Bill Text: MI HB4908 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Gaming: bingo and charitable gaming; veterans' organization conducting a charity game using a video charity game dispenser; allow, and allocate net proceeds to the Michigan veterans affairs agency. Amends sec. 7a of 1972 PA 382 (MCL 432.107a) & adds sec. 7e.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-22 - Referred To Second Reading [HB4908 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB4908-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4908
A bill to amend 1972 PA 382, entitled
"Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act,"
by amending section 7a (MCL 432.107a), as amended by 1999 PA 108, and by adding section 7e.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 7a. (1) All charity game tickets used in the conduct of a charity game shall must be purchased by the qualified organization from the bureau or a supplier.
(2) The bureau shall determine the number of charity game tickets that constitute a charity game.
(3) The bureau shall determine the price at which the a qualified organization shall may resell each a charity game ticket and shall have that price printed on each charity game ticket.
(4) The bureau or a supplier shall sell charity game tickets to a qualified organization that is eligible to conduct a charity game at a percentage, to be determined by the bureau, of the gross revenues that are realized by the resale of all the charity game tickets for that game at the price established by the bureau.
(5) The Except as otherwise provided in section 7e, a qualified organization shall retain 60% and the bureau shall retain 40% of the money obtained from the sale of charity game tickets.
(6) A qualified organization that conducts a charity game shall be is solely responsible for paying prizes won by purchasers of winning charity game tickets.
(7) When all charity game tickets for a single charity game are resold, prizes distributed shall must have an aggregate value of, as near as practicable, not less than 60% of the resale value of all the charity game tickets for that charity game.
(8) The bureau shall determine the number of winning charity game tickets provided on a random basis for resale for any 1 charity game and shall establish the value of the prize won by each winning charity game ticket.
(9) A charity game ticket shall must not have a price for resale by a qualified organization of less than 30 cents.
(10) The Except as otherwise provided in section 7e, the bureau shall have a bureau control number for identification purposes imprinted upon on each charity game ticket.
(11) A The value of prizes awarded for a charity game shall must not be included within in the prize limitations of a licensed bingo game or millionaire party in conjunction with which the charity game is held.
(12) A person shall not sell a charity game ticket shall not be sold to a person under to an individual who is less than 18 years of age. This subsection shall does not prohibit the purchase of a charity game ticket by a person an individual who is 18 years of age or older for the purpose of making a gift to a person under an individual who is less than 18 years of age, and shall does not prohibit a person under an individual who is less than 18 years of age from receiving a prize or prizes won in a charity game conducted pursuant to under this act.
Sec. 7e. (1) An eligible organization that holds a charity game license may conduct a charity game using a charity game ticket dispenser that reads each ticket and displays the results in video animation.
(2) The net proceeds from the sale of charity game tickets under this section must be allocated to the Michigan veterans affairs agency within the department of military and veterans affairs.
(3) As used in this section, "eligible organization" means a qualified organization that is a veterans' organization.
