1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to crime prevention and public safety;
1.3 	gambling; legalizing the game of Texas hold'em under
1.4 	certain conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.5 	section 609.761, subdivision 3.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 609.761,
1.8 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 3.Social skill game.  Sections 609.755 and 609.76
1.10 	do not prohibit tournaments or contests that satisfy all of the
1.11 	following requirements:
1.12 	(1) the tournament or contest consists of the card games of
1.13 	chance commonly known as cribbage, skat, sheephead, bridge,
1.14 	euchre, pinochle, gin, 500, smear, Texas hold'em,or whist;
1.15 	(2) the tournament or contest does not provide any direct
1.16 	financial benefit to the promoter or organizer; and
1.17 	(3) the sum of all prizes awarded for each tournament or
1.18 	contest does not exceed $200. No person under 18 years of age
1.19 	may participate in a Texas hold'em tournament or contest.
1.20 	A statutory or home rule city or county has the authority
1.21 	to adopt more stringent regulations of a tournament or contest
1.22 	of social skill games within its jurisdiction, including the
1.23 	prohibition of a tournament or contest of a social skill game,
1.24 	and may require a permit for the conduct of a tournament or
1.25 	contest of Texas hold'em.  The fee for a permit issued under
2.1 	this subdivision must be reasonably related to the cost incurred
2.2 	by the city or county in administering and enforcing the permit
2.3 	and may not exceed $200.  A county may only regulate tournaments
2.4 	or contests of Texas hold'em that occur outside the boundaries
2.5 	of a statutory or home rule charter city.

2.6 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.7 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment
2.8 	and applies to acts committed on or after the enactment date.