H0864B1984A01870 DMS:JSL 06/13/17 #90 A01870
AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 864
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE MOUL
Printer's No. 1984
Amend Bill, page 1, line 10, by inserting after "chance, "
further providing for prize limits,
Amend Bill, page 3, by inserting between lines 4 and 5
Section 3. Section 302 of the act is amended to read:
Section 302. Prize limits.
(a) Individual prize limit.--
(1) Except as provided under subsections (d) and (d.1),
the maximum prize which may be awarded for any single chance
shall be $2,000[.], other than a weekly drawing.
(2) The maximum prize which may be awarded for any
weekly drawing shall be $14,000.
[(b) Aggregate prize limit.--No more than $35,000 in prizes
shall be awarded from games of chance by a licensed eligible
organization in any seven-day period.]
(c) Raffle prize limit.--Up to $15,000 in prizes may be
awarded in raffles in any calendar month.
[(c.1) Total limit.--All prizes awarded under this section
shall be subject to the aggregate prize limits under subsection
(b).]
(d) Exception for raffles.--Notwithstanding subsection [(b)
or] (c), a licensed eligible organization may conduct a raffle
under section 308 and award a prize or prizes valued in excess
of $3,000 each only under the following conditions:
(1) The licensing authority has issued a special permit
for the raffle under section 308.
(2) A licensed eligible organization shall be eligible
to receive no more than ten special permits in any licensed
term except that a volunteer fire, ambulance, rescue or
conservation organization that is not a club licensee shall
be eligible to receive 12 special permits in any licensed
term.
(3) Only one raffle may be conducted under each special
permit issued under section 308.
(4) Except as provided under subsection (d.1), the total
of all prizes awarded under this subsection shall be no more
than $150,000 per calendar year, which shall not be subject
to the aggregate limit under subsection [(b) or] (c).
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(d.1) Additional award.--A volunteer fire, ambulance, rescue
or conservation organization may, in addition to the total under
subsection (d)(4), award up to $100,000 from raffles which shall
not be subject to the aggregate limit under subsection [(b),]
(c) or (d).
(f) Daily drawing carryover.--The prize limitation contained
in [subsections] subsection (a) [and (b)] may be exceeded by a
daily drawing under the following circumstances: a daily drawing
may award a prize in excess of $2,000 if such prize is the
result of a carryover of a drawing which resulted from the
winning number in such drawing not being among the eligible
entrants in such drawings. Nothing contained herein shall
authorize the prize limitation as contained in [subsections]
subsection (a) [and (b)] to be exceeded as a result of a failure
to conduct a drawing on an operating day during which chances
were sold for a daily drawing or for a daily drawing for which
chances were sold in excess of $1 or for which more than one
chance was sold to an eligible participant.
[(g) Additional exception.--When a daily drawing or weekly
drawing is set up or conducted in such a manner as to pay out or
award 100% of the gross revenues generated from such drawing,
the limitation contained in subsection (b) shall not apply.]
(h) Weekly drawing carryover exception.--Weekly drawings
shall be governed by the prize limitation contained in
subsection [(b)] (a). The prize limitation contained in
subsection [(b)] (a) may be exceeded by a weekly drawing under
the following circumstances: a weekly drawing may award a prize
where the cash value is in excess of [$35,000] $14,000 if such
prize is the result of a carryover of a drawing or drawings
which resulted from the winning number or numbers in such
drawing or drawings not being among the eligible entrants in
such drawings. Nothing contained in this chapter shall authorize
the prize limitation under subsection [(b)] (a) to be exceeded
as a result of a failure to conduct a drawing for a week during
which chances were sold for a weekly drawing or for a weekly
drawing for which chances were sold in excess of $1.
(i) Concurrent operation.--Nothing under this act shall
prohibit the concurrent operation of daily or weekly drawings.
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