House File 260 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  SWAIM


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act exempting schools from paying a fee to obtain a raffle
  2    license.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2430YH 81
  5 ec/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  A person wishing to conduct games and raffles pursuant
  1  4 to this section as a qualified organization shall submit an
  1  5 application and a license fee of one hundred fifty dollars.
  1  6 The annual license fee for a statewide raffle license shall be
  1  7 one hundred fifty dollars.  However, upon submission of an
  1  8 application accompanied by a license fee of fifteen dollars, a
  1  9 person may be issued a limited license to conduct all games
  1 10 and raffles pursuant to this section at a specified location
  1 11 and during a specified period of fourteen consecutive calendar
  1 12 days, except that bingo may only be conducted once per each
  1 13 seven consecutive calendar days of the specified period.  In
  1 14 addition, a qualified organization may be issued a limited
  1 15 license to conduct raffles pursuant to this section for a
  1 16 period of ninety days for a license fee of forty dollars or
  1 17 for a period of one hundred eighty days for a license fee of
  1 18 seventy=five dollars.  For the purposes of this paragraph, a
  1 19 limited license is deemed to be issued on the first day of the
  1 20 period for which the license is issued.  However, a qualified
  1 21 organization that is a school district organized pursuant to
  1 22 chapter 274 or a school within the school district is exempt
  1 23 from the requirement to pay a fee to obtain a license under
  1 24 this paragraph.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill provides that a school or school district shall
  1 27 be exempt from the requirement to pay a fee to obtain a raffle
  1 28 license.  Currently, all qualified organizations, including
  1 29 schools, are required to pay a $150 fee for a statewide raffle
  1 30 license, and are required to pay fees ranging from $15 to $75
  1 31 for certain limited licenses to conduct raffles for a
  1 32 designated period of time.
  1 33 LSB 2430YH 81
  1 34 ec:nh/sh/8