Minnesota Legislature
SF 1006
as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/14/2013 03:23pm
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A bill for an act
relating to lawful gambling; modifying account, record keeping, and other
regulatory provisions; modifying paddle wheel provisions; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2012, sections 297E.06, subdivision 4; 349.12, subdivisions 28a, 28b,
29; 349.1635, subdivision 3; 349.165, subdivision 5; 349.19, subdivisions 2,
10; 349.211, subdivision 2b.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297E.06, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Annual audit, certified inventory, and cash count.
(a) An organization
licensed under chapter 349 with gross receipts from lawful gambling of more than
deleted text begin $500,000deleted text end new text begin $750,000new text end in any year must have an annual financial audit of its lawful gambling
activities and funds for that year.
(b) The commissioner may require a financial audit of the lawful gambling activities
and funds of an organization licensed under chapter 349, with gross receipts less than
deleted text begin $500,000deleted text end new text begin $750,000new text end annually, when an organization has:
(1) failed to timely file required gambling tax returns;
(2) failed to timely pay the gambling tax or regulatory fee;
(3) filed fraudulent gambling tax returns;
(4) failed to take corrective actions required by the commissioner; or
(5) failed to otherwise comply with this chapter.
(c) Audits under this subdivision must be performed by an independent accountant
licensed in accordance with chapter 326A.
(d) An organization licensed under chapter 349 must perform an annual certified
inventory and cash count at the end of its fiscal year and submit the report to the
commissioner within 30 days after the end of its fiscal year. The report shall be on a form
prescribed by the commissioner.
(e) The commissioner of revenue shall prescribe standards for the audits, certified
inventory, and cash count reports required under this subdivision. The standards may
vary based on the gross receipts of the organization. The standards must incorporate and
be consistent with standards prescribed by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. A complete, true, and correct copy of the audits, certified inventory, and
cash count report must be filed as prescribed by the commissioner.
Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 28a, is amended to read:
Subd. 28a.
Paddle ticket.
"Paddle ticket" means a deleted text begin preprinteddeleted text end ticket deleted text begin that can be
deleted text end new text begin preprinted by a manufacturer new text end used to place wagers on the spin of a paddle wheelnew text begin or a
ticket printed by an approved point of sale system at the site that records each wager made
for each spin of a paddle wheel at the sitenew text end .
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 28b, is amended to read:
Subd. 28b.
Paddle ticket card.
"Paddle ticket card" means a card to which
detachable paddle tickets are attached.new text begin Paddle tickets printed at the site by the approved
point of sale system are not required to be used with or be attached to a paddle ticket card.
new text end
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.12, subdivision 29, is amended to read:
Subd. 29.
Paddle wheel.
"Paddle wheel" means a vertical wheel marked off into
sections containing one or more numbers, and which, after being turned or spun, uses a
pointer or marker to indicate winning chances, and may only be used to determine a
winning number or numbers matching a winning paddle ticket purchased by a player. A
paddle wheel may be an electronic device that simulates a paddle wheelnew text begin including a server
that links the paddle wheel to other permitted premises, controls the random outcome
graphically displayed, and records the wager selections for all tickets sold and all wins
payable at each and all linked premisesnew text end .
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.1635, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Attachments to application.
An applicant for a linked bingo game
provider license must attach to its application:
(1) evidence of a bond in the principal amount of new text begin not less than new text end $100,000 payable to
the state of Minnesota conditioned on the payment of all linked bingo prizes and any other
money due and payable under this chapter;
(2) detailed plans and specifications for the operation of the linked bingo game and
the linked bingo system, along with a proposed fee schedule for the cost of providing
services and equipment to licensed organizations which may not exceed 15 percent of
gross profits, unless a higher percentage, not to exceed 20 percent, is authorized by the
board. The fee schedule must incorporate costs paid to distributors for services provided
under subdivision 5; and
(3) any other information required by the board by rule.
Sec. 6.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.165, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
Subd. 5.
Off-site permits.
(a) A licensed organization may conduct lawful
gambling on a premises other than the organization's permitted premises if it has first
submitted to the board an application and lease on forms provided by the board, obtained
authorization required under section 349.213, and received a permit from the board for
up to deleted text begin fourdeleted text end new text begin 12new text end events in a calendar year in connection with a county fair, the State Fair, a
church festival, or a civic celebration, not to exceed three days per event.
(b) No lease is required for the conduct of a raffle.
(c) No fee may be assessed for an off-site permit by the board or by local authority
under section 349.213.
Sec. 7.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Accounts.
(a) Gross receipts from lawful gambling by each organization
must be segregated from all other revenues of the conducting organization and placed in a
separate gambling bank account.
(b) All expenditures for allowable expenses, taxes, and lawful purposes must be
made from the separate account except (1) in the case of expenditures previously approved
by the organization's membership for emergencies as defined by board rule, (2) as provided
in subdivision 2a, or (3) when restricted to one electronic fund transaction for the payment
of taxes for the organization as a whole, the organization may transfer the amount of taxes
related to the conduct of gambling to the general account at the time when due and payable.
(c) The name and address of the bank, the account number for the separate account,
and the names of organization members authorized as signatories on the separate account
must be provided to the board when the application is submitted. Changes in the
information must be submitted to the board at least ten days before the change is made.
(d) deleted text begin Except for gambling receipts from electronic pull-tab games and linked
electronic bingo games,deleted text end Gambling receipts must be deposited into the gambling bank
account within four business days of completion of the bingo occasion, deal, or game from
which they are received.
(1) A deal of paper pull-tabs is considered complete when either the last pull-tab of
the deal is sold or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct pull-tabs.
(2) A tipboard game is considered complete when the seal on the game flare is
uncovered or the organization does not continue the play of the deal during the next
scheduled period of time in which the organization will conduct tipboards.
(e) Gambling receipts from all electronic pull-tab games and all linked electronic
bingo games must be recorded on a daily basis deleted text begin and deposited into the gambling bank
account within two business daysdeleted text end .
(f) Deposit records must be sufficient to allow determination of deposits made from
each bingo occasion, deal, or game at each permitted premises.
(g) The person who accounts for gambling gross receipts and profits may not be the
same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
Sec. 8.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.19, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
Subd. 10.
Pull-tab records.
(a) The board shall by rule require a licensed
organization to require each winner of a paper pull-tab prize of deleted text begin $50deleted text end new text begin $100new text end or more to
present identification in the form of a driver's license, Minnesota identification card, or
other identification the board deems sufficient to allow the identification and tracking of
the winner. The rule must require the organization to retain winning paper pull-tabs of deleted text begin $50
deleted text end new text begin $100new text end or more, and the identification of the winner of the pull-tab, for 3-1/2 years.
(b) An organization must maintain separate cash banks for each deal of paper
pull-tabs unless (1) the licensed organization uses a pull-tab dispensing device, or (2) the
organization uses a cash register, of a type approved by the board, which records all
sales of paper pull-tabs by separate deals.
(c) The board shall:
(1) by rule adopt minimum technical standards for cash registers that may be used
by organizations, and shall approve for use by organizations any cash register that meets
the standards; and
(2) before allowing an organization to use a cash register that commingles receipts
from several different paper pull-tab games in play, adopt rules that define how cash
registers may be used and that establish a procedure for organizations to reconcile all
pull-tab games in play at the end of each month.
Sec. 9.
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 349.211, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
Subd. 2b.
Paddle wheel prizes.
deleted text begin The maximum cash prize which may be awarded
for a paddle ticket is $70.deleted text end An organization may not sell deleted text begin anydeleted text end new text begin an individual wager on a
new text end paddle deleted text begin ticketdeleted text end new text begin wheelnew text end for more than $2new text begin , and no person may wager more than $50 on any one
spin of a paddle wheelnew text end .