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