Senate File 91 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY BARTZ
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to allowable bingo occasions under a limited
2 license to conduct social games and raffles.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 2012SS 83
5 ec/nh/14
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
1 2 2009, 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 a bingo occasion may only be conducted once
1 13 per each seven consecutive calendar days of the specified
1 14 period. In addition, a qualified organization may be issued a
1 15 limited license to conduct raffles pursuant to this section
1 16 for a period of ninety days for a license fee of forty dollars
1 17 or for a period of one hundred eighty days for a license fee
1 18 of seventy=five dollars. For the purposes of this paragraph,
1 19 a limited license is deemed to be issued on the first day of
1 20 the period for which the license is issued.
1 21 EXPLANATION
1 22 This bill eliminates the restriction that a person issued a
1 23 limited license to conduct social games and raffles over a
1 24 14=day period may only conduct a bingo occasion once per each
1 25 seven consecutive calendar days during this period.
1 26 LSB 2012SS 83
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