December 10, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Schor, Irwin, Zemke, Darany, Hovey-Wright, Slavens, Kivela, Driskell, Kandrevas and LaFontaine and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1972 PA 382, entitled
"Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act,"
by amending the title and sections 2, 3a, 4, 4a, 7a, 7b, 7c, 10,
10a, 10b, 11b, 14, 18, and 19 (MCL 432.102, 432.103a, 432.104,
432.104a, 432.107a, 432.107b, 432.107c, 432.110, 432.110a,
432.110b, 432.111b, 432.114, 432.118, and 432.119), the title and
sections 4, 7a, 14, and 18 as amended and sections 7b, 7c, and
10b as added by 1999 PA 108, section 2 as amended by 2008 PA 401,
sections 3a, 10, 10a, and 11b as amended by 2006 PA 427, section
4a as amended by 2012 PA 189, and section 19 as amended by 1995
PA 263.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 TITLE
1 An act to license and regulate the conducting of bingo ,
2 millionaire parties, and certain
other forms of gambling;
3
charitable gaming; to provide for the
conducting of charity
4 games, raffles, and numeral games; to provide for exemptions from
5 licensing requirements under certain circumstances; to impose
6 certain provide for
the powers and duties and authority
upon of
7 certain state departments, agencies, and officers; to provide a
8 tax exemption; and to provide penalties.
9 Sec. 2. As used in this act:
10 (a) "Active service" and "active state service" mean those
11 terms as defined in section 105 of the Michigan military act,
12 1967 PA 150, MCL 32.505.
13 (b) "Advertising" means all printed matter, handouts,
14 flyers, radio, television, advertising signs, billboards, and
15 other media used to promote an event. licensed under this
act.
16 (c) "Bingo" means a game of chance commonly known as bingo
17 in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or
18 symbols conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random.
19 (d) "Board" means the Michigan gaming control board created
20 by section 4 of the Michigan gaming control and revenue act, 1996
21 IL 1, MCL 432.204.
22 (e) (d) "Bureau"
means the bureau of state lottery as
23 created by section 5 of the McCauley-Traxler-Law-Bowman-McNeely
24 lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.5.
25 (f) "Charitable gaming" means gaming conducted under section
26 10a.
27 (g) (e) "Charity
game" means the random resale of a series
1 of charity game tickets.
2 (h) (f) "Charity
game ticket" means a ticket commonly
3 referred to as a break-open ticket or pull-tab that is approved
4 and acquired by the bureau and is distributed and sold by the
5 bureau or a licensed supplier to a qualified organization, a
6 portion of which is removed to discover whether the ticket is a
7 winning ticket and whether the purchaser may be awarded a prize.
8 (i) (g) "Commissioner"
means the commissioner of state
9 lottery appointed under section 7 of the McCauley-Traxler-Law-
10 Bowman-McNeely lottery act, 1972 PA 239, MCL 432.7.
11 (j) (h) "Coverall
pattern" means a pattern required to win a
12 bingo game in which all numbers on a bingo card are required to
13 be called.
14 (k) "Day" means the standard 24-hour period, except that,
15 with respect to the issuance of a license under this act, day
16 means the time period from 8 a.m. of 1 day to 2 a.m. of the
17 following day.
18 (l) "Director" means the executive director of the board,
19 appointed under section 4 of the Michigan gaming control and
20 revenue act, 1996 IL 1, MCL 432.204.
21 Sec. 3a. As used in this act:
22
(a) (1) "Equipment" means the objects and
mechanical or
23 electromechanical devices used to determine or assist in
24 determining the winners of prizes at events. licensed
under this
25 act.
26 (b) (2) "Event"
means each an occasion of a bingo,
27 millionaire party, charitable
gaming, a raffle, a charity
game,
1 or a numeral game licensed under this act.
2 (c) (3) "Large
bingo" means a series of bingo occasions that
3 occur on a regular basis during which the total value of all
4 prizes awarded through bingo at a single occasion does not exceed
5 $3,500.00 and the total value of all prizes awarded for 1 game
6 does not exceed $1,100.00, except that a prize awarded through a
7 Michigan progressive jackpot bingo game is not subject to these
8 limitations.
9 (d) (4) "Large
raffle" means an event where at which the
10 total value of all prizes awarded through raffle drawings exceed
11 $500.00 per occasion.
12 (e) (5) "Location"
means a building, enclosure, part of a
13 building or enclosure, or a distinct portion of real estate that
14 is used for the purpose of conducting events licensed under this
15 act. to conduct an
event. Location also means all
components or
16 buildings that comprise 1 architectural entity or that serve a
17 unified functional purpose.
18 (f) (6) "Manufacturer"
means a person licensed under section
19 11c who manufactures numeral game tickets for sale to suppliers
20 for use in an event.
21 (g) (7) "Michigan
progressive jackpot" means a bingo game
22 conducted in conjunction with a licensed large bingo occasion,
23 where in which the value of the prize is carried forward to the
24 next bingo occasion if no player bingos wins in
a predetermined
25 number of allowable calls. Michigan progressive jackpot may
26 include bingo games conducted by more than 1 licensee that are
27 linked together for the purpose of a common jackpot prize and
1 consolation prize as prescribed by the commissioner.
2 (8) "Millionaire party" means an event at which wagers
are
3 placed upon games of chance customarily associated with a
4 gambling casino through the use of imitation money or chips that
5 have a nominal value equal to or greater than the value of the
6 currency for which they can be exchanged.
7 (h) (9) "Numeral
game" means the random resale of a series
8 of numeral game tickets by a qualified organization under a
9 numeral game license or in conjunction with a licensed
10 millionaire party charitable
gaming or a large
raffle.
11 (i) (10) "Numeral
game ticket" means a paper strip on which
12 preprinted numerals are covered by folding the strip and banding
13 the folded strip with a separate piece of paper, if upon so that
14 on breaking the paper strip that bands the ticket, the purchaser
15 discovers whether the ticket is a winning ticket and the
16 purchaser may be awarded a merchandise prize.
17 (j) (11) "Occasion"
means the hours of the day for which a
18 license is issued.
19 (k) (12) "Principal
officer" means the highest ranking
20 officer of the qualified organization according to its written
21 constitution, charter, articles of incorporation, or bylaws.
22 (l) (13) "Prize" means anything of value,
including, but not
23 limited to, money or merchandise that is given to a player for
24 attending or winning a game at an event. A nonmonetary item is
25 valued at its retail value. Prize does not include advertising
26 material given away by a qualified organization in accordance
27 with rules promulgated under this act.
1 (m) (14) "Single
gathering" means 1 scheduled assembly or
2 meeting with a specified beginning and ending time that is
3 conducted or sponsored by the qualified organization. Single
4 gathering does not include the regular operating hours of a club
5 or similar facility and does not include a meeting conducted
6 solely for the purpose of conducting a raffle.
7 (n) (15) "Small
bingo" means a series of bingo occasions
8 that occur on a regular basis during which the total value of all
9 prizes awarded through bingo at a single occasion does not exceed
10 $300.00 and the total value of all prizes awarded for a single
11 bingo game does not exceed $25.00.
12 (o) (16) "Small
raffle" means an event during which the
13 total value of all prizes awarded through raffle drawings does
14 not exceed $500.00 during 1 occasion.
15 (p) (17) "Special
bingo" means a single or consecutive
16 series of bingo occasions during which the total value of all
17 prizes awarded through bingo at a single occasion does not exceed
18 $3,500.00 and the total value of all prizes awarded for a single
19 bingo game does not exceed $1,100.00.
20 (q) (18) "Supplier"
means a person licensed under this act
21 to rent, sell, or lease equipment or to sell charity game or
22 numeral game tickets to qualified organizations licensed under
23 this act.
24 Sec. 4. (1) Each An
applicant for a license to conduct a
25 bingo, millionaire party, charitable gaming, a raffle,
a charity
26 game, or a numeral game under this act shall submit to the bureau
27 or board, as applicable, a written application on a form
1 prescribed by the commissioner or director, as applicable.
2 (2) The An application under
subsection (1) shall include
3 all of the following:
4 (a) The name and address of the applicant organization.
5 (b) The name and address of each officer of the applicant
6 organization.
7 (c) The location at which the applicant will conduct the
8 event.
9 (d) The day or dates of the event.
10 (e) The member or members of the applicant organization who
11 will be responsible for the conduct of the event.
12 (f) Sufficient facts relating to the applicant's
13 incorporation or organization to enable the commissioner or
14 director, as applicable, to determine whether the applicant is a
15 qualified organization.
16 (g) A sworn statement attesting to the nonprofit status of
17 the applicant organization, signed by the principal officer of
18 that the organization.
19 (h) Other information the commissioner or director, as
20 applicable, considers necessary.
21 Sec. 4a. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3),
22 if the commissioner or director, as applicable, determines that
23 the an applicant under
section 4 is a qualified organization, and
24 is not ineligible under section 18, and the applicant has
paid to
25 the bureau or board, as applicable, the appropriate fee, the
26 commissioner or director may issue 1 or more of the following
27 licenses:
1 License Fee
2 (a) Large bingo.........................$ 150.00
3 (b) Small bingo.........................$ 55.00
4 (c) Special bingo.......................$ 25.00
5 (d) Millionaire party Charitable gaming.$ 50.00 per day
6 (e) Large raffle........................$ 50.00 per
7 drawing date
8 (f) Small raffle:
9 (i) One to 3 drawing dates..............$ 15.00
10 (ii) Four or more drawing dates..........$ 5.00 per
11 drawing date
12 (g) Annual charity game.................$ 200.00
13 (h) Special charity game................$ 15.00 per day
14 (i) Numeral game........................$ 15.00 per day
15 (2) Under extreme hardship conditions as determined by the
16 commissioner or director, as applicable, the commissioner or
17
director may waive 1 or more
requirements of for an
organization
18 to qualify as a qualified organization as described in section 3
19 to permit the licensing of a organization to be licensed to
20
conduct special bingo, millionaire
party, charitable gaming, or a
21 raffle, if all of the following conditions are met:
22 (a) The organization applying for the license is a
nonprofit
23 organization.
24 (b) The entire proceeds of the event, less the actual
25 reasonable expense of conducting the event, are donated or used
26 for a charitable purpose, organization, or cause.
27 (c) None of the individuals connected with the conduct of
28 the event is compensated in any manner for his or her
1 participation.
2 (d) The organization complies with all other provisions of
3 this act and rules promulgated under this act.
4 (3) Under extreme hardship conditions as determined by the
5 commissioner or director, as applicable, the commissioner or
6 director may allow an individual or a group of individuals to
7 obtain a license to conduct a special bingo, millionaire
party,
8 charitable gaming, or a raffle if all of the following conditions
9 are met:
10 (a) The entire proceeds of the event, less the actual
11 reasonable expense of conducting the event, are donated or used
12 for a charitable purpose, organization, or cause.
13 (b) None of the individuals connected with the conduct of
14 the event is compensated in any manner for his or her
15 participation.
16 (c) The individual or group of individuals complies with all
17 other provisions of this act and the rules promulgated under this
18 act.
19 (4) Each event A
license issued to a qualified
organization
20
under this section is valid for only
the location included stated
21 on the license.
22 (5) A license issued under this section is not assignable or
23 transferable.
24 (6) The A licensee is responsible for ensuring that the
25 events are an event
conducted under the license is conducted
in
26 compliance with this act and the rules promulgated under this
27 act.
1 (7) A licensee shall only conduct events licensed under this
2 act an event during the hours and on the day and date, or days
3 and dates, stated on the license.
4 (8) In connection with an application for a small raffle
5 license or a large raffle license, in determining whether a
6 fraternal organization that is not a branch, lodge, or chapter of
7 a national or state organization is a qualified organization, the
8 commissioner shall only consider whether the organization meets
9 requirements that are applicable under this act that are
10 unrelated to whether the organization is a branch, lodge, or
11 chapter of a national or state organization.
12 Sec. 7a. (1) All charity game tickets used in the conduct of
13 a charity game shall be purchased by the qualified organization
14 from the bureau or a supplier.
15 (2) The bureau shall determine the number of charity game
16 tickets that constitute a charity game.
17 (3) The bureau shall determine the price at which the a
18 qualified organization shall may resell each a charity
game
19 ticket and shall have that price printed on each charity game
20 ticket.
21 (4) The bureau or a supplier shall sell charity game tickets
22 to a qualified organization that is eligible to conduct a charity
23 game at a percentage, to be determined by the bureau, of the
24 gross revenues that are realized by the resale of all the charity
25 game tickets for that game at the price established by the
26 bureau.
27 (5) The qualified organization shall retain 60% and the
1 bureau shall retain 40% of the money obtained from the sale of
2 charity game tickets.
3 (6) A qualified organization that conducts a charity game
4 shall be solely responsible for paying prizes won by purchasers
5 of winning charity game tickets.
6 (7) When all charity game tickets for a single charity game
7 are resold, prizes distributed shall must have
an aggregate value
8 of, as near as practicable, not less than 60% of the resale value
9 of all the charity game tickets for that charity game.
10 (8) The bureau shall determine the number of winning charity
11 game tickets provided on a random basis for resale for any 1
12 charity game and shall establish the value of the prize won by
13 each winning charity game ticket.
14 (9) A charity game ticket shall must not
have a price for
15 resale by a qualified organization of less than 30 cents.
16 (10) The bureau shall have a bureau control number for
17 identification purposes imprinted upon on each
charity game
18 ticket.
19 (11) A The value of prizes awarded for a charity game shall
20 not be is not included within in the
prize limitations of a
21 licensed bingo game or millionaire
party charitable gaming in
22 conjunction with which the charity game is held.
23 (12) A person shall
not sell a charity game ticket shall
not
24 be sold to a person under to
an individual who is less than 18
25 years of age. This subsection shall does not
prohibit the
26 purchase of a charity game ticket by a person an individual who
27
is 18 years of age or older for the
purpose of making a gift to a
1 person under an
individual who is less than 18 years of
age, and
2 shall does not prohibit a person under an individual who is less
3 than 18 years of age from receiving a prize or prizes won in a
4 charity game conducted pursuant to under this
act.
5 Sec. 7b. (1) The commissioner may issue an annual charity
6 game license to a qualified organization for a location owned and
7 operated by the qualified organization for the regular use of its
8 members, or rented or leased on a continual basis for the regular
9 use of its members.
10 (2) A qualified organization may be issued only 1 annual
11 charity game license per year.
12 (3) An annual charity game license shall expire expires at
13 12 midnight on July 31 of each year.
14 (4) An annual charity game license may be reissued annually
15 if the qualified organization submits an application for renewal
16 provided by the commissioner and pays the appropriate fee.
17 (5) A qualified organization may be issued up to 8 special
18 charity game licenses per calendar year.
19 (6) A special charity game license may be issued for up to 4
20 consecutive days.
21 (7) A qualified organization that is licensed to conduct
22 bingo, a millionaire party, charitable gaming, or a large
raffle
23 may also sell charity game tickets and conduct a charity game at
24 the same time and location and in conjunction with the licensed
25 bingo, millionaire party, charitable gaming, or large
raffle
26 without obtaining an additional license.
27 (8) The commissioner shall promulgate rules for the
1 licensing, selling, and playing of, and financial record keeping
2 for, charity games.
3 Sec. 7c. (1) A The
commissioner may issue a numeral game
4 license may be issued to a qualified organization to conduct a
5 numeral game at a specific location for up to 7 consecutive days.
6 (2) A qualified organization that is licensed to conduct a
7 millionaire party charitable
gaming or a large raffle may also
8 sell numeral game tickets and conduct a numeral game at the time
9 and location and in conjunction with the event charitable gaming
10 or raffle without obtaining an additional license.
11 Sec. 10. (1) Only A
person other than a member of the
12 licensed qualified organization shall not participate in the
13 management of an event conducted under the license.
14 (2) A person shall not receive any commission, salary, pay,
15 profit, or wage compensation
for participating in the management
16 or operation of bingo, a millionaire party, a raffle, or a
17 charity game except as provided by rule promulgated under this
18 act.
19 (3) A person shall not receive compensation for
20 participating in the management of charitable gaming except as
21 provided by rule promulgated under this act.
22 (4) A person other than a licensee that participates in the
23 operation of charitable gaming shall not receive compensation
24 that exceeds 50% of the gross proceeds from the charitable
25 gaming. A person other than a licensee that participates in the
26 operation of charitable gaming shall pay from the compensation
27 the person receives all expenses of the charitable gaming other
1 than the license fee.
2 (5) (3) Except
by special permission of the commissioner or,
3
as applicable, the director, a licensee
shall conduct bingo or a
4 millionaire party charitable
gaming only with equipment that it
5 owns, uses under a bureau-approved or board-approved, as
6 applicable, rental contract, or is purchasing or renting at a
7 reasonable rate from a supplier.
8 (6) (4) A
licensee shall not advertise bingo except to the
9 extent and in the manner permitted by rule promulgated under this
10 act. If the commissioner permits a licensee to advertise bingo,
11 the licensee shall indicate in the advertisement the purposes for
12 which the net proceeds will be used by the licensee.
13 (7) (5) The
holder of a millionaire party charitable
gaming
14 license shall not advertise the event, except to the extent and
15 in the manner permitted by rule promulgated under this act. If
16 the commissioner director
permits a licensee to advertise the
17 event, the licensee shall indicate in the advertising the
18 purposes for which the net proceeds will be used by the licensee.
19 (8) As used in this section, "compensation" means any form
20 of remuneration, including, but not limited to, a commission, a
21 salary, pay, profit, or a wage.
22 Sec. 10a. All of the following apply in the conduct of a
23 millionaire party:A
licensee under section 10b shall conduct a
24 charitable gaming event as follows:
25 (a) A person The
licensee shall not permit an individual who
26
is less than 18 years of age shall
not be permitted to wager.
27 (b) A The
licensee shall not permit a wager may
not to be
1 placed on a contest other than a game of chance taking place at
2 the location and during the time period approved for the event,
3 and in no event shall or
a wager to be placed upon on an
athletic
4 event or upon a game involving personal skill.
5 (c) The licensee shall not allow a wager to be placed on a
6 game other than a poker game or another game in which the
7 licensee cannot sustain a financial loss.
8 (d) (c) The
licensee under the millionaire party license
9 shall be is responsible for insuring that the requirements of
10 this section are met.
11 (e) (d) A qualified organization shall not The licensee may
12 receive more than $15,000.00 an unlimited amount of money in
13 exchange for imitation money or chips in 1 day of a millionaire
14 party.charitable
gaming event.
15 (f) At least 2 bona fide members of the licensee must serve
16 as workers at the charitable gaming event. The director shall not
17 require a licensee to have more than 2 members of the licensee
18 present or working at the charitable gaming event.
19 Sec. 10b. (1) A qualified organization may be issued up to 4
20 millionaire party an
unlimited number of charitable gaming
21 licenses in 1 calendar year. Each license shall is only
be valid
22 for 1 location.
23 (2) A millionaire party charitable gaming license
may be
24 issued for up to 4 an
unlimited number of consecutive days in 1
25 calendar year.
26 (3) The bureau director
shall not issue more than 1
27 millionaire party charitable
gaming license to a qualified
1 organization for any 1 day.
2 (4) In issuing charitable gaming licenses, the director
3 shall not limit the number of days that charitable gaming events
4 may be conducted at a location in a calendar year.
5 (5) The director shall not limit the number of times that a
6 qualified organization can contract with or use the premises or
7 services of a person that provides a location or services for
8 charitable gaming.
9 (6) The director shall not prohibit multiple charitable
10 gaming licensees from conducting charitable gaming at a location
11 at the same time.
12 (7) The director may require a charitable gaming licensee to
13 provide security, including surveillance, inside and outside of
14 the location where the licensee is conducting charitable gaming.
15 (8) Except as provided in this act, the director shall not
16 restrict a charitable gaming licensee from contracting with a
17 person to operate charitable gaming for the licensee.
18 Sec. 11b. (1) Each An applicant for a license
or renewal of
19 a license to operate as a supplier of equipment, charity game
20 tickets, or numeral game tickets to qualified organizations
21 licensed under this act shall submit a written application to the
22 bureau on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
23 (2) The An applicant under
subsection (1) shall pay an
24 annual license fee of $300.00 at the time of the application.
25 (3) A supplier's license expires at 12 midnight on September
26 30 of each year.
27 (4) The commissioner shall require suppliers authorized to
1 sell charity game tickets, numeral game tickets, or both, to post
2 a performance bond of not less than $50,000.00 and not greater
3 than $1,000,000.00.
4 (5) A supplier shall remit to the bureau an amount equal to
5 the qualified organization's purchase price of the charity game
6 tickets less an amount that shall is not be less than
the sum of
7 $.008 for each ticket sold plus 1.0% of the total resale value
8 for all charity game tickets sold.
9 (6) For each numeral game sold, the supplier shall issue to
10 the licensed organization an invoice listing the manufacturer and
11 serial number of each the
game.
12 (7) The fee collected by a A supplier shall collect from the
13 a qualified organization for each game of numeral tickets sold
14 shall be a fee of $5.00 per 1,000 tickets or any portion of 1,000
15 tickets.
16 (8) The A
supplier shall remit fees collected by
the
17 supplier for each numeral game sold shall be remitted under
18 subsection (7) to the bureau by the fifteenth day of the month
19 following the month in which the numeral game is sold. A The
20
commissioner may assess a late fee of
25% of the amount due may
21 be assessed by the commissioner under this subsection against
any
22
a supplier who fails to that does not remit the fees by the
23 required filing date.
24 (9) A supplier shall only display, offer for sale, sell, or
25 otherwise make available to a qualified organization numeral game
26 tickets that have been obtained from a manufacturer.
27 (10) A person who is directly or indirectly connected to the
1 sale, rental, or distribution of bingo or millionaire party
2
charitable gaming equipment , or the sale of charity game tickets
3 or numeral game tickets, or a person residing an individual who
4
resides in the same household as the supplier
person shall not be
5 involved directly or indirectly with in the
rental or leasing of
6 a facility used for an event.location.
7 (11) A supplier shall submit to the bureau a report as
8 required by the commissioner regarding the sale or rental of
9 equipment and the sale of charity game tickets and numeral game
10 tickets.
11 Sec. 14. (1) Each A
licensee under this act shall keep a
12 record of each event as required by the commissioner or director,
13 as applicable. The licensee shall make a record and all financial
14 accounts into which proceeds from events licensed under this act
15 are deposited or transferred shall be open to inspection by a
16 duly an authorized representative of the bureau or board, as
17 applicable, during reasonable business hours.
18 (2) Each A licensee under
this act shall file with the
19 commissioner or director, as applicable, a financial statement
20 signed by the principal officer of the qualified organization of
21 receipts and expenses related to the conduct of each event as may
22 be required by rule
promulgated under this act. If a
licensee
23
represents that the revenue from a
bingo game, millionaire party,
24
charitable gaming, a raffle, a numeral
game, or a charity game is
25 represented to will be used or applied by a the licensee
for a
26 charitable purpose, the licensee shall file a copy of the
27 financial statement with the attorney general under the
1 supervision of trustees for charitable purposes act, 1961 PA 101,
2 MCL 14.251 to 14.266.
3 (3) The An
applicant for a license or a licensee under this
4
act shall keep the location at which events
licensed an event
5 under this act are the
license will be or is being conducted or
6 at which an applicant or licensee intends to conduct an event
7 licensed under this act shall be open to inspection at all times
8 by a duly an authorized representative of the bureau or board, as
9 applicable, or by the department of state police or a peace
10 officer of a political subdivision of this state.
11 Sec. 18. (1) A licensee under this act whose license is
12 revoked in consequence of a violation of this act or a rule
13 promulgated under this act is ineligible to apply for a license
14 for a period of 2 years.
15 (2) A person An
individual convicted of an offense
under
16 section 17 or any other gambling offense is ineligible to serve
17 as an officer of a licensee under this act or to participate in
18 conducting bingo, a millionaire party, charitable gaming, a
19 raffle, a numeral game, or a charity game for a
period of 1 year
20 after the conviction becomes final. If the person individual is
21 licensed under this act, the person shall forfeit the
22 individual's license is forfeited and the individual is
23 ineligible to apply for the issuance or reissuance of the license
24 for a period of 1 year after the conviction becomes final.
25 Sec. 19. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), any other
26 law providing that
imposes a penalty or disability upon
on a
27 person who conducts or participates in a bingo game, millionaire
1 party, charitable
gaming, or a charity
game; who sells or
2 possesses equipment used in conducting bingo or a millionaire
3 party; charitable
gaming; who permits bingo, a
millionaire party,
4 charitable gaming, or a charity game to be conducted on his or
5 her premises; or who does other acts in connection with bingo, a
6 millionaire party, charitable
gaming, or a charity game does not
7 apply to that conduct if done pursuant to this act or rules
8 promulgated under this act.
9 (2) Subsection (1) does not limit in any way the
application
10 of the Michigan campaign finance act, Act No. 388 of the Public
11 Acts of 1976, being sections 169.201 to 169.282 of the Michigan
12 Compiled Laws, 1976
PA 388, MCL 169.201 to 169.282, including,
13 but not limited to, section 41 of Act No. 388 of the Public Acts
14 of 1976, being section 169.241 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the
15 Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.241, to
16 fundraising fund-raising
events conducted by or for the benefit
17 of a committee that has filed or is required to file a statement
18 of organization pursuant to Act No. 388 of the Public Acts of
19 1976.under that act.