Senate File 2147 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY GASKILL Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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