Bill Text: CT SB00417 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Eliminating The Limit On Teacup Raffle Prizes And Authorizing Golf Ball Drop Raffles.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Signed by the Governor [SB00417 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00417-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 2978 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security |
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AN ACT ELIMINATING THE LIMIT ON TEACUP RAFFLE PRIZES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 7-185a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, and the regulations adopted pursuant to said sections, any organization conducting a bazaar may operate a "teacup raffle" and may, through the sale of chances, award prizes consisting of gift certificates or merchandise. [, each not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars in value.] No such organization may conduct more than one scheduled "teacup raffle" drawing for all prizes offered on any day on which a bazaar is permitted. A "teacup raffle" shall be operated from an authorized bazaar booth, and shall be subject to regulation by the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue. Each "teacup raffle" ticket shall (1) be consecutively numbered and have a correspondingly numbered stub that shall include the name, address and telephone number of the purchaser, or (2) be a sheet containing up to twenty-five coupons, each bearing the same number, and including a "hold" stub for the purchaser and a correspondingly numbered stub including the name, address and telephone number of the purchaser. The Division of Special Revenue shall be the sole issuer of sheet tickets which shall be made available for purchase by permittees as fund raising items at a price not to exceed ten per cent above the state purchase price. Each sponsoring organization conducting such raffle shall conspicuously post, at each bazaar booth at which such raffle is conducted, a notice or notices that include the date and time of any "teacup raffle" drawing. The sponsoring organization shall preserve all sold and unsold tickets or stubs for a period of at least one year from the date of the verified statement required pursuant to section 7-182.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
7-185a(e) |
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate the financial limit on the value of prizes awarded at teacup raffles.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]