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| AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 444 |
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| Printer's No. 1856 |
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1 | Amend Bill, page 1, lines 25 through 29; page 2, lines 1 and |
2 | 2, by striking out all of said lines on page 1, all of line 1 |
3 | and "advertising and for penalties; and making editorial |
4 | changes" in line 2 on page 2 and inserting |
5 | licensing of eligible organizations to conduct games of |
6 | chance |
7 | Amend Bill, page 36, lines 29 and 30; pages 37 through 73, |
8 | lines 1 through 30; page 74, lines 1 through 7, by striking out |
9 | all of said lines on said pages and inserting |
10 | Section 1. Section 307(d) of the act of December 19, 1988 |
11 | (P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of |
12 | Chance Act, renumbered and amended February 2, 2012 (P.L.7, |
13 | No.2), is amended to read: |
14 | Section 307. Licensing of eligible organizations to conduct |
15 | games of chance. |
16 | * * * |
17 | (d) Operation.--Each licensed eligible organization shall be |
18 | prohibited from the following: |
19 | (1) Permitting any person under 18 years of age to |
20 | operate or play games of chance. |
21 | (2) Permitting any person who has been convicted of a |
22 | felony in a Federal or State court within the past five years |
23 | or has been convicted in a Federal or State court within the |
24 | past ten years of a violation of the act of July 10, 1981 |
25 | (P.L.214, No.67), known as the Bingo Law, or of this act to |
26 | manage, set up, supervise or participate in the operation of |
27 | games of chance. |
28 | (3) Paying any compensation to any person for conducting |
29 | any games of chance. Games of chance may only be conducted by |
30 | managers, officers, directors, bar personnel and bona fide |
31 | members of the eligible organization. |
32 | (4) Conducting games of chance on any premises other |
33 | than on the licensed premises or as otherwise provided by |
34 | this chapter. |
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1 | (5) Leasing the licensed premises under either an oral |
2 | or a written agreement for a rental which is determined by |
3 | either the amount of receipts realized from the playing of |
4 | games of chance or the number of people attending, except |
5 | that an eligible organization may lease a facility for a |
6 | banquet where a per head charge is applied in connection with |
7 | the serving of a meal. An eligible organization shall not |
8 | lease such premises from any person who has been convicted of |
9 | a violation of this act or the Bingo Law within the past ten |
10 | years. |
11 | (6) Purchasing games of chance, other than raffles, |
12 | daily drawings and weekly drawings, from any person other |
13 | than a registered manufacturer or licensed distributor |
14 | approved by the department. |
15 | (7) (Reserved). |
16 | (8) Raffle tickets may be sold off the licensed premises |
17 | as follows: |
18 | (i) In a municipality which has adopted the |
19 | provisions of this act by an affirmative vote in a |
20 | municipal referendum. A licensed eligible organization |
21 | which plans to sell raffle tickets in a municipality |
22 | located in a county other than the county in which the |
23 | eligible organization is licensed must notify that |
24 | county's district attorney and licensing authority as to |
25 | the location and the dates that the eligible organization |
26 | plans to sell raffle tickets. |
27 | (ii) In a licensed "eating place," "restaurant" or |
28 | "retail dispenser," as defined in section 102 of the act |
29 | of April 12, 1951 (P.L.90, No.21), known as the Liquor |
30 | Code. A licensed eligible organization which plans to |
31 | sell raffle tickets at a licensed eating place, |
32 | restaurant or retail dispenser must notify the county's |
33 | district attorney and licensing authority as to the |
34 | location of the eating place, restaurant or retail |
35 | dispenser and the dates that the eligible organization |
36 | plans to sell raffle tickets at the club. |
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38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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