(a) The commission may issue to a person a license to own a riverboat subject to the numerical and geographical limitation of owner's licenses under this section, section 3.5 of this chapter, and IC 4-33-4-17 . However, not more than ten (10) owner's licenses may be in effect at any time. Those ten (10) licenses are as follows:
- (1) Two (2) licenses for a riverboat that operates from the city of Gary.
- (2) One (1) license for a riverboat that operates from the city of Hammond.
- (3) One (1) license for a riverboat that operates from the city of East Chicago.
- (4) One (1) license for a city located in the counties described under IC 4-33-1-1 (1). This license may not be issued to a city described in subdivisions (1) through (3).
(5) A total of five (5) licenses for riverboats that operate upon the Ohio River from the following counties:
- (A) Vanderburgh County.
- (B) Harrison County.
- (C) Switzerland County.
- (D) Ohio County.
(E) Dearborn County.
The commission may not issue a license to an applicant if the issuance of the license would result in more than one (1) riverboat operating from a county described in this subdivision.
- (b) In addition to its power to issue owner's licenses under subsection (a), the commission may also enter into a contract under IC 4-33-6.5 with respect to the operation of one (1) riverboat on behalf of the commission in a historic hotel district.
- (c) A person holding an owner's license may not move the person's riverboat from the county in which the riverboat was docked on January 1, 2007, to any other county.
As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.124. Amended by P.L.20-1995, SEC.8; P.L.55-1995, SEC.1; P.L.92-2003, SEC.27; P.L.149-2003, SEC.1; P.L.233-2007, SEC.14; P.L.137-2012, SEC.3; P.L.229-2013, SEC.14.