HOUSE BILL No. 4799


     May 20, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Jaye, Whyman, Kaza, Willard, Palamara, Profit, Law, Bodem, Olshove, Gire, Baade, Dobronski, Geiger, Rhead, Alley, LaForge, Scranton and Galloway and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   by amending section 310a (MCL 750.310a), as added by 1996 PA

   539.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 310a.  (1) Subject to subsection (3),  and except as

 2     otherwise provided in subsection (2),  this chapter does not

 3    apply to a bowling CARD game conducted in a bowling center to

 4    which all of the following apply:

 5         (a) The total amount of the participation fee per person per

 6    game does not exceed $5.00.

 7         (b) The total prize payout per league per game does not

 8    exceed $1,000.00.






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 1         (2) This section applies only to a game that is sponsored

 2    solely by 1 league and whose participants are members of the same

 3    league.

 4         (3) The bowling center in which the bowling game is con-

 5    ducted shall not receive a percentage of the participation fees

 6    or prize money from bowling games for which a stake or prize is

 7    awarded.

 8         (4) As used in this section:

 9         (a) "Bowling center" means a bowling alley with a minimum of

10    5 lanes.

11         (B) "BOWLING CARD GAME" MEANS A CARD GAME HELD IN CONJUNC-

12    TION WITH A BOWLING GAME, THE RESULTS OF WHICH DEPEND ON THE OUT-

13    COME OF THE BOWLING GAME.

14         (C)  (b)  "Bowling game" means not more than 3 sets of 10

15    frames of bowling.  Bowling game does not include any of the

16    following:

17         (i) A mechanical or electronic simulation of a bowling

18    game.

19         (ii) Roulette, beano, cards, dice, wheels of fortune, video

20    poker, slot machines, or other similar games in which winning

21    depends primarily upon fortuitous or accidental circumstances

22    beyond the control of the player.

23         (iii) A game which includes a mechanical or physical device

24    which directly or indirectly impairs or thwarts the skill of the

25    player.







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 1         (D)  (c)  "Participation fee" means a fee that is charged by

 2    the league to a participant in a game for which a stake or prize

 3    is awarded.


















































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