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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  Cash or merchandise prizes may be awarded in the game
  1  4 of bingo and, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph,
  1  5 shall not exceed one two hundred fifty dollars.  A prize of
  1  6 not more than one thousand dollars may be awarded at not more
  1  7 than two games during a bingo occasion.  Merchandise prizes
  1  8 may be awarded in the game of bingo, but the actual retail
  1  9 value of the prize, or if the prize consists of more than one
  1 10 item, unit or part, the aggregate retail value of all items,
  1 11 units or parts, shall not exceed the maximum provided by this
  1 12 paragraph.  A licensee shall not conduct more than three
  1 13 jackpot bingo games during a bingo occasion.  A Each jackpot
  1 14 bingo game may be conducted once during any twenty-four hour
  1 15 twenty-four-hour period in which the prize may begin at not
  1 16 more than three five hundred dollars in cash or actual retail
  1 17 value of merchandise prizes and may be increased by not more
  1 18 than one two hundred dollars after each bingo occasion.
  1 19 However, the cost of play in a jackpot bingo game shall not be
  1 20 increased and the jackpot shall not amount to more than eight
  1 21 two thousand five hundred dollars in cash or actual retail
  1 22 value of merchandise prizes.  A jackpot bingo game is not
  1 23 prohibited by paragraph "h".  A bingo occasion shall not last
  1 24 for longer than four six consecutive hours.  A qualified
  1 25 organization shall not hold more than fourteen bingo occasions
  1 26 per month.  Bingo occasions held under a limited license shall
  1 27 not be counted in determining whether a qualified organization
  1 28 has conducted more than fourteen bingo occasions per month,
  1 29 nor shall bingo occasions held under a limited license be
  1 30 limited to four six consecutive hours.  With the exception of
  1 31 a limited license bingo, no more than three bingo occasions
  1 32 per week shall be held within a structure or building and only
  1 33 one person licensed to conduct games under this section may
  1 34 hold bingo occasions within a structure or building.  A
  1 35 licensed qualified organization shall not conduct free games.
  2  1    However, a qualified organization, which is a senior
  2  2 citizens' center or a residents' council at a senior citizen
  2  3 housing project or a group home, may hold more than fourteen
  2  4 bingo occasions per month and more than three bingo occasions
  2  5 per week within the same structure or building, and bingo
  2  6 occasions conducted by such a qualified organization may last
  2  7 for longer than four consecutive hours are not limited in
  2  8 duration, if the majority of the patrons of the qualified
  2  9 organization's bingo occasions also participate in other
  2 10 activities of the senior citizens' center or are residents of
  2 11 the housing project.  At the conclusion of each bingo
  2 12 occasion, the person conducting the game shall announce both
  2 13 the gross receipts received from the bingo occasion and the
  2 14 use permitted under subsection 3, paragraph "b", to which the
  2 15 net receipts of the bingo occasion will be dedicated and
  2 16 distributed.
  2 17    Sec. 2.  Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph l,
  2 18 subparagraph (2), Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 19    (2)  No free prize or other gift is given to a participant.
  2 20 However, one or more door prizes of a value not to exceed ten
  2 21 one hundred dollars each may be given by random drawing.  
  2 22                           EXPLANATION
  2 23    This bill provides a number of increases to the maximum
  2 24 limits allowed for prizes for bingo games operated by
  2 25 qualified organizations.  The maximum prize for a bingo game
  2 26 is increased from $100 to $250.  During a bingo occasion, not
  2 27 more than two games shall have a maximum prize of more than
  2 28 $1,000.  In addition, a licensee may conduct three separate
  2 29 progressive jackpot bingo games not exceeding $2,500 each.
  2 30 The progressive jackpot bingo begins at $500 and may increase
  2 31 by not more than $200 during each bingo occasion during which
  2 32 the prize is not won.  A bingo occasion is increased from a
  2 33 maximum of four hours to a maximum of six hours.  The maximum
  2 34 value of a door prize given at a bingo occasion is increased
  2 35 from $10 to $100.  
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