1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to gambling; establishing a candidate campaign raffle;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2016, section 609.761, by adding a subdivision.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 609.761, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.6 	to read:
1.7 		Subd. 7.Candidate campaign raffle. (a) Sections 609.755 and 609.76 do not prohibit 
1.8 	the conduct of or participation in a raffle, as defined in section 349.12, subdivision 33, 
1.9 	conducted by a person that is a candidate, as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 10, or 
1.10 	by a person that is an officer of the candidate's principal campaign committee, as defined 
1.11 	in section 10A.01, subdivision 34, if the following conditions are complied with:
1.12 	(1) no raffles may be conducted by a candidate for the state legislature while the 
1.13 	legislature is in special or regular session;
1.14 	(2) tickets may only be sold to persons 18 years of age or older and may not be purchased 
1.15 	by the candidate. An officer of the candidate's principal campaign committee, or an immediate 
1.16 	family member of a candidate or an officer of a candidate's principal campaign committee 
1.17 	or a lobbyist or principal, as those terms are defined in section 10A.01, may not purchase 
1.18 	more than one ticket;
1.19 	(3) a candidate campaign raffle under this subdivision is limited to three occasions per 
1.20 	calendar year;
1.21 	(4) the retail value of all prizes awarded in a single raffle may not exceed $3,000;
2.1 	(5) all tickets must be sold for the same price and the raffle shall be conducted so that 
2.2 	each ticket has an equal chance of being drawn; and
2.3 	(6) participants in the raffle shall not be required to be present at the drawing in order 
2.4 	to win.
2.5 	(b) This subdivision does not authorize raffles to be conducted by or for the benefit of 
2.6 	political committees, political funds, or political parties or party units, as those terms are 
2.7 	defined in section 10A.01.