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

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  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
  1 27 ec/nh/14