Bill Sponsors: TN SB1565 | 2015-2016 | 109th General Assembly

Bill Title: As enacted, removes permanent disqualification for organizations failing to return requisite percentage of gross proceeds to charitable purposes or programs in two consecutive annual event periods and replaces with a five-year disqualification; prohibits disbursement of prizes to ineligible participants and authorizes alternate selection of winners for such prizes within 30 days of the annual event; revises other provisions of the Tennessee Charitable Gaming Implementation Law. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 17.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-26 - Pub. Ch. 821 [SB1565 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Ken Yager [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-012FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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