Indiana Senate Bill 252 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
Pending: Senate Public Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Adds a bona fide national foundation to the types of organizations that may become qualified organizations for purposes of the charity gaming laws. Defines a member of a bona fide national foundation. Reduces the number of years that an organization must exist in Indiana to become a qualified organization from five years to three years. Provides that: (1) qualified organizations may conduct raffles without obtaining a license; (2) unlicensed charity gaming events are not considered allowable events; removing such events from the application of the regulatory statutes governing allowable events; and (3) the criminal laws concerning gambling do not apply to participants in an unlicensed charity gaming event. Repeals the single event raffle license and the annual raffle license. Makes conforming changes.

Charity gaming.

Sen. James Tomes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-04		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2012-01-04		Authored by Senator Tomes

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0252
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN0252.1.html