1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to gambling; providing for certain raffles;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 349.166,
1.4 	subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 349.166,
1.7 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Exclusions.  (a) Bingo, with the exception
1.9 	of linked bingo games, may be conducted without a license and
1.10 	without complying with sections 349.168, subdivisions 1 and 2;
1.11 	349.17, subdivisions 1, 4, and 5; 349.18, subdivision 1; and
1.12 	349.19, if it is conducted:
1.13 	(1) by an organization in connection with a county fair,
1.14 	the state fair, or a civic celebration and is not conducted for
1.15 	more than 12 consecutive days and is limited to no more than
1.16 	four separate applications for activities applied for and
1.17 	approved in a calendar year; or
1.18 	(2) by an organization that conducts four or fewer bingo
1.19 	occasions in a calendar year.
1.20 	An organization that holds a license to conduct lawful
1.21 	gambling under this chapter may not conduct bingo under this
1.22 	subdivision.
1.23 	(b) Bingo may be conducted within a nursing home or a
1.24 	senior citizen housing project or by a senior citizen
1.25 	organization if the prizes for a single bingo game do not exceed
2.1 	$10, total prizes awarded at a single bingo occasion do not
2.2 	exceed $200, no more than two bingo occasions are held by the
2.3 	organization or at the facility each week, only members of the
2.4 	organization or residents of the nursing home or housing project
2.5 	are allowed to play in a bingo game, no compensation is paid for
2.6 	any persons who conduct the bingo, and a manager is appointed to
2.7 	supervise the bingo.  Bingo conducted under this paragraph is
2.8 	exempt from sections 349.11 to 349.23, and the board may not
2.9 	require an organization that conducts bingo under this
2.10 	paragraph, or the manager who supervises the bingo, to register
2.11 	or file a report with the board.  The gross receipts from bingo
2.12 	conducted under the limitations of this subdivision are exempt
2.13 	from taxation under chapter 297A.
2.14 	(c) Raffles may be conducted by an organization without a
2.15 	license and without complying with sections 349.154 to 349.165
2.16 	and 349.167 to 349.213 if the value of all raffle prizes awarded
2.17 	by the organization in a calendar year does not exceed $1,500.
2.18 	Raffles may be conducted without registering with the board as
2.19 	provided in Minnesota Rules, part 7861.0130, if the value of all
2.20 	raffle prizes awarded in the raffle does not exceed $500 in a
2.21 	calendar year.
2.22 	(d) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the organization
2.23 	must maintain all required records of excluded gambling activity
2.24 	for 3-1/2 years.