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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 444

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE SONNEY

Printer's No. 1856

Amend Bill, page 1, lines 25 through 29; page 2, lines 1 and

2, by striking out all of said lines on page 1, all of line 1

and "advertising and for penalties; and making editorial

changes" in line 2 on page 2 and inserting

 licensing of eligible organizations to conduct games of

chance

Amend Bill, page 36, lines 29 and 30; pages 37 through 73,

lines 1 through 30; page 74, lines 1 through 7, by striking out

all of said lines on said pages and inserting

Section 1.  Section 307(d) of the act of December 19, 1988

(P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of

Chance Act, renumbered and amended February 2, 2012 (P.L.7,

No.2), is amended to read:

Section 307.  Licensing of eligible organizations to conduct

games of chance.

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(d)  Operation.--Each licensed eligible organization shall be

prohibited from the following:

(1)  Permitting any person under 18 years of age to

operate or play games of chance.

(2)  Permitting any person who has been convicted of a

felony in a Federal or State court within the past five years

or has been convicted in a Federal or State court within the

past ten years of a violation of the act of July 10, 1981

(P.L.214, No.67), known as the Bingo Law, or of this act to

manage, set up, supervise or participate in the operation of

games of chance.

(3)  Paying any compensation to any person for conducting

any games of chance. Games of chance may only be conducted by

managers, officers, directors, bar personnel and bona fide

members of the eligible organization.

(4)  Conducting games of chance on any premises other

than on the licensed premises or as otherwise provided by

this chapter.

(5)  Leasing the licensed premises under either an oral

or a written agreement for a rental which is determined by

either the amount of receipts realized from the playing of

games of chance or the number of people attending, except

that an eligible organization may lease a facility for a

banquet where a per head charge is applied in connection with

the serving of a meal. An eligible organization shall not

lease such premises from any person who has been convicted of

a violation of this act or the Bingo Law within the past ten

years.

(6)  Purchasing games of chance, other than raffles,

daily drawings and weekly drawings, from any person other

than a registered manufacturer or licensed distributor 

approved by the department.

(7)  (Reserved).

(8)  Raffle tickets may be sold off the licensed premises

as follows:

(i)  In a municipality which has adopted the

provisions of this act by an affirmative vote in a

municipal referendum. A licensed eligible organization

which plans to sell raffle tickets in a municipality

located in a county other than the county in which the

eligible organization is licensed must notify that

county's district attorney and licensing authority as to

the location and the dates that the eligible organization

plans to sell raffle tickets.

(ii)  In a licensed "eating place," "restaurant" or

"retail dispenser," as defined in section 102 of the act

of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor

Code. A licensed eligible organization which plans to

sell raffle tickets at a licensed eating place,

restaurant or retail dispenser must notify the county's

district attorney and licensing authority as to the

location of the eating place, restaurant or retail

dispenser and the dates that the eligible organization

plans to sell raffle tickets at the club.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.