HOUSE BILL No. 6218

 

September 22, 2004, Introduced by Rep. Ward and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1972 PA 382, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act,"                                    

                                                                                

    by amending sections 5d, 10, 10a, and 11 (MCL 432.105d, 432.110,            

                                                                                

    432.110a, and 432.111), section 5d as added and sections 10, 10a,           

                                                                                

    and 11 as amended by 1999 PA 108.                                           

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 5d.  (1) A qualified organization may apply for an                     

                                                                                

2   unlimited number of small and large raffle licenses.                        

                                                                                

3       (2) Only 1 small raffle license may be issued for a location                

                                                                                

4   each day.                                                                   

                                                                                

5       (3) All drawing locations shall be the same if a small raffle               

                                                                                

6   license is issued  for  to a qualified organization allowing                

                                                                                

7   raffle drawings on more than 1 date.                                        

                                                                                

8       (4) A qualified organization is excused from the requirements               

                                                                                

9   of obtaining a license under this act if the qualified                      

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   organization is sponsoring a single gathering and conducts a                

                                                                                

2   raffle before which there is no presale of tickets and the total            

                                                                                

3   aggregate retail value of the prize or prizes to be awarded that            

                                                                                

4   day is  $100.00  $500.00 or less.                                           

                                                                                

5       Sec. 10.  (1) Only a member of the qualified organization                   

                                                                                

6   shall participate in the management of an event.                            

                                                                                

7       (2) A person shall not receive any commission, salary, pay,                 

                                                                                

8   profit, or wage for participating in the management or operation            

                                                                                

9   of bingo, a millionaire party, or a charity game except as                  

                                                                                

10  provided by rule promulgated under this act.                                

                                                                                

11      (3) Except by special permission of the commissioner, a                     

                                                                                

12  licensee shall conduct bingo or a millionaire party only with               

                                                                                

13  equipment that it owns, uses under a bureau-approved rental                 

                                                                                

14  contract, or is purchasing or renting at a reasonable rate from a           

                                                                                

15  supplier.                                                                   

                                                                                

16      (4) A licensee shall not advertise bingo except to the extent               

                                                                                

17  and in the manner permitted by rule promulgated under this act.             

                                                                                

18  If the commissioner permits a licensee to advertise bingo, the              

                                                                                

19  licensee shall indicate in the advertisement the purposes for               

                                                                                

20  which the net proceeds will be used by the licensee.                        

                                                                                

21      (5) The holder of a millionaire party license shall not                     

                                                                                

22  advertise the event, except to the extent and in the manner                 

                                                                                

23  permitted by rule promulgated under this act.  If the                       

                                                                                

24  commissioner permits a licensee to advertise the event, the                 

                                                                                

25  licensee shall indicate in the advertising the purposes for which           

                                                                                

26  the net proceeds will be used by the licensee, and shall give               

                                                                                

27  notice of the  $500.00  personal limitation on winnings required            


                                                                                

1   by section 10a(e).                                                          

                                                                                

2       Sec. 10a.  All of the following apply in the conduct of a                   

                                                                                

3   millionaire party:                                                          

                                                                                

4       (a) A person less than 18 years of age shall not be permitted               

                                                                                

5   to wager.                                                                   

                                                                                

6       (b) A wager  may  shall not be placed on a contest other than               

                                                                                

7   a game of chance taking place at the location and during the time           

                                                                                

8   period approved for the event.  , and in no event shall a  A                

                                                                                

9   wager shall not be placed  upon  on an athletic event or  upon  a           

                                                                                

10  game involving personal skill.                                              

                                                                                

11      (c) The licensee under the millionaire party license  shall                 

                                                                                

12  be  is responsible for insuring that the requirements of this               

                                                                                

13  section are met.                                                            

                                                                                

14      (d) A qualified organization shall not receive more than                    

                                                                                

15  $15,000.00  $25,000.00 in exchange for imitation money or chips            

                                                                                

16  in 1 day of a millionaire party.                                            

                                                                                

17      (e) A person participating in a millionaire party shall not                 

                                                                                

18  be awarded prizes having an aggregate value greater than                    

                                                                                

19  $500.00  30 times the amount wagered by that person per day.               

                                                                                

20  The value of raffle, charity game, and numeral game prizes                  

                                                                                

21  awarded at the millionaire party is not subject to the                      

                                                                                

22  limitations of this section.  A notice of personal limitation on            

                                                                                

23  winnings shall be given to the participant or posted at the                 

                                                                                

24  location of the event.                                                      

                                                                                

25      (f) A licensee shall complete, submit, and provide copies of                

                                                                                

26  all federal income tax forms reporting gambling winnings as                 

                                                                                

27  required by the internal revenue code, 26 USC 1 to 1789, or                 


                                                                                

1   regulations promulgated under that code.                                    

                                                                                

2       Sec. 11.  State or local taxes of any kind shall not be                     

                                                                                

3   imposed  upon the recipient of a prize  on prizes with an                   

                                                                                

4   aggregate value of less than $1,500.00 per day, whether                     

                                                                                

5   merchandise or money, awarded by a licensee during an event                 

                                                                                

6   conducted in conformity with this act.                                      

                                                                                

7       Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

8   effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6219                  

                                                                                

9   (request no. 07237'04 a) of the 92nd Legislature is enacted into            

                                                                                

10  law.