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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2149 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO GAMES OF CHANCE BY AUTHORIZING CERTAIN BINGO GAMES 1 5 AND PRIZES FOR BINGO AND RAFFLES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE 1 6 DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph c, 1 11 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to 1 12 read as follows: 1 13 Cash or merchandise prizes may be awarded in the game of 1 14 bingo and, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, 1 15 shall not exceed one hundred dollars. Merchandise prizes may 1 16 be awarded in the game of bingo, but the actual retail value 1 17 of the prize, or if the prize consists of more than one item, 1 18 unit or part, the aggregate retail value of all items, units 1 19 or parts, shall not exceed the maximum provided by this 1 20 paragraph. Bingo games allowing for a trade-in of a bingo 1 21 card during a bingo game for not more than fifty cents a 1 22 trade-in may be conducted. A jackpot bingo game may be 1 23 conductedoncetwice during any twenty-four hour period in 1 24 which the prize may begin at not more than three hundred 1 25 dollars in cash or actual retail value of merchandise prizes 1 26 and may be increased by not more thanonetwo hundred dollars 1 27 after each bingo occasion to a maximum prize of one thousand 1 28 dollars for the first jackpot bingo game and two thousand five 1 29 hundred dollars for the second jackpot bingo game. However, 1 30 the cost of play in a jackpot bingo game shall not be 1 31 increasedand the jackpot shall not amount to more than eight1 32hundred dollars in cash or actual retail value of merchandise1 33prizes. A jackpot bingo game is not prohibited by paragraph 1 34 "h". A bingo occasion shall not last for longer than four 1 35 consecutive hours. A qualified organization shall not hold 2 1 more than fourteen bingo occasions per month. Bingo occasions 2 2 held under a limited license shall not be counted in 2 3 determining whether a qualified organization has conducted 2 4 more than fourteen bingo occasions per month, nor shall bingo 2 5 occasions held under a limited license be limited to four 2 6 consecutive hours. With the exception of a limited license 2 7 bingo, no more than three bingo occasions per week shall be 2 8 held within a structure or building and only one person 2 9 licensed to conduct games under this section may hold bingo 2 10 occasions within a structure or building. A licensed 2 11 qualified organization shall not conduct free games. 2 12 Sec. 2. Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph d, 2 13 unnumbered paragraphs 1, 2, and 3, Code Supplement 2003, are 2 14 amended to read as follows: 2 15 Cash prizes shall not be awarded in games other than bingo 2 16 and raffles. The value of a prize shall not exceed ten 2 17 thousand dollars and merchandise prizes shall not be 2 18 repurchased. If a prize consists of more than one item, unit, 2 19 or part, the aggregate value of all items, units, or parts 2 20 shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. However, one raffle 2 21 may be conducted per calendar year at which real property or 2 22 one or more merchandise prizes having a combined value of more 2 23 than ten thousand dollars may be awarded or a cash prize of up 2 24 to two hundred thousand dollars may be awarded. 2 25 If a raffle licensee holds a statewide raffle license, the 2 26 licensee may hold not more than eight raffles per calendar 2 27 year at which real property or one or more merchandise prizes 2 28 having a combined value of more than ten thousand dollars may 2 29 be awarded or a cash prize of up to two hundred thousand 2 30 dollars may be awarded. Each such raffle held under a 2 31 statewide license shall be held in a separate county. 2 32 If a prize is merchandise, its value shall be determined by 2 33 the purchase price paid by the organization or donor. If a 2 34 prize is real property or is cash and the combined value of 2 35 the prize or the cash prize exceeds one hundred thousand 3 1 dollars, the department shall conduct a special audit to 3 2 verify compliance with the appropriate requirements of this 3 3 chapter including all of the following applicable 3 4 requirements: 3 5 Sec. 3. Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph d, 3 6 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as 3 7 follows: 3 8 (1) The licensee has submitted a real property or cash 3 9 raffle license application and a fee of one hundred dollars to 3 10 the department, has been issued a license, and prominently 3 11 displays the license at the drawing area of the raffle. 3 12 Sec. 4. Section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 3 13 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows: 3 14 a. A person wishing to conduct games and raffles pursuant 3 15 to this section as a qualified organization shall submit an 3 16 application and a license fee of one hundred fifty dollars. 3 17 The annual license fee for a statewide raffle license shall be 3 18 one hundred fifty dollars. However, upon submission of an 3 19 application accompanied by a license fee of fifteen dollars, a 3 20 person may be issued a limited license to conduct all games 3 21 and raffles pursuant to this section at a specified location 3 22 and during a specified period of fourteen consecutive calendar 3 23 days, except that bingo may only be conducted once per each 3 24 seven consecutive calendar days of the specified period. In 3 25 addition, a qualified organization may be issued a limited 3 26 license to conduct raffles pursuant to this section for a 3 27 period of ninety days for a license fee of forty dollars or 3 28 for a period of one hundred eighty days for a license fee of 3 29 seventy-five dollars. For the purposes of this paragraph, a 3 30 limited license is deemed to be issued on the first day of the 3 31 period for which the license is issued. 3 32 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 3 33 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 34 3 35 4 1 4 2 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI 4 3 President of the Senate 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS 4 8 Speaker of the House 4 9 4 10 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 4 11 is known as Senate File 2149, Eightieth General Assembly. 4 12 4 13 4 14 4 15 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 4 16 Secretary of the Senate 4 17 Approved , 2004 4 18 4 19 4 20 4 21 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 22 Governor
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