PRINTER'S NO. 484
No. 446 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, JOHNSON, CAWLEY, TIGUE, DOMBROWSKI,
HALUSKA, NAHILL, FARGO, FOX, PRESTON, TRELLO, STUBAN, DALEY,
YANDRISEVITS, VEON, BELFANTI, SCHEETZ, PISTELLA, MORRIS,
GRUPPO, KUKOVICH, VAN HORNE, MRKONIC, CARLSON, DISTLER,
HERMAN, F. TAYLOR, COLAFELLA, E. Z. TAYLOR, PETRONE, DAWIDA,
OLASZ, CAPPABIANCA, BUNT, NOYE, STABACK, WOZNIAK AND KASUNIC,
FEBRUARY 25, 1987
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON FINANCE, FEBRUARY 25, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.214, No.67), entitled "An
2 act relating to the lawful conduct of bingo, prescribing
3 penalties and making a repeal," further providing for the
4 operation and conducting of bingo.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 5(a) of the act of July 10, 1981
8 (P.L.214, No.67), known as the Bingo Law, amended December 15,
9 1982 (P.L.1299, No.293), is amended to read:
10 Section 5. Rules for licensing and operation.
11 (a) Issuance and fee.--The licensing authority shall
12 license, upon application, any association as defined in section
13 3 to conduct the game of bingo only at one location in the
14 county, which shall be in the municipality where the main
15 business office or headquarters of the association is located.
16 The county treasurer shall indicate on each license the
1 municipality where the association may conduct bingo. The single
2 municipal location limitation shall not apply to a group of
3 licensed associations conducting bingo at a central location.
4 The license fee to be charged to each nonprofit association
5 shall be $100 per annum except to those recognized senior
6 citizens' groups who conduct bingo for their members only the
7 fee shall be $50 per annum. The license fee to be charged to
8 each agricultural association or county fair shall be $100 per
9 annum. Associations which conduct bingo only one period each
10 year for not more than three consecutive days shall be charged
11 $15 for the issuance of their license. The fees collected
12 pursuant to this section shall be paid by the licensing
13 authority into the general fund of the county and used for
14 county purposes. All records retained by the licensing authority
15 relating to the issuance of bingo licenses and bingo permits
16 shall be public information.
17 * * *
18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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