SENATE FILE 245

BY  JOCHUM

A BILL FOR

An Act allowing qualified organizations to lease electronic bingo equipment in order to assist disabled participants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 99B.7, subsection 8, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  A qualified organization licensed under this section shall purchase bingo equipment and supplies only from a manufacturer or a distributor licensed by the department. A qualified organization may also lease electronic bingo equipment from a manufacturer or a distributor licensed by the department for the purpose of aiding disabled individuals.
EXPLANATION
   This bill allows a qualified organization, for the purpose of aiding disabled participants, to lease electronic bingo equipment from a manufacturer or distributor licensed by the department of inspections and appeals. 
   A qualified organization is defined as an organization licensed by the department of inspections and appeals which dedicates its net receipts from a game of skill or chance or a raffle to educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses.