Senate File 245 - Introduced SENATE FILE 245 BY JOCHUM A BILL FOR An Act allowing qualified organizations to lease electronic 1 bingo equipment in order to assist disabled participants. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1479SS (1) 84 aw/nh

S.F. 245 Section 1. Section 99B.7, subsection 8, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 8. A qualified organization licensed under this section 3 shall purchase bingo equipment and supplies only from a 4 manufacturer or a distributor licensed by the department. 5 A qualified organization may also lease electronic bingo 6 equipment from a manufacturer or a distributor licensed by the 7 department for the purpose of aiding disabled individuals. 8 EXPLANATION 9 This bill allows a qualified organization, for the purpose 10 of aiding disabled participants, to lease electronic bingo 11 equipment from a manufacturer or distributor licensed by the 12 department of inspections and appeals. 13 A qualified organization is defined as an organization 14 licensed by the department of inspections and appeals which 15 dedicates its net receipts from a game of skill or chance or a 16 raffle to educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, 17 or religious uses. 18 -1- LSB 1479SS (1) 84 aw/nh 1/ 1