HB1014:

Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements for specified organizations.

Bill Summary:

Charitable gaming; exemptions from certain requirements
for specified organizations. Exempts qualified organizations
that reasonably expect, on the basis of prior charitable gaming
annual results or any other quantifiable method, to realize gross
receipts of $15,000 or less from all charitable gaming other than
raffles, conducted on a total of no more than seven days per calendar
year, from the requirements to (i) notify the Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services (the Department) of their intention to conduct
such charitable gaming or (ii) comply with the regulations of the
Charitable Gaming Board. Under current law, only qualified organizations
that reasonably expect to realize gross receipts of $40,000 or less
from raffles in any 12-month period are exempt from these requirements.
The bill provides that any qualified organization may sell instant
bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards that are dispensed by mechanical
equipment only, provided that the sale is limited to two events of
no more than 14 days each per calendar year. Under current law, only
athletic associations or booster clubs or band booster clubs may
sell instant bingo, pull tabs, or seal cards at a single event in
a calendar year. Finally, the bill prohibits the Department from
requiring a qualified organization that realizes annual gross receipts
of $15,000 or less to file a report of its receipts and disbursements.