1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to gambling; raising the legal age for 
  1.3             gambling to 21; requiring the governor to request 
  1.4             tribal governments to raise the legal age for gambling 
  1.5             at casinos to 21; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.6             sections 240.25, subdivision 8; 349.2127, subdivision 
  1.7             8; and 349A.12, subdivisions 1, 2, and 5. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 240.25, 
  1.10  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 8.  [AGE UNDER 18 21.] A person under the age of 18 
  1.12  21 may not place a bet or present a pari-mutuel ticket for 
  1.13  payment with an approved pari-mutuel system. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 349.2127, 
  1.15  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  1.16     Subd. 8.  [MINIMUM AGE.] (a) A person under the age of 
  1.17  18 21 years may not buy a pull-tab, tipboard ticket, paddlewheel 
  1.18  ticket, or raffle ticket, or a chance to participate in a bingo 
  1.19  game other than a bingo game exempt or excluded from licensing.  
  1.20  Violation of this paragraph is a misdemeanor. 
  1.21     (b) A licensed organization or employee may not allow a 
  1.22  person under age 18 21 to participate in lawful gambling in 
  1.23  violation of paragraph (a).  Violation of this paragraph is a 
  1.24  misdemeanor. 
  1.25     (c) In a prosecution under paragraph (b), it is a defense 
  1.26  for the defendant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence 
  2.1   that the defendant reasonably and in good faith relied upon 
  2.2   representations of proof of age authorized in section 340A.503, 
  2.3   subdivision 6, paragraph (a). 
  2.4      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 349A.12, 
  2.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.6      Subdivision 1.  [PURCHASE BY MINORS.] A person under the 
  2.7   age of 18 21 years may not buy or redeem for a prize a ticket in 
  2.8   the state lottery. 
  2.9      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 349A.12, 
  2.10  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.11     Subd. 2.  [SALE TO MINORS.] A lottery retailer may not sell 
  2.12  and a lottery retailer or other person may not furnish or redeem 
  2.13  for a prize a ticket in the state lottery to any person under 
  2.14  the age of 18 21 years.  It is an affirmative defense to a 
  2.15  charge under this subdivision for the lottery retailer or other 
  2.16  person to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the 
  2.17  lottery retailer or other person reasonably and in good faith 
  2.18  relied upon representation of proof of age described in section 
  2.19  340A.503, subdivision 6, in making the sale or furnishing or 
  2.20  redeeming the ticket. 
  2.21     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 349A.12, 
  2.22  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  2.23     Subd. 5.  [EXCEPTIONS.] Nothing in this chapter prohibits 
  2.24  giving a state lottery ticket as a gift, provided that a state 
  2.25  lottery ticket may not be given to a person under the age of 18 
  2.26  21. 
  2.27     Sec. 6.  [GAMBLING AT TRIBAL CASINOS.] 
  2.28     The governor shall contact the chairs of the 11 tribal 
  2.29  governments in this state and request that tribal governments 
  2.30  change the allowable age for gambling at tribal casinos to 21 
  2.31  years.  The governor shall inform the standing committees of the 
  2.32  legislature that have jurisdiction over gambling issues of the 
  2.33  responses of the 11 tribal governments to the request made under 
  2.34  this section.