Bill Text: IN SB0167 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Charity gaming workers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy [SB0167 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-SB0167-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 167

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 4-32.2-5.

Synopsis: Charity gaming workers. Allows an operator of or a worker at a charity gaming event (other than a full-time employee of the qualified organization conducting the event) to receive remuneration of not more than $50 for conducting or assisting in conducting the event. Provides that meals, recognition dinners, and social events for operators and workers are permitted if they do not constitute an unreasonable expenditure in the conduct of an allowable event.

Effective: July 1, 2012.

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Randolph

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    January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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SENATE BILL No. 167

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning gaming.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-5-12; (12)IN0167.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 4-32.2-5-12, AS AMENDED BY P.L.104-2011, SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 12. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), an operator, a worker, or A volunteer ticket agent who is not a full-time employee may not receive remuneration for:
        (1) conducting; or
        (2) assisting in conducting;
an allowable event.
     (b) An operator or a worker who is not a full-time employee of the qualified organization conducting an allowable event may receive remuneration of not more than fifty dollars ($50) for:
        (1) conducting; or
        (2) assisting in conducting;
the allowable event.
    (b) (c) In addition to providing the remuneration permitted by subsection (b), a qualified organization that conducts an allowable event may:

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        (1) provide meals for the operators and workers during the allowable event; and
        (2) provide recognition dinners and social events for the operators and workers;
if the value of the meals and social events does not constitute a significant inducement to participate an unreasonable expenditure in the conduct of the allowable event.
    (c) (d) In the case of a qualified organization holding a PPT license, any employee of the qualified organization may:
        (1) participate in the sale and redemption of pull tabs, punchboards, and tip boards on the premises of the qualified organization; and
        (2) receive the remuneration ordinarily provided to the employee in the course of the employee's employment.

SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-5-16; (12)IN0167.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 4-32.2-5-16, AS AMENDED BY P.L.60-2009, SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 16. (a) Except as provided in section 12(c) 12(d) of this chapter and subsection (b), a worker at an allowable event must be a member in good standing of the qualified organization that is conducting the allowable event for at least thirty (30) days at the time of the allowable event.
    (b) A qualified organization may allow an individual who is not a member of the qualified organization to participate in an allowable event as a worker if the individual is a full-time employee of the qualified organization that is conducting the allowable event; or if:
        (1) the individual is a member of another qualified organization; and
        (2) the individual's participation is approved by the commission.
A qualified organization may apply to the commission on a form prescribed by the commission for approval of the participation of a nonmember under this subsection. A qualified organization may share the proceeds of an allowable event with the qualified organization in which a worker participating in the allowable event under this subsection is a member. The tasks that will be performed by an individual participating in an allowable event under this subsection and the amounts shared with the individual's qualified organization must be described in the application and approved by the commission.
    (c) For purposes of:
        (1) the licensing requirements of this article; and
        (2) section 9 of this chapter;
a qualified organization that receives a share of the proceeds of an allowable event described in subsection (b) is not considered to be

conducting an allowable event.