Bill Text: NH HB220 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing a committee to study the regulatory structure of charitable gaming.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-09-13 - Executive Session: 09/19/2023 10:30 am Legislative Office Building 202-204 House Calendar 37 [HB220 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2023-HB220-Introduced.html
HB 220 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0578
02/10
HOUSE BILL 220
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the regulatory structure of charitable gaming.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ames, Ches. 13
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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ANALYSIS
This bill reestablishes a committee to study the regulatory structure of charitable gaming.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0578
02/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the regulatory structure of charitable gaming.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Reestablished. The committee established pursuant to 2021, 221:1 to study the regulatory structure of charitable gaming is reestablished.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Four members of the house of representatives serving on the ways and means committee, 2 of whom shall be members of the majority party and 2 of whom shall be members of the minority party, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) Two members of the senate, one of whom shall be from the ways and means committee and one of whom shall be from the finance committee, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall:
I. Study the oversight and enforcement of charitable gaming in New Hampshire, including non-charitable gaming activities that are conducted at the same site as charitable gaming activities, and how that regulatory structure, including staffing levels for auditors, inspectors, and other oversight positions, compares with best-practice regulatory standards for the gaming industry and regulatory structures used in other jurisdictions.
II. Review the recommendations of prior study commissions with respect to the regulatory structure of charitable gaming in New Hampshire and determine to what degree those recommendations have been addressed, including but not limited to recommendations relating to oversight, enforcement, control measures, technology, problem gambling, and staffing.
III. Study the amounts and distribution of revenues generated by each charitable gaming operator to the state and to the charities served by that operator, including all costs borne by the operator and charities.
IV. Study the methods used by charitable gaming operators to select the charities that will be given dates at the operators’ facilities, including the methods used when there is a “wait list” at the facilities.
V. Study the consideration of applicants for charitable gaming licenses who do not meet the definition of a charitable organization as set forth in RSA 287-D:1, IV..
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2023.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
