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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY DELOZIER, SWANGER, BARRAR, BUXTON, FLECK, GINGRICH, GRELL, GROVE, HARKINS, KAUFFMAN, M.K. KELLER, LONGIETTI, MATZIE, MILLARD, MILLER, OBERLANDER, QUINN, REICHLEY, ROCK, SAINATO, SONNEY AND VULAKOVICH, JANUARY 19, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAMING OVERSIGHT, JANUARY 19, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156), |
2 | entitled, as amended, "An act providing for the licensing of |
3 | eligible organizations to conduct games of chance, for the |
4 | licensing of persons to distribute games of chance, for the |
5 | registration of manufacturers of games of chance, and for |
6 | suspensions and revocations of licenses and permits; |
7 | requiring records; providing for local referendum by |
8 | electorate; and prescribing penalties," further providing for |
9 | definitions, for permitted games of chance, for prize limits, |
10 | for insured games, for limited sales, for recordkeeping, for |
11 | eligible organizations' use of locations for conducting small |
12 | games of chance, for separate individual prize limitations, |
13 | for enforcement and for advertising. |
14 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
15 | hereby enacts as follows: |
16 | Section 1. The definitions of "daily drawing" and "games of |
17 | chance" in section 3 of the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, |
18 | No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act, |
19 | amended December 19, 1990 (P.L.812, No.195) and October 18, 2000 |
20 | (P.L.602, No.79), are amended and the section is amended by |
21 | adding definitions to read: |
22 | Section 3. Definitions. |
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1 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
2 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
3 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
4 | * * * |
5 | "Daily drawing." A game in which a bona fide member selects |
6 | or is assigned a number for a chance at a prize with the winner |
7 | determined by [a] random drawing to take place on the eligible |
8 | organization's premises [during the same operating day]. The |
9 | term includes games commonly known as "member sign-in lotteries" |
10 | and "half-and-half lotteries." Nothing in this act shall be |
11 | construed to prohibit the carrying over of a jackpot where the |
12 | winning number has not been entered in the game on a particular |
13 | operating day. Daily drawing winners may be determined with the |
14 | aid of a passive selection device or reference to drawings |
15 | conducted by the department pursuant to the act of August 26, |
16 | 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known as the State Lottery Law. Daily |
17 | drawing chances may not be sold for an amount in excess of $1, |
18 | and no more than one chance per individual may be sold [to an |
19 | individual during the same operating day.] per drawing. Nothing |
20 | in this definition shall restrict an eligible organization from |
21 | conducting more than one drawing per day. |
22 | * * * |
23 | "Games of chance." Punchboards, daily drawings, weekly |
24 | drawings, monthly drawings, raffles and pull-tabs, as defined in |
25 | this act, provided that no such game shall be played by or with |
26 | the assistance of any mechanical or electrical devices or media |
27 | other than a dispensing machine or passive selection device and |
28 | further provided that the particular chance taken by any person |
29 | in any such game shall not be made contingent upon any other |
30 | occurrence or the winning of any other contest, but shall be |
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1 | determined solely at the discretion of the purchaser. This |
2 | definition shall not be construed to authorize any other form of |
3 | gambling currently prohibited under any provision of Title 18 of |
4 | the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes (relating to crimes and |
5 | offenses). Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize |
6 | games commonly known as "slot machines" or "video poker." |
7 | "General operating expenses." The following operating |
8 | expenses associated with the real property owned or leased by an |
9 | eligible organization and used for public interest purposes or |
10 | for conducting small games of chance: |
11 | (1) Real property taxes. |
12 | (2) Utilities. |
13 | (3) Heating and air conditioning. |
14 | (4) Water and sewer. |
15 | (5) Property insurance. |
16 | (6) Liability insurance. |
17 | (7) Mortgage payments. |
18 | (8) Interior and exterior repairs, including parking lot |
19 | repairs. |
20 | (9) New facility construction. |
21 | (10) Any other expense as provided in regulations |
22 | promulgated by the department. |
23 | The term shall not include wages, alcohol purchases or payment |
24 | of any fine levied against the eligible organization. |
25 | * * * |
26 | "Monthly drawing." A game in which a bona fide member |
27 | selects or receives a number or numbers for chance at a prize |
28 | with the winner determined by a random drawing to take place on |
29 | the eligible organization's premises during any operating month. |
30 | Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit the carrying |
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1 | over of a jackpot where the winning number has not been entered |
2 | in the game in a particular month. Monthly drawing winners may |
3 | be determined with the aid of a passive selection device or |
4 | reference to drawings conducted by the Department of Revenue |
5 | pursuant to the act of August 26, 1971 (P.L.351, No.91), known |
6 | as the State Lottery Law. Monthly drawing chances may not be |
7 | sold for an amount in excess of $1. |
8 | * * * |
9 | Section 2. Section 4 of the act, amended December 19, 1990 |
10 | (P.L.812, No.195), is amended to read: |
11 | Section 4. Games of chance permitted. |
12 | Every eligible organization to which a license has been |
13 | issued under the provisions of this act may conduct games of |
14 | chance for the purpose of raising funds for general operating |
15 | expenses and for public interest purposes. [All proceeds of |
16 | games of chance shall be used exclusively for public interest |
17 | purposes or for the purchase of games of chance as permitted by |
18 | this act.] Proceeds of games of chance shall be used as follows: |
19 | (1) Sixty percent of proceeds shall be used for public |
20 | interest purposes. |
21 | (2) Forty percent of proceeds shall be used for general |
22 | operating expenses. |
23 | Section 3. Section 5 of the act, amended December 19, 1990 |
24 | (P.L.812, No.195) and October 18, 2000 (P.L.602, No.79), is |
25 | amended to read: |
26 | Section 5. Prize limits. |
27 | (a) Individual prize limit.--[The] Except as provided for in |
28 | subsection (j), the maximum cash value which may be awarded for |
29 | any single chance shall be [$500] $1,000. |
30 | (b) Weekly limit.--No more than [$5,000] $25,000 in cash or |
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1 | merchandise shall be awarded by any eligible organization in any |
2 | seven-day period. Payouts of less than $26 shall not be counted |
3 | toward the weekly limit. |
4 | (c) Limit on raffles.--No more than $5,000 in cash or |
5 | merchandise shall be awarded in raffles in any calendar month. |
6 | (d) Exception.--An eligible organization may conduct a |
7 | raffle and award a prize or prizes valued in excess of [$500] |
8 | $1,000 each only under the following conditions: |
9 | (1) The licensing authority has issued a special permit |
10 | for the raffle under section 11. |
11 | (2) Eligible organizations shall be eligible to receive |
12 | no more than [two] three special permits in any licensed year |
13 | [except that volunteer fire, ambulance and rescue |
14 | organizations shall be eligible to receive no more than three |
15 | special permits in any licensed year]. |
16 | (3) Only one raffle may be conducted under each special |
17 | permit. |
18 | (4) The total cash value of all prizes shall be no more |
19 | than $100,000 per calendar year. |
20 | (e) Limit on daily drawings.--Daily drawings shall be |
21 | governed by the prize [limitations] limitation contained in |
22 | [subsections (a) and (b)] subsection (a). [An eligible |
23 | organization shall not conduct daily drawings during a period |
24 | when a weekly drawing is taking place.] |
25 | (f) Exception.--The prize limitation contained in |
26 | [subsections (a) and (b)] subsection (a) may be exceeded by a |
27 | daily drawing under the following circumstances: a daily drawing |
28 | may award a prize where the cash value is in excess of [$500] |
29 | $1,000 if such prize is the result of a carryover of a drawing |
30 | or drawings which resulted from the winning number in such |
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1 | drawing or drawings not being among the eligible entrants in |
2 | such drawings. Nothing contained herein shall authorize the |
3 | prize [limitations] limitation as contained in [subsections (a) |
4 | and (b)] subsection (a) to be exceeded as a result of a failure |
5 | to conduct a drawing on an operating day during which chances |
6 | were sold for a daily drawing or for a daily drawing for which |
7 | chances were sold in excess of $1 or for which more than one |
8 | chance was sold to an eligible participant. |
9 | (g) Daily drawing and weekly drawing exception.--When a |
10 | daily drawing or weekly drawing is set up or conducted in such a |
11 | manner as to pay out or award 100% of the gross revenues |
12 | generated from such drawing, the limitations contained in |
13 | subsection (b) shall not apply. |
14 | (h) Limit on weekly drawings.--Weekly drawings shall be |
15 | governed by the prize limitations contained in subsection (b). |
16 | The prize limitation contained in subsection (b) may be exceeded |
17 | by a weekly drawing under the following circumstances: a weekly |
18 | drawing may award a prize where the cash value is in excess of |
19 | [$5,000] $25,000 if such prize is the result of a carryover of a |
20 | drawing or drawings which resulted from the winning number or |
21 | numbers in such drawing or drawings not being among the eligible |
22 | entrants in such drawings. Nothing contained in this act shall |
23 | authorize the prize limitations as contained in subsection (b) |
24 | to be exceeded as a result of a failure to conduct a drawing for |
25 | a week during which chances were sold for a weekly drawing or |
26 | for a weekly drawing for which chances were sold in excess of |
27 | $1. [An eligible organization shall not conduct weekly drawings |
28 | during a period when a daily drawing is taking place.] |
29 | (i) Limit on monthly drawings.--No more than $50,000 in cash |
30 | or merchandise may be awarded in any calendar month except under |
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1 | the following circumstances: a monthly drawing may award a prize |
2 | where the cash value is in excess of $50,000 if the prize is the |
3 | result of a carryover of a drawing or drawings that resulted |
4 | from the winning number or numbers in the drawing or drawings |
5 | not being among the eligible entrants in the drawing. Nothing |
6 | contained in this act shall authorize the prize limitations to |
7 | be exceeded as a result of a failure to conduct a drawing for a |
8 | month during which chances were sold for a monthly drawing or |
9 | for a monthly drawing for which chances were sold in excess of |
10 | $1. |
11 | (j) Authorization.--Progressive games shall be permitted |
12 | with a maximum cash value of $5,000. Contributions to the pot |
13 | shall be counted against the limit for the week in which the |
14 | contribution is made except that when the limit is reached the |
15 | amount awarded shall be counted toward the limit only to the |
16 | extent it was not previously counted toward a prior week's |
17 | limit. |
18 | (k) Emergency services fundraiser.--Notwithstanding any |
19 | other provision of this section, an eligible organization that |
20 | performs emergency services shall be permitted to conduct one |
21 | drawing per year with an award of $50,000 for the purpose of |
22 | raising funds to purchase emergency services equipment. |
23 | (l) Definition.--As used in this section, the term |
24 | "progressive game" means a game of chance in which a winning |
25 | ticket awards the ticketholder an additional chance at another |
26 | game of chance. |
27 | Section 4. The act is amended by adding a section to read: |
28 | Section 5.1. Insured games. |
29 | (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any provision of this |
30 | act to the contrary, an eligible organization may conduct small |
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1 | games of chance using insured games. Insured games sold by a |
2 | licensed distributor shall be insured by a valid insurance |
3 | contract issued by an insurance company licensed by the |
4 | Insurance Department to do business as an insurance company in |
5 | this Commonwealth. Proof of the insurance contract must be |
6 | provided to the department prior to the game being sold. The |
7 | license of a distributor and an insurance company issuing a |
8 | contract for an insured game may be suspended or revoked for |
9 | failure to pay an award. |
10 | (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "insured |
11 | game" means a game of chance in which the distributor or other |
12 | licensed third party guarantees making the payment on a win of a |
13 | jackpot. |
14 | Section 5. Section 6 of the act, amended December 19, 1990 |
15 | (P.L.812, No.195), is amended to read: |
16 | Section 6. Sales limited. |
17 | No person shall sell, offer for sale or furnish games of |
18 | chance for use within this Commonwealth except to an eligible |
19 | organization or distributor licensed under this act. No game of |
20 | chance, other than a raffle, sold, offered for sale or furnished |
21 | for use within this Commonwealth shall contain, permit, depict |
22 | or designate a prize having a cash value in excess of [$500] |
23 | $1,000. |
24 | Section 6. Section 9(b) of the act, amended December 19, |
25 | 1990 (P.L.812, No.195), is amended to read: |
26 | Section 9. Regulations of department. |
27 | * * * |
28 | (b) Limitation on recordkeeping requirements.--This section |
29 | shall not be construed to authorize the department to promulgate |
30 | regulations providing for recordkeeping requirements for |
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1 | eligible organizations which require unreasonable or unnecessary |
2 | information or a repetitious listing of information. The |
3 | department shall strive to keep such recordkeeping requirements |
4 | from being an undue hardship or burden on eligible |
5 | organizations. Under no circumstances shall the department |
6 | require the retention of records for a period in excess of [two |
7 | years] one year. Each eligible organization shall report to the |
8 | department prizes awarded as required by section 335 of the act |
9 | of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform Code of |
10 | 1971. |
11 | Section 7. Section 10 of the act, amended December 19, 1990 |
12 | (P.L.812, No.195) and October 18, 2000 (P.L.602, No.79), is |
13 | amended to read: |
14 | Section 10. Licensing of eligible organizations to conduct |
15 | games of chance. |
16 | (a) License required.--No eligible organization shall |
17 | conduct or operate any games of chance unless such eligible |
18 | organization has obtained and maintains a valid license issued |
19 | pursuant to this section. Auxiliary groups within eligible |
20 | organizations shall be eligible to conduct small games of chance |
21 | using the license issued to the eligible organization provided |
22 | that the auxiliary group or groups are listed on the application |
23 | and license of the eligible organization. No additional |
24 | licensing fee shall be charged for an auxiliary group's |
25 | eligibility under this act. Auxiliary groups shall not include |
26 | branches, lodges or chapters of a Statewide organization. |
27 | (b) Issuance and fees.--The licensing authority shall |
28 | license, upon application, within 30 days any eligible |
29 | organization meeting the requirements for licensure contained in |
30 | this act to conduct and operate games of chance at such |
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1 | locations within the county or in such manner as stated on the |
2 | application as limited by subsection (b.1). The license fee to |
3 | be charged to each eligible organization shall be [$100] $300, |
4 | except for limited occasion licenses which shall be [$10] $30. |
5 | Licenses shall be renewable [annually] on a biennial basis upon |
6 | the anniversary of the date of issue. |
7 | (b.1) Location of small games of chance.--Where there exists |
8 | a location or premises which is the normal business or operating |
9 | site of the eligible organization and is owned or leased by that |
10 | eligible organization to conduct its normal business, that site |
11 | shall be the licensed premises for small games of chance |
12 | conducted by the eligible organization. If that location |
13 | consists of more than one building and the eligible organization |
14 | wishes to conduct its games in a different building at that |
15 | location from the one that is listed on its application and |
16 | license, the eligible organization must notify, in writing, the |
17 | district attorney and the licensing authority of the change in |
18 | building site and the dates and times that will be affected. |
19 | When an eligible organization does not own or lease a specific |
20 | location to conduct its normal business, that eligible |
21 | organization may use another eligible organization's premises to |
22 | conduct its games or may make such other arrangements that are |
23 | consistent with this act, including, but not limited to, leasing |
24 | a premise under a written agreement for a rental which is not |
25 | determined by either the amount of receipts realized from the |
26 | playing of games of chance nor the number of people attending |
27 | except that an eligible organization may lease a facility for a |
28 | banquet where a per head charge is applied in connection with |
29 | the serving of a meal. When such eligible organization changes |
30 | the site of its games from that which is listed on its |
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1 | application and license, the eligible organization must notify, |
2 | in writing, the district attorney and licensing authority of the |
3 | change in their games' site and dates and times that will be |
4 | affected. More than one eligible organization may use the same |
5 | location, provided that each eligible organization has a |
6 | separate license. If more than one licensed eligible |
7 | organization uses the same location, the prize limitations of |
8 | this act shall apply to each licensed eligible organization. |
9 | (b.2) Off-premises games of chance.--Notwithstanding any |
10 | other provisions of this section, an eligible organization may |
11 | conduct small games of chance at a location off its premises |
12 | when such games are part of an annual carnival, fair, picnic or |
13 | banquet held or participated in by that eligible organization on |
14 | a historical basis. The eligible organization must notify, in |
15 | writing, the district attorney and licensing authority of the |
16 | location, date and times of such events where it will be |
17 | conducting small games of chance. |
18 | (b.3) Limited occasion licenses.--Eligible organizations |
19 | which do not own their own premises or which do not lease a |
20 | specific location to conduct their normal business may apply for |
21 | a limited occasion license to conduct small games of chance on |
22 | not more than three occasions covering a total of seven days |
23 | during a licensed year. A limited occasion license entitles |
24 | eligible organizations holding such a license to conduct no more |
25 | than two raffles during a licensed year where prizes may not |
26 | exceed the established limits for regular monthly raffles. |
27 | Holders of limited occasion licenses may not apply or be granted |
28 | any other license or special permit under this act. No holder of |
29 | a regular license or special permit under this act shall apply |
30 | or be granted a limited occasion license. |
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1 | (b.4) Gambling facility prohibited.--It shall be unlawful |
2 | for a person, corporation, association, partnership or other |
3 | business entity to offer for rent or offer for use a building or |
4 | facility to be used exclusively for the conducting of small |
5 | games of chance. It shall also be unlawful for any eligible |
6 | organization to lease under any terms a facility or building |
7 | which is used exclusively for the conducting of small games of |
8 | chance. |
9 | (b.5) Authorization.--A licensed eligible organization may |
10 | sell on its licensed premises the raffle tickets of another |
11 | licensed eligible organization that has been issued a limited |
12 | occasion license under subsection (b.3). |
13 | (c) Display.--Licenses issued pursuant to this section shall |
14 | be publicly displayed at the site of the small games of chance. |
15 | (d) Operation.--Each licensed eligible organization shall |
16 | comply with the following restrictions and rules governing the |
17 | operation of games of chance: |
18 | (1) No person under 18 years of age shall be permitted |
19 | to operate or play games of chance. |
20 | (2) No eligible organization shall permit any person who |
21 | has been convicted of a felony in a Federal or State court |
22 | within the past five years or has been convicted in a Federal |
23 | or State court within the past ten years of a violation of |
24 | the act of July 10, 1981 (P.L.214, No.67), known as the Bingo |
25 | Law, or of this act to manage, set up, supervise or |
26 | participate in the operation of games of chance. |
27 | (3) No eligible organization shall pay any compensation |
28 | to any person for conducting any games of chance. Games of |
29 | chance may only be conducted by managers, officers, |
30 | directors, bar personnel and bona fide members of the |
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1 | eligible organization. |
2 | (4) Games shall be conducted only on the licensed |
3 | premises or as otherwise provided by this act. |
4 | (5) The eligible organization shall not lease such |
5 | premises under either an oral or a written agreement for a |
6 | rental which is determined by either the amount of receipts |
7 | realized from the playing of games of chance or the number of |
8 | people attending, except that an eligible organization may |
9 | lease a facility for a banquet where a per head charge is |
10 | applied in connection with the serving of a meal. An eligible |
11 | organization shall not lease such premises from any person |
12 | who has been convicted of a violation of this act within the |
13 | past ten years. |
14 | (6) Games, other than raffles, daily drawings [and], |
15 | weekly drawings and monthly drawings, shall be purchased only |
16 | from manufacturers and distributors approved by the |
17 | department. |
18 | (7) No licensed eligible organization shall permit its |
19 | premises to be used for small games of chance by another |
20 | licensed eligible organization at the same time that it is |
21 | conducting small games of chance on the premises. When a |
22 | licensed eligible organization is permitting another licensed |
23 | eligible organization to use its premises for purposes of |
24 | small games of chance, it must cease the operation of its own |
25 | small games of chance during the period that the other |
26 | licensed eligible organization is conducting its games on the |
27 | premises. |
28 | (8) Raffle tickets may be sold off the licensed premise |
29 | in any municipality in this Commonwealth which has adopted |
30 | the provisions of this act by an affirmative vote in a |
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1 | municipal referendum. A licensed eligible organization which |
2 | plans to sell raffle tickets in a municipality located in a |
3 | county other than the county in which the eligible |
4 | organization is licensed must notify that county's district |
5 | attorney and licensing authority as to the location and the |
6 | dates that the eligible organization plans to sell raffle |
7 | tickets. |
8 | (9) The eligible organization shall keep a bank account |
9 | to hold the proceeds of small games of chance, which shall be |
10 | separate from all other funds belonging to the eligible |
11 | organization. Account records shall show all expenditures and |
12 | income, and these records shall be retained by the eligible |
13 | organization for no less than one year in a fire-proof |
14 | container. |
15 | (e) Application for license.--Each eligible organization |
16 | shall apply to the licensing authority for a license on a form |
17 | to be prescribed by the Secretary of Revenue. The form shall |
18 | contain an affidavit to be affirmed by the executive officer or |
19 | secretary of the eligible organization stating that: |
20 | (1) No person under 18 years of age will be permitted by |
21 | the eligible organization to operate or play games of chance. |
22 | (2) The facility in which the games of chance are to be |
23 | played has adequate means of ingress and egress and adequate |
24 | sanitary facilities available in the area. |
25 | (3) The eligible organization is not leasing such |
26 | premises from the owner thereof under an oral agreement, nor |
27 | is it leasing such premises from the owner thereof under a |
28 | written agreement at a rental which is determined by the |
29 | amount of receipts realized from the playing of games of |
30 | chance or by the number of people attending, except that an |
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1 | eligible organization may lease a facility for a banquet |
2 | where a per head charge is applied in connection with the |
3 | serving of a meal. |
4 | (4) The eligible organization has a separate bank |
5 | account to hold all proceeds of small games of chance. |
6 | (e.1) Supplemental materials to accompany application.--An |
7 | annual financial report limited to the operation of games of |
8 | chance detailing gross profit, allowable expenses, rent, staff |
9 | per diem, cost of supplies, net profit and contributions to |
10 | charitable causes shall be filed with the licensing authority |
11 | and submitted with the application. This report shall be filed |
12 | with the application for license and shall be filed by the |
13 | midterm anniversary date of the license in nonapplication years. |
14 | This report shall be prepared on a one-page form to be designed |
15 | by the department. The report shall contain information for the |
16 | 12-month period immediately preceding a date 60 days prior to |
17 | the filing of the report. Failure to file the report by the |
18 | midterm anniversary date of the license shall result in the |
19 | automatic suspension of the license until the licensing |
20 | authority certifies the report has been filed in compliance with |
21 | this act. |
22 | (f) List of licensees.--The licensing authority, on a |
23 | semiannual basis, shall send a copy of all licensees to the |
24 | Department of Revenue. |
25 | (g) List of municipalities.--The licensing authority shall |
26 | include with any license or renewal issued to an eligible |
27 | organization, an up-to-date listing of those municipalities |
28 | within the licensing county which have approved the referendum |
29 | question on small games of chance. |
30 | (h) Background checks.--Each application shall include |
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1 | criminal history records obtained from the Pennsylvania State |
2 | Police for the executive officer or secretary of the eligible |
3 | organization making the application, all other responsible |
4 | persons listed on the application and the eligible |
5 | organization's treasurer. |
6 | Section 8. Section 13 of the act is amended to read: |
7 | Section 13. Enforcement. |
8 | (a) District attorney.--The district attorney shall |
9 | investigate alleged violations of this act. If the district |
10 | attorney finds probable cause to believe that a violation has |
11 | occurred, he may file a complaint against the alleged violator |
12 | in the court of common pleas of said county, except in counties |
13 | of the first class where the complaint may be filed in the |
14 | municipal court. In addition, the district attorney shall |
15 | prosecute said complaint in the manner provided by law. |
16 | (b) Other law enforcement officials.--Nothing in this act |
17 | shall be interpreted to restrict the power of State, county or |
18 | local law enforcement officials to conduct investigations [and |
19 | enforce the provisions] of this act[.] and provide the results |
20 | of those investigations to the district attorney for enforcement |
21 | pursuant to subsection (a). |
22 | (c) Department.--The department shall investigate and |
23 | enforce violations of this act in accordance with the act of |
24 | April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, and |
25 | the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax Reform |
26 | Code of 1971. |
27 | Section 9. Section 15 of the act, amended December 19, 1990 |
28 | (P.L.812, No.195), is amended to read: |
29 | Section 15. Advertising. |
30 | [It shall be unlawful for any] An eligible organization or |
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1 | person [to] may advertise the prizes or their dollar value to be |
2 | awarded in games of chance, provided that [prizes may be |
3 | identified on raffle tickets. Notwithstanding the prohibition of |
4 | advertising contained within this section, an eligible |
5 | organization may advertise prizes and values thereof in periodic |
6 | publications which are limited in their circulation to members |
7 | of the eligible organization.] such advertisements are limited |
8 | to publications to members of the eligible organization or signs |
9 | located on the eligible organization's premises. |
10 | Section 10. The amendment or addition of section 10(b), |
11 | (e.1) and (h) of the act shall apply to applications filed more |
12 | than two years after the effective date of this section. |
13 | Section 11. This act shall take effect as follows: |
14 | (1) The following provisions shall take effect |
15 | immediately: |
16 | (i) The amendment or addition of section 10(b), |
17 | (e.1) and (h) of the act. |
18 | (ii) Section 10 of this act. |
19 | (iii) This section. |
20 | (2) The remainder of this act shall take effect in 60 |
21 | days. |
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