(1) A slot machine licensee may submit a bid if:

(2) A winning bidder of an auction under section 1305.2(a) (relating to conduct of auctions) shall be ineligible to participate in an auction until an auction is conducted under section 1305.2(b) and (b.1).

(1) Prior to the commencement of an auction under section 1305.2, each municipality shall have the option to prohibit the location of a Category 4 licensed facility within the municipality by delivering a resolution of the municipality's governing body to the board no later than December 31, 2017. No Category 4 licensed facility may be located in a municipality which has exercised its option under this paragraph.

(2) A municipality that prohibits the location of a Category 4 licensed facility within the municipality under paragraph (1) may rescind that prohibition at any time by delivering a new resolution of the municipality's governing body to the board. A municipality that rescinds its prior prohibition according to this subsection may not subsequently prohibit the location of a Category 4 licensed facility in the municipality.

(1) Ten Category 4 licensed facilities may be located in this Commonwealth.

(2) A winning bidder's Category 4 location may not be within 25 linear miles of another Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 licensed facility but may be within 25 linear miles of the winning bidder's licensed facility.

(3) After a winning bidder selects a Category 4 location under section 1305.2(c)(9), the selected Category 4 location is reserved and another Category 4 location may not be located within that Category 4 location.

(4) If the winning bidder applying for a Category 4 slot machine license proposes to place the licensed facility upon land designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone under the act of October 6, 1998 (P.L. 705, No. 92),¹ known as the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, and the application is subsequently approved by the board, the winning bidder shall submit a statement waiving the exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits granted under the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act.

(5) Within five days of approving a Category 4 slot machine license for a proposed Category 4 licensed facility consisting of land designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone under the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act for a Category 4 slot machine license under this section, the board shall notify the Department of Community and Economic Development. The notice shall include a description of the land where the proposed Category 4 licensed facility would be situated which is designated a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone. Within five days of receiving the notice required by this paragraph, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development shall decertify the land as being a subzone, an expansion subzone or an improvement subzone. Upon decertification in accordance with this paragraph and notwithstanding Chapter 3 of the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act, a political subdivision may amend an ordinance, resolution or other required action which granted the exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits required by the Keystone Opportunity Zone, Keystone Opportunity Expansion Zone and Keystone Opportunity Improvement Zone Act to repeal the exemptions, deductions, abatements or credits for the decertified land.

(6) A Category 4 slot machine license may not be located in a county hosting a Category 3 licensed facility.

(7) A Category 4 slot machine license may not be located in a sixth class county which is contiguous to a county that hosts a Category 2 licensed facility.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a Category 4 slot machine licensee may operate not fewer than 300 and not more than 750 slot machines at the Category 4 licensed facility.

(2) A Category 1 or Category 2 slot machine licensee who is a Category 4 slot machine licensee may not operate slot machines above the authorized complement under section 1210 (relating to number of slot machines).

(4) A slot machine licensee may not reduce the number of slot machines and table games in operation at a Category 1, Category 2 or Category 3 licensed facility, as of the effective date of this section, unless the board approves of a reduction and the reduction is not a result of the conduct of gaming at a Category 4 licensed facility.

(1) The license fee for a Category 4 slot machine license shall be determined pursuant to an auction under section 1305.2.

(2) An additional license fee for a Category 4 slot machine license shall not be required.

(3) The provisions of section 1209(c) (relating to slot machine license fee) shall not apply to a Category 4 license.