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HF 2974

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/09/2020 05:22pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 01/30/2020
1st Engrossment Posted on 03/09/2020

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A bill for an act
relating to state government; expanding permitted uses of raffle receipts for high
school activities; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.761, subdivision
5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.761, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

High school raffles.

Sections 609.755 and 609.76 do not prohibit a raffle, as
defined in section 349.12, subdivision 33, conducted by a school district or a nonprofit
organization organized primarily to support programs of a school district, if the following
conditions are complied with:

(1) tickets for the new text begin 50/50 cash only new text end raffle may only be sold and the drawing conducted
at a high school event sponsored by a school districtnew text begin and at a school district locationnew text end . All
tickets must be sold for the same price;

new text begin (2) the school board has authorized the organization or district to conduct 50/50 raffles
at the event or series of events;
new text end

new text begin (3) the organization reports to the school board, within 30 days of each raffle, the gross
receipts, prizes, and expenses of the raffle;
new text end

new text begin (4) all 50/50 high school raffle tickets must be sold independently and not in conjunction
with any other fund-raising activity sponsored by the high school, sponsoring organization,
or other organization or person;
new text end

deleted text begin (2)deleted text end new text begin (5)new text end tickets may only be sold to persons 18 years of age or older attending the event;

deleted text begin (3)deleted text end new text begin (6)new text end the drawing must be held during or immediately after the conclusion of the event;

deleted text begin (4)deleted text end new text begin (7)new text end one-half of the gross receipts from the sale of tickets must be awarded deleted text begin as prizesdeleted text end new text begin
in cash prizes
new text end for the raffle, and the remaining one-half may only be expended to defray the
school district's costs of deleted text begin sending event participants todeleted text end high school activities deleted text begin held at other
locations
deleted text end new text begin approved by the school boardnew text end ; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (5)deleted text end new text begin (8)new text end if a school district's or nonprofit organization's gross receipts from the conduct
of raffles exceeds $12,000 in a calendar year or $5,000 in a single raffle, the school district
or organization must report the following information to the Gambling Control Board
annually: the total amount of gross receipts received, the total expenses for the raffles, the
total prizes awarded, and an accounting of the expenditures from the gross receipts of the
rafflesdeleted text begin .deleted text end new text begin ;
new text end

new text begin (9) if the organization fails to file a timely report as required in clause (8), the school
board may refuse to issue any authorization to the organization to conduct any future raffle
until the report has been filed and the organization may be subject to penalty as determined
by the school board. The school board may refuse to issue any authorization if a report is
determined to be incomplete or knowingly contains false or inaccurate information; and
new text end

new text begin (10) merchandise prizes are not allowed under this subdivision.
new text end