Local Authority Preempted; Local Taxes Prohibited; Local Development Agreements Prohibited

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Sec. 3. (a) This section does not apply to real or personal property taxes imposed by a local taxing unit.

(b) Local governmental authority concerning all matters relating to the gambling games at racetracks conducted under this article is preempted by the state under this article.

(c) No tax or fee, except as provided in this article, shall be assessed or collected from a permit holder by a political subdivision having the power to assess or collect a tax or fee. This section does not prohibit the assessment and levying of property taxes otherwise authorized by law or the imposing of a special assessment (including a ditch or drainage assessment, Barrett Law assessment, improvement assessment, sewer assessment, or sewage assessment) otherwise authorized by law to be imposed on property to be benefitted by an improvement.

(d) A political subdivision may not enter an agreement with a permit holder that requires any financial commitments from the permit holder that are in addition to the fees and taxes imposed under this article.

As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21.


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