SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3631
PRINTER'S NO. 4342
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
777
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY KLUNK, FARRY, HERSHEY, MASSER, RYAN, ROTHMAN,
NELSON, KNOWLES, SAINATO, KAUFFMAN, JONES, LONGIETTI, KEEFER,
KORTZ, GLEIM, ECKER, HILL-EVANS, WARNER, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
THOMAS, BENNINGHOFF, SAYLOR, SNYDER, JAMES, ROWE, MERSKI,
WENTLING, MARSHALL, TOMLINSON, MOUL, FLYNN AND WHEELAND,
APRIL 27, 2020
SENATOR KILLION, COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020
AN ACT
Amending the act of December 19, 1988 (P.L.1262, No.156),
entitled "An act providing for the licensing of eligible
organizations to conduct games of chance, for the licensing
of persons to distribute games of chance, for the
registration of manufacturers of games of chance, and for
suspensions and revocations of licenses and permits;
requiring records; providing for local referendum by
electorate; and prescribing penalties," in club licensees,
further providing for report and for distribution of
proceeds.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 501(a) of the act of December 19, 1988
(P.L.1262, No.156), known as the Local Option Small Games of
Chance Act, is amended by adding a paragraph to read:
Section 501. Club licensee.
(a) Report.--
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(3) If a club licensee utilizes the proceeds for
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operating expenses as authorized under section 502(c), the
report under paragraph (1) shall include the verification and
itemization of the amounts utilized for the operating
expenses.
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Section 2. Section 502 of the act is amended by adding a
subsection to read:
Section 502. Distribution of proceeds.
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(c) Disaster emergencies.-- A club licensee may utilize the
proceeds under subsection (a)(1) for operating expenses for
BEGINNING WITH THE 2020 CALENDAR YEAR THROUGH a period of one
year after either of the following are terminated by executive
order, proclamation or operation of law, whichever is later:
(1) The proclamation of disaster emergency issued by the
Governor on March 6, 2020, published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March
21, 2020).
(2) A declaration of disaster emergency related to the
novel coronavirus known as "COVID-19" that is issued after
March 6, 2020.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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