Senate File 2147 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  GASKILL


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning bingo conducted during county fairs.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 6214XS 82
  4 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 the duration of a
  1  7 fair event conducted by a fair under the provisions of chapter
  1  8 174.  In addition, a qualified organization, which is a senior
  1  9 citizens' center or a residents' council at a senior citizen
  1 10 housing project or a group home, may hold more than fourteen
  1 11 bingo occasions per month and more than three bingo occasions
  1 12 per week within the same structure or building, and bingo
  1 13 occasions conducted by such a qualified organization may last
  1 14 for longer than four consecutive hours, if the majority of the
  1 15 patrons of the qualified organization's bingo occasions also
  1 16 participate in other activities of the senior citizens' center
  1 17 or are residents of the housing project.  At the conclusion of
  1 18 each bingo occasion, the person conducting the game shall
  1 19 announce both the gross receipts received from the bingo
  1 20 occasion and the use permitted under subsection 3, paragraph
  1 21 "b", to which the net receipts of the bingo occasion will be
  1 22 dedicated and distributed.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill provides that the limitation on the frequency and
  1 25 duration of bingo occasions does not apply to bingo conducted
  1 26 during a county fair.
  1 27 LSB 6214XS 82
  1 28 ec/nh/5