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

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