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The
House Committee on Public Safety & Homeland Security offers the
following
substitute
to HB 51:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To
amend Part 2 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to bingo, so as to transfer the responsibility for
the regulation of bingo games and issuance of bingo licenses from the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation to the Department of Revenue; to provide for related
matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
2 of Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to bingo, is amended by replacing "Director" with
"Commissioner" and "director" with "commissioner" wherever such terms occur
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
2.
Said
part is further amended by replacing "Bureau of Investigation" with "Department
of Revenue" wherever such term occurs 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.
SECTION
3.
This
Act shall become effective on January 1, 2011, and shall apply to all bingo
license applications and bingo licenses issued on or after such
date.
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.