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SF 515

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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

Current Version - 1st Engrossment

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A bill for an act
relating to gambling; providing for certain raffles;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 349.166,
subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 349.166,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Exclusions.

(a) Bingo, with the exception
of linked bingo games, may be conducted without a license and
without complying with sections 349.168, subdivisions 1 and 2;
349.17, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5; 349.18, subdivision 1; and
349.19, if it is conducted:

(1) by an organization in connection with a county fair,
the state fair, or a civic celebration and is not conducted for
more than 12 consecutive days and is limited to no more than
four separate applications for activities applied for and
approved in a calendar year; or

(2) by an organization that conducts four or fewer bingo
occasions in a calendar year.

An organization that holds a license to conduct lawful
gambling under this chapter may not conduct bingo under this
subdivision.

(b) Bingo may be conducted within a nursing home or a
senior citizen housing project or by a senior citizen
organization if the prizes for a single bingo game do not exceed
$10, total prizes awarded at a single bingo occasion do not
exceed $200, no more than two bingo occasions are held by the
organization or at the facility each week, only members of the
organization or residents of the nursing home or housing project
are allowed to play in a bingo game, no compensation is paid for
any persons who conduct the bingo, and a manager is appointed to
supervise the bingo. Bingo conducted under this paragraph is
exempt from sections 349.11 to 349.23, and the board may not
require an organization that conducts bingo under this
paragraph, or the manager who supervises the bingo, to register
or file a report with the board. The gross receipts from bingo
conducted under the limitations of this subdivision are exempt
from taxation under chapter 297A.

(c) Raffles may be conducted by an organization without a
license and without complying with sections 349.154 to 349.165
and 349.167 to 349.213 if the value of all raffle prizes awarded
by the organization in a calendar year does not exceed $1,500.
new text begin Raffles may be conducted without registering with the board as
provided in Minnesota Rules, part 7861.0130, if the value of all
raffle prizes awarded in the raffle does not exceed $1,500 in a
calendar year.
new text end

(d) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the organization
must maintain all required records of excluded gambling activity
for 3-1/2 years.