House Amendment 8690 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2700 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 21, by inserting after line 14 the 1 3 following: 1 4 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 99B.5A BINGO CONDUCTED 1 5 AT A FAIR OR COMMUNITY FESTIVAL. 1 6 1. For purposes of this section: 1 7 a. "Community festival" means a festival of no 1 8 more than four days in length held by a community 1 9 group. 1 10 b. "Community group" means an Iowa nonprofit, 1 11 tax=exempt organization which is open to the general 1 12 public and established for the promotion and 1 13 development of the arts, history, culture, ethnicity, 1 14 historic preservation, tourism, economic development, 1 15 festivals, or municipal libraries. "Community group" 1 16 does not include a school, college, university, 1 17 political party, labor union, state or federal 1 18 government agency, fraternal organization, church, 1 19 convention or association of churches, or 1 20 organizations operated primarily for religions 1 21 purposes, or which are operated, supervised, 1 22 controlled, or principally supported by a church, 1 23 convention, or association of churches. 1 24 2. Bingo may lawfully be conducted at a fair, as 1 25 defined in section 174.1, or a community festival if 1 26 all the following conditions are met: 1 27 a. Bingo is conducted by the sponsor of the fair 1 28 or community festival or a qualified organization 1 29 licensed under section 99B.7 that has received 1 30 permission from the sponsor of the fair or community 1 31 festival to conduct bingo. 1 32 b. The sponsor of the fair or community festival 1 33 or the qualified organization has submitted a license 1 34 application and a fee of twenty=five dollars to the 1 35 department, has been issued a license, and prominently 1 36 displays the license at the area where the bingo 1 37 occasion is being held. A license shall only be valid 1 38 for the duration of the fair or community festival 1 39 indicated on the application. 1 40 c. The number of bingo occasions shall be limited 1 41 to one for each day of the duration of the fair of 1 42 community festival. 1 43 d. The rules for the bingo occasion are posted. 1 44 e. Except as provided in this section, the 1 45 provisions of sections 99B.2 and 99B.7 related to 1 46 bingo shall apply. 1 47 3. An individual other than a person conducting 1 48 the bingo occasion may participate in the bingo 1 49 occasion conducted at a fair or community festival, 1 50 whether or not conducted in compliance with this 2 1 section.> 2 2 #2. Page 41, by inserting after line 27 the 2 3 following: 2 4 <Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this 2 5 division of this Act enacting section 99B.5A, being 2 6 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 2 7 enactment.> 2 8 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 THOMAS of Clayton 2 13 HF 2700.214 82 2 14 ec/rj/21380 -1-