Bill Text: NH SB94 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to the number of days a charitable organization may operate bingo.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - Inexpedient to Legislate, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote === BILL KILLED ===; 01/08/2020; Senate Journal 1 [SB94 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-SB94-Introduced.html
SB 94 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
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SENATE BILL 94
AN ACT relative to the number of days a charitable organization may operate bingo.
SPONSORS: Sen. Levesque, Dist 12; Rep. Cohen, Hills. 28; Rep. Hall, Hills. 26; Rep. Fields, Belk. 4; Rep. Espitia, Hills. 31; Rep. Pedersen, Hills. 32
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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ANALYSIS
This bill increases the number of days a charitable organization may operate 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to the number of days a charitable organization may operate bingo.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Bingo Licenses; Game Dates. Amend RSA 287-E:6, II(a) and (b) to read as follows:
(a) No more than one license shall be issued to a charitable organization per calendar month, and the license shall permit no more than [10] 16 game dates of bingo in one calendar month, and in no more than one town or city which has authorized bingo games under RSA 287-E:27. The license shall expire on the last game date authorized under said license.
(b) The provisions of subparagraph II(a) notwithstanding, a license may be issued to a charitable organization per fiscal year, and the license shall permit no more than [10] 16 game dates of bingo in one calendar month and no more than [120] 192 game dates of bingo in one calendar year. The license shall expire on the last game date authorized under the license. Charitable organizations electing to receive an annual license under this paragraph shall be ineligible to receive concurrently a monthly license under subparagraph II(a), and charitable organizations licensed under subparagraph II(a) shall be ineligible to receive concurrently an annual license under this subparagraph.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
