SF 2071 (LSB 5181XS (4) 90)

RELATING TO BINGO GAMES, INCLUDING THE PRICE TO PLAY AND  THE VALUE OF MERCHANDISE PRIZES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 99B.21, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  A licensed qualified organization shall not conduct or offer free bingo games or bingo games for which the price to play exceeds fifty dollars per game.

    Sec. 2.  Section 99B.21, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  A merchandise prize may be awarded in the game of bingo, but the actual retail value of the prize, or if the prize consists of more than one item, unit, or part, the aggregate retail value of all items, units, or parts, shall not exceed two nine hundred fifty dollars in value.  However, if the merchandise prize solely consists of one firearm, the actual retail value of the prize shall not exceed five thousand dollars.

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AMY SINCLAIR
President of the Senate

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PAT GRASSLEY
Speaker of the House

   I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2071, Ninetieth General Assembly.

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W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate

Approved _______________, 2024

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KIM REYNOLDS
Governor