Bill Text: NH SB144 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to carry-over coverall bingo and shared carry-over coverall bingo.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-21 - Signed by the Governor on 03/18/2016; Chapter 0010; Effective 09/14/2016 Senate Journal 9 [SB144 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB144-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 10
SB 144 - FINAL VERSION
6Jan2016... 2484h
03/03/2016 0500EBA
2016 SESSION
15-0312
08/04
SENATE BILL 144
AN ACT relative to carry-over coverall bingo and shared carry-over coverall bingo.
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Defines shared carry-over coverall bingo, host hall, and participating hall.
II. Allows the lottery commission to adopt rules relative to carry-over coverall bingo and shared carry-over coverall bingo.
III. Describes the operation of shared carry-over coverall bingo.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Jan2016... 2484h 15-0312
03/03/2016 0500EBA 08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to carry-over coverall bingo and shared carry-over coverall bingo.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
10:1 New Paragraph; Shared Carry-Over Coverall Games of Bingo. Amend RSA 287-E:1 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
X. “Shared carry-over coverall” means a carry-over coverall bingo game conducted at a host hall and exhibited simultaneously to at least one participating hall by means of an electronic simulcast feed for the purpose of playing for a common jackpot with the conduct of the game at the host hall under rules adopted by the commission under RSA 541-A. “Host hall” means a commercial hall or charitable organization approved by the commission where a shared carry-over coverall bingo game originates. “Participating hall” means a commercial hall or charitable organization approved by the commission that receives a simulcast of the shared carry-over coverall played at the host hall.
10:2 Shared Carry-Over Coverall Games of Bingo. Amend RSA 287-E:3, XIV-XV to read as follows:
XIV. A carry-over coverall game or a shared carry-over coverall game, including the application process for host halls.
XV. Other matters related to the proper administration of this chapter.
[XV] XVI. The issuance of subpoenas pursuant to RSA 287-E:14-a.
10:3 New Paragraph; Shared Carry-Over Coverall Bingo; Annual Report. Amend RSA 284:6-a by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
IV-a. The lottery commission shall include a summary in its annual report under RSA 284:11 regarding the financial impact of shared carry-over coverall games to participating charities and the state, and any recommendations it has regarding the continuation of shared carry-over coverall games in New Hampshire.
10:4 Shared Carry-Over Coverall Games of Bingo. Amend RSA 287-E:7, XV-XVI to read as follows:
XV. A progressive coverall game [or a shared carry-over coverall game]:
(a) May be played once during any given game date;
(b) Shall be played on the second or last coverall;
(c) Shall not have a total of prize and bonus combined exceeding $3,000; and
(d) May offer a predetermined consolation prize to the game winner who first achieves coverall.
XVI. A carry-over coverall game or a shared carry-over coverall game:
(a) May be played once during any given game date.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, may allow prize money to accumulate until there is a winner.
(c) Shall award a predetermined consolation prize to the game winner who first achieves coverall, the consolation prize is paid from the accumulated carry-over.
(d) Shall award a prize which shall be taxed under RSA 287-E:8.
10:5 New Paragraph. Amend RSA 287-E:8-a by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. All financial records pertaining to carry-over coverall bingo shall be maintained by the host hall or the host hall’s shared carry-over coverall service provider for a period of at least 2 years, and shall be made available to representatives of the commission or of the commissioner of safety upon request.
10:6 New Section; Shared Carry-Over Coverall Bingo. Amend RSA 287-E by inserting after section 13 the following new section:
287-E:13-a Shared Carry-Over Coverall Bingo.
I. The commission may approve a host hall for shared carry-over coverall bingo if:
(a) The host hall holds a valid bingo license under RSA 287-E:6.
(b) At least 30 days before the proposed game date, the host hall submits a plan to the commission including:
(1) The distributor or manufacturer of the bingo equipment to be used for shared carry-over coverall bingo.
(2) The technology used to broadcast the game to participating halls. Such technology shall meet the International Technical Standards for Electronic Gaming Machines set forth by the International Association of Gaming Regulators.
(3) The name of the bank used to maintain prize money.
(4) The names and addresses of all participant halls.
(c) The host hall posts a bond, conditioned upon the host hall’s compliance with the rules of the commission. The commission shall have the authority to set the bond at no less than $50,000 and no more than the highest prized jackpot prize offered in the last 24 months.
II. A host hall approved under paragraph I may conduct and simulcast carry-over coverall games in accordance with commission rules, and utilize software and electronic devices that have been tested by an independent testing laboratory and approved by the commission.
III. Host hall approval is non-transferrable.
IV. The commission shall respond to a host hall’s request for approval for shared carry-over coverall bingo within 30 days of receipt of such request. Such approval shall be valid for one year from the date of its issue.
V. Shared carry-over coverall games shall be operated only by persons designated by the host hall.
VI. Numbers for shared carry-over coverall bingo shall only be selected by a live person.
VII. There shall be a limit of 18 cards per player.
VIII. There shall be no limit on the total value of prizes, tokens, or awards for any shared carry-over coverall game or series of shared carry-over coverall games.
IX. If a charitable organization enters into a contract with a host hall for shared carry-over coverall bingo, the charitable organization shall retain the profit percentage set by the commission on January 1 of each year, but which shall not be less than 7 percent of the gross revenues from any shared carry-over coverall bingo games. The host hall shall retain the profit percentage set by the commission on January 1 of each year based on the average cost of operating shared carry-over coverall bingo. Such percentage shall not be less than 7 percent of the gross revenues from any shared carry-over coverall bingo game. If the host hall is a charitable organization the charitable organization shall receive both the charitable organization profit percentage and the host hall profit percentage. The host hall shall pay the bingo tax under RSA 287-E:8. No charitable organization shall sustain a loss from bingo such that its share of the gross revenues would be less than zero dollars, for the duration of its contact with a single host hall.
10:7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 180 days after its passage.
Approved: March 18, 2016
Effective Date: September 14, 2016
