09 AM 28
0980
ADOPTED
Senators
Hamrick of the 30th and Douglas of the 17th offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate Special Judiciary Committee substitute to HB 16 (LC 38 0929S) by
inserting after "situations;"
on line
7 "to transfer the responsibility for
regulation of bingo games and issuance of bingo licenses from the Georgia Bureau
of Investigation to the Department of
Revenue;"; by
redesignating Sections 2 through 4 as Sections 4 through 6, respectively; and by
inserting after line 53 the following:
SECTION
2.
Said
title is further amended by replacing "Director" with "Commissioner" and
"director" with "commissioner" wherever the former word occurs in:
(1)
Code Section 16-12-51, relating to definitions pertaining to bingo;
(2)
Code Section 16-12-52, relating to license required to operate bingo game and
recreational bingo exception;
(3)
Code Section 16-12-53, relating to bingo licensing procedures, fees, and
renewals;
(4)
Code Section 16-12-54, relating to revocation of licenses and access to premises
by law enforcement agencies;
(5)
Code Section 16-12-55, relating to certification of tax-exempt status of
organization, issuance of certificate of licensure, and evidentiary nature of
certificate;
(6)
Code Section 16-12-56, relating to issuance of annual one-day license to
nonprofit, tax-exempt school and application;
(7)
Code Section 16-12-59, relating to annual report to be filed with the
director;
(8)
Code Section 16-12-61, relating to promulgation of necessary rules and
regulations by director authorized; and
(9)
Code Section 16-12-62, relating to penalties.
SECTION
3.
Said
title is further amended by replacing "Georgia Bureau of Investigation" with
"Department of Revenue" wherever the former words occur in:
(1)
Code Section 16-12-51, relating to definitions pertaining to bingo;
and
(2)
Code Section 16-12-53, relating to bingo licensing procedures, fees, and
renewals.