House Amendment 1618 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 538 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 2, by striking lines 4 through 6 and 1 3 inserting the following: <participating in the 1 4 tournament, subject to the requirements of this 1 5 section. The total number of members and guests 1 6 participating in a card game tournament shall not 1 7 exceed the occupancy limit of the premises where the 1 8 card game tournament is being conducted.> 1 9 #2. Page 2, line 7, by striking the word 1 10 <tournament.> 1 11 #3. Page 2, line 9, by inserting before the word 1 12 <Cash> the following: <(1) If the card game 1 13 tournament is limited to one guest for each member of 1 14 the qualified organization representing veterans 1 15 participating in the tournament, then the requirements 1 16 of this subparagraph shall apply. The cost to 1 17 participate in a card game tournament shall be limited 1 18 to one hundred dollars and shall be the same for every 1 19 participant in the card game tournament.> 1 20 #4. Page 2, line 12, by inserting after the word 1 21 <dollars.> the following: 1 22 <(2) If the card game tournament is not limited to 1 23 one guest for each member of the qualified 1 24 organization representing veterans participating in 1 25 the tournament, then the requirements of this 1 26 subparagraph shall apply. The cost to participate in 1 27 a card game tournament shall be limited to twenty=five 1 28 dollars and shall be the same for every participant in 1 29 the card game tournament. Cash or merchandise prizes 1 30 may be awarded during a card game tournament and shall 1 31 not exceed three hundred dollars and no participant 1 32 shall win more than a total of two hundred dollars. 1 33 (3)>. 1 34 #5. Page 2, line 22, by inserting after the word 1 35 <tournament.> the following: <In addition, the card 1 36 game tournament and any card game conducted during the 1 37 tournament shall be conducted on the premises of the 1 38 qualified organization representing veterans as 1 39 identified in the license application pursuant to 1 40 subsection 4.> 1 41 #6. Page 2, line 29, by striking the word <one> 1 42 and inserting the following: <two>. 1 43 #7. Page 2, line 30, by striking the words 1 44 <tournament per week> and inserting the following: 1 45 <tournaments per month and shall not hold a card game 1 46 tournament within seven calendar days of another card 1 47 game tournament conducted by that qualified 1 48 organization representing veterans>. 1 49 #8. Page 2, by striking line 35 and inserting the 1 50 following: <period of twenty=four consecutive hours, 2 1 starting from the time the card game tournament 2 2 begins.> 2 3 #9. Page 3, by striking lines 20 through 22 and 2 4 inserting the following: 2 5 <a. The qualified organization representing 2 6 veterans shall dedicate and distribute the net 2 7 receipts from each card game tournament as provided in 2 8 section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph "b".> 2 9 #10. Page 4, line 14, by inserting after the word 2 10 <department.> the following: <The application shall 2 11 identify the premises where the card game tournaments 2 12 are to be conducted and the occupancy limit of the 2 13 premises, and shall include documentation that the 2 14 qualified organization representing veterans has 2 15 conducted regular meetings of the organization at the 2 16 premises during the previous eight months.> 2 17 #11. Page 4, by inserting after line 14 the 2 18 following: 2 19 <5. a. A person under twenty=one years of age who 2 20 participates in a card game tournament in violation of 2 21 this section is deemed to violate the legal age for 2 22 gambling wagering provisions under section 725.19, 2 23 subsection 1. 2 24 b. The department shall revoke, for a period of 2 25 one year, the license of a qualified organization 2 26 representing veterans to conduct card game tournaments 2 27 under this section if the licensee knowingly permits a 2 28 person under the age of twenty=one years to 2 29 participate in a card game tournament.> 2 30 #12. Page 4, by inserting before line 15 the 2 31 following: 2 32 <Sec. . Section 99B.8, subsection 1, unnumbered 2 33 paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows: 2 34 Games of skill, games of chance, and card games 2 35 lawfully may be conducted during a period oftwelve2 36 sixteen consecutive hours within a period of 2 37 twenty=four consecutive hours once each year by any 2 38 person. The games may be conducted at any location 2 39 except one for which a license is required pursuant to 2 40 section 99B.3 or section 99B.5, but only if all of the 2 41 following are complied with: 2 42 Sec. . Section 99B.8, Code 2007, is amended by 2 43 adding the following new subsection: 2 44 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. a. Notwithstanding any 2 45 provision of section 99B.7 to the contrary, if the 2 46 games are conducted by an eligible qualified 2 47 organization issued a license pursuant to subsection 2 48 3, the sponsor may award cash or merchandise prizes in 2 49 any game of skill, game of chance, or card game 2 50 lawfully conducted during the annual game night in an 3 1 amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars and no 3 2 participant shall win more than a total of five 3 3 thousand dollars. 3 4 b. For purposes of this subsection, an "eligible 3 5 qualified organization" means any of the following: 3 6 (1) A qualified organization representing veterans 3 7 as defined in section 99B.7B. 3 8 (2) A qualified organization that represents 3 9 volunteer emergency services providers as defined in 3 10 section 100B.31. 3 11 (3) A qualified organization that is exempt from 3 12 federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the 3 13 Internal Revenue Code and that has conducted an annual 3 14 game night during the period beginning January 1, 3 15 2001, and ending December 31, 2006.> 3 16 #13. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 3 17 word <veterans> the following: <and allowable prizes 3 18 at annual game nights by certain qualified 3 19 organizations and making penalties applicable>. 3 20 #14. By renumbering as necessary. 3 21 3 22 3 23 3 24 COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT 3 25 JOCHUM of Dubuque, CHAIRPERSON 3 26 HF 538.701 82 3 27 ec/gg/8721 -1-