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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Cote, and Picard | |
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Date Introduced: February 28, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 11-19 of the General Laws entitled "Gambling and Lotteries" is |
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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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11-19-32.2. Senior citizens' center -- Bingo allowed. -- (a) Notwithstanding any other |
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provision of this chapter to the contrary, any organization which operates a public senior citizens |
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center or senior center may obtain a permit approved by the department to conduct bingo games |
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in said senior citizens center or senior center for up to five (5) calendar days per week, excluding |
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Sundays. |
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(b) As used herein, the terms "senior citizens center" or "senior center" means an |
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organization whose goal is the promotion of various recreational and educational activities to |
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senior citizens and which receives a combination of federal, state, municipal and private funds to |
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provide such services at a community facility. |
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(c) A senior citizens center or senior center may conduct bingo games if it complies with |
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all of the following requirements: |
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(1) All bingo games are conducted only on the premises of the center’s facility; |
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(2) All participants are age fifty-five (55) years of age or older; provided, this shall not |
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prohibit a person who is less than fifty-five (55) years of age from assisting a senior citizen in |
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playing the game; |
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(3) All bingo game operators are sixty (60) years of age or older and receive no |
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compensation for serving as operators; |
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(4) The total daily prizes shall not exceed four hundred dollars ($400); and |
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(5) All proceeds of the game shall be limited in use to the following: |
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(i) To pay winners monetary prizes; |
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(ii) To defray any costs directly related to conducting the games; and/or |
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(iii) To defray costs of services the center’s facility provides. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2013. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would permit a senior citizens center to obtain a permit approved by the division |
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of state police to conduct bingo in the senior citizens center. |
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This act would take effect on July 1, 2013. |
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