall be permitted in the area in which gambling is being conducted when performing employment-related duties, except that no one under twenty-one years of age may be employed as a dealer or accept a wager on an excursion gambling boat. The governing body of a home dock city or county may restrict the age of entrance onto an excursion gambling boat by passage of a local ordinance. Any person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

     5. A licensee shall only allow wagering and conduct gambling games at the times allowed by the commission.