House Study Bill 713 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            STATE GOVERNMENT BILL
                                            BY CHAIRPERSON MASCHER)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning bingo conducted during county fairs and
  2    community festivals.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6475HC 82
  5 ec/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph c,
  1  2 unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    However, notwithstanding the limitations on frequency and
  1  5 duration of bingo occasions as provided in this lettered
  1  6 paragraph, bingo may be conducted during a community festival
  1  7 of no more than four days in length or during the duration of
  1  8 a fair event conducted by a fair under the provisions of
  1  9 chapter 174.  In addition, a qualified organization, which is
  1 10 a senior citizens' center or a residents' council at a senior
  1 11 citizen housing project or a group home, may hold more than
  1 12 fourteen bingo occasions per month and more than three bingo
  1 13 occasions per week within the same structure or building, and
  1 14 bingo occasions conducted by such a qualified organization may
  1 15 last for longer than four consecutive hours, if the majority
  1 16 of the patrons of the qualified organization's bingo occasions
  1 17 also participate in other activities of the senior citizens'
  1 18 center or are residents of the housing project.  At the
  1 19 conclusion of each bingo occasion, the person conducting the
  1 20 game shall announce both the gross receipts received from the
  1 21 bingo occasion and the use permitted under subsection 3,
  1 22 paragraph "b", to which the net receipts of the bingo occasion
  1 23 will be dedicated and distributed.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill provides that the limitation on the frequency and
  1 26 duration of bingo occasions does not apply to bingo conducted
  1 27 during a county fair and does not apply to a community
  1 28 festival of no more than four days in length.
  1 29 LSB 6475HC 82
  1 30 ec/nh/5