- (a) Fund established.— The Video Gaming Fund is established in the State Treasury. Money in the fund is hereby appropriated to the department on a continuing basis for the purposes under subsection (c).
(b) Video gaming terminal tax and assessments.—
(1) The department shall determine and each terminal operator licensee shall pay on a bimonthly basis:
- (i) A tax of 42% of its gross terminal revenue from all video gaming terminals operated by the terminal operator licensee within this Commonwealth.
- (ii) A 10% local share assessment from its gross terminal revenue.
- (iii) A regulatory assessment established in section 4104 (relating to regulatory assessments) from the terminal operator licensee's weekly gross terminal revenue.
- (2) All money owed under this section shall be held in trust by the terminal operator licensee until the money is paid or transferred to the Video Gaming Fund.
- (3) Unless otherwise agreed to by the board, a terminal operator licensee shall establish a separate bank account to maintain gross terminal revenue until such time as the money is paid or transferred under this section.
(c) Transfers and distributions.— The department shall:
- (1) Transfer the tax imposed under subsection (b) to the Video Gaming Fund.
- (2) (Reserved).
- (3) Transfer the regulatory assessment imposed under subsection (b) in accordance with section 4104.
Cross References. Section 4102 is referred to in sections 3102, 4103 of this title.