Senate File 219 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning social gambling by religious institutions.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 1808SS 82
  4 ec/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  99B.12B  RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS
  1  2 == LICENSING EXCEPTIONS.
  1  3    1.  A religious institution that is an organization that is
  1  4 exempt from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of
  1  5 the Internal Revenue Code as defined in section 422.3 is
  1  6 authorized to conduct a bingo occasion, annual carnival game,
  1  7 or a raffle without a license as otherwise required by this
  1  8 chapter if all of the following requirements are met:
  1  9    a.  Participants are not charged to enter the premises
  1 10 where the bingo occasion or raffle is conducted.
  1 11    b.  Participants in the bingo occasion or annual carnival
  1 12 game are not charged to play once the participant has entered
  1 13 the premises where the event is conducted.
  1 14    c.  Any prize awarded shall not exceed five hundred
  1 15 dollars.
  1 16    d.  The total revenues raised by a religious institution
  1 17 during any calendar year from games conducted pursuant to this
  1 18 section shall not exceed one thousand dollars.
  1 19    2.  For purposes of this section, an "annual carnival game"
  1 20 means games of skill and games of chance conducted during a
  1 21 period of twelve consecutive hours once each year by the
  1 22 religious institution.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill permits a religious institution to conduct a
  1 25 bingo occasion, raffle, or annual carnival game without
  1 26 obtaining a license if certain requirements are met.  The
  1 27 requirements established by the bill are that participants
  1 28 shall not be charged admission to a bingo occasion, or a
  1 29 raffle, that participants in bingo or an annual carnival game
  1 30 shall not be charged to play, that any prize awarded shall not
  1 31 exceed $500, and that total revenues raised by a religious
  1 32 institution in a year shall not exceed $1,000.  The bill
  1 33 defines an annual carnival game as games of skill and games of
  1 34 chance conducted during a period of 12 consecutive hours once
  1 35 each year by the religious institution.
  2  1 LSB 1808SS 82
  2  2 ec:nh/es/88