Bill > HB1552

This bill increases the admission fee for excursion gambling boats from $2 to $52 per person and raises the gaming revenue tax rate from 21% to 25%. The new admission fee will be distributed as follows: $1 goes to the gaming commission fund, $1 to the home dock city or county, $25 to the veterans commission capital improvement trust fund, and $25 to a newly created Missouri Historic Steamboat Museum Fund. The bill establishes this museum fund to collect, preserve, and display books, maps, artifacts, and structures related to Missouri's steamboat history. The museum will be organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and will be a state trustee, with restrictions on selling or transferring its property. The bill also maintains the existing provisions that require 10% of gaming tax revenues to go to the home dock city or county for public safety, with the remaining funds going to the Gaming Proceeds for Education Fund. The new museum fund and its provisions will automatically sunset in six years unless reauthorized by the state legislature, with a potential additional six-year extension if reauthorized.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB1552&year=2025&code=R