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 of twelve
2 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.
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3 24 COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
3 25 JOCHUM of Dubuque, CHAIRPERSON
3 26 HF 538.701 82
3 27 ec/gg/8721
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