Senate File 2149
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3063)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to games of chance by authorizing certain bingo
2 games and prizes for bingo and raffles and providing an
3 effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph c,
1 2 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to
1 3 read as follows:
1 4 Cash or merchandise prizes may be awarded in the game of
1 5 bingo and, except as otherwise provided in this paragraph,
1 6 shall not exceed one hundred dollars. Merchandise prizes may
1 7 be awarded in the game of bingo, but the actual retail value
1 8 of the prize, or if the prize consists of more than one item,
1 9 unit or part, the aggregate retail value of all items, units
1 10 or parts, shall not exceed the maximum provided by this
1 11 paragraph. Bingo games allowing for a trade=in of a bingo
1 12 card during a bingo game for not more than fifty cents a
1 13 trade=in may be conducted. A jackpot bingo game may be
1 14 conducted once twice during any twenty=four hour period in
1 15 which the prize may begin at not more than three hundred
1 16 dollars in cash or actual retail value of merchandise prizes
1 17 and may be increased by not more than one two hundred dollars
1 18 after each bingo occasion to a maximum prize of one thousand
1 19 dollars for the first jackpot bingo game and two thousand five
1 20 hundred dollars for the second jackpot bingo game. However,
1 21 the cost of play in a jackpot bingo game shall not be
1 22 increased and the jackpot shall not amount to more than eight
1 23 hundred dollars in cash or actual retail value of merchandise
1 24 prizes. A jackpot bingo game is not prohibited by paragraph
1 25 "h". A bingo occasion shall not last for longer than four
1 26 consecutive hours. A qualified organization shall not hold
1 27 more than fourteen bingo occasions per month. Bingo occasions
1 28 held under a limited license shall not be counted in
1 29 determining whether a qualified organization has conducted
1 30 more than fourteen bingo occasions per month, nor shall bingo
1 31 occasions held under a limited license be limited to four
1 32 consecutive hours. With the exception of a limited license
1 33 bingo, no more than three bingo occasions per week shall be
1 34 held within a structure or building and only one person
1 35 licensed to conduct games under this section may hold bingo
2 1 occasions within a structure or building. A licensed
2 2 qualified organization shall not conduct free games.
2 3 Sec. 2. Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph d,
2 4 unnumbered paragraphs 1, 2, and 3, Code Supplement 2003, are
2 5 amended to read as follows:
2 6 Cash prizes shall not be awarded in games other than bingo
2 7 and raffles. The value of a prize shall not exceed ten
2 8 thousand dollars and merchandise prizes shall not be
2 9 repurchased. If a prize consists of more than one item, unit,
2 10 or part, the aggregate value of all items, units, or parts
2 11 shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. However, one raffle
2 12 may be conducted per calendar year at which real property or
2 13 one or more merchandise prizes having a combined value of more
2 14 than ten thousand dollars may be awarded or a cash prize of up
2 15 to two hundred thousand dollars may be awarded.
2 16 If a raffle licensee holds a statewide raffle license, the
2 17 licensee may hold not more than eight raffles per calendar
2 18 year at which real property or one or more merchandise prizes
2 19 having a combined value of more than ten thousand dollars may
2 20 be awarded or a cash prize of up to two hundred thousand
2 21 dollars may be awarded. Each such raffle held under a
2 22 statewide license shall be held in a separate county.
2 23 If a prize is merchandise, its value shall be determined by
2 24 the purchase price paid by the organization or donor. If a
2 25 prize is real property or is cash and the combined value of
2 26 the prize or the cash prize exceeds one hundred thousand
2 27 dollars, the department shall conduct a special audit to
2 28 verify compliance with the appropriate requirements of this
2 29 chapter including all of the following applicable
2 30 requirements:
2 31 Sec. 3. Section 99B.7, subsection 1, paragraph d,
2 32 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
2 33 follows:
2 34 (1) The licensee has submitted a real property or cash
2 35 raffle license application and a fee of one hundred dollars to
3 1 the department, has been issued a license, and prominently
3 2 displays the license at the drawing area of the raffle.
3 3 Sec. 4. Section 99B.7, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
3 4 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
3 5 a. A person wishing to conduct games and raffles pursuant
3 6 to this section as a qualified organization shall submit an
3 7 application and a license fee of one hundred fifty dollars.
3 8 The annual license fee for a statewide raffle license shall be
3 9 one hundred fifty dollars. However, upon submission of an
3 10 application accompanied by a license fee of fifteen dollars, a
3 11 person may be issued a limited license to conduct all games
3 12 and raffles pursuant to this section at a specified location
3 13 and during a specified period of fourteen consecutive calendar
3 14 days, except that bingo may only be conducted once per each
3 15 seven consecutive calendar days of the specified period. In
3 16 addition, a qualified organization may be issued a limited
3 17 license to conduct raffles pursuant to this section for a
3 18 period of ninety days for a license fee of forty dollars or
3 19 for a period of one hundred eighty days for a license fee of
3 20 seventy=five dollars. For the purposes of this paragraph, a
3 21 limited license is deemed to be issued on the first day of the
3 22 period for which the license is issued.
3 23 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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