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SB 1309 Charitable Gaming Board; membership.

Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:

Charitable Gaming Board; membership. Increases the total number of members of the Charitable Gaming Board from nine to eleven and transfers from the Governor to the General Assembly the authority to appoint five of the eleven members. Of the five members appointed by the General Assembly, three will be appointed by the Speaker of the House and two will be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The bill also provides the qualifications for the new appointees of the Governor and the General Assembly and establishes the order in which such appointments shall be made.

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Charitable Gaming Board; membership. Increases the total number of members of the Charitable Gaming Board from nine to eleven and transfers from the Governor to the General Assembly the authority to appoint five of the eleven members. Of the five members appointed by the General Assembly, three will be appointed by the Speaker of the House and two will be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The bill provides the qualifications for the appointees and establishes the order in which new appointments shall be made.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Charitable Gaming Board; membership. Transfers from the Governor to the General Assembly the authority to appoint four of the nine members of the Charitable Gaming Board. Under the bill, two members are appointed by the Speaker of the House and two by the Senate Committee on Rules. The bill also provides the qualifications for the appointees and establishes a sequential order for making the appointments.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Charitable gaming. Renames the Charitable Gaming Board the Board for Charitable Gaming (the Board), designates the Board as a supervisory board for the purposes of charitable gaming, and sets out the powers and duties of the Board. The bill (i) transfers the responsibility for the administration of charitable gaming from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Board; (ii) sets up a special fund for the administration of charitable gaming; (iii) requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to create an Office of Charitable Gaming within the Department; (iv) requires the Board, when the account for the Board shows expenses allocated to it for the past biennium to be more than 10 percent greater or less than moneys collected by the Board, to revise the fees levied by it for issuing charitable gaming permits and supplier registrations, or renewal thereof, so that the fees are sufficient but not excessive to cover expenses; (v) reduces the number of members of the Board from nine to eight, designates the appointing authority for Board members, and sets out eligibility for service on the Board; (vi) authorizes the Board to investigate any charitable gaming activity not specifically authorized by law or Board regulations; and (vii) requires organizations that conduct certain charitable gaming to obtain a permit from the Board. The bill contains technical amendments.