Bill Text: MI HB5453 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Gaming: bingo and charitable gaming; raffling off firearms at fundraisers on school grounds; prohibit. Amends sec. 5d of 1972 PA 382 (MCL 432.105d).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-21 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 02/20/2024 [HB5453 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB5453-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5453
A bill to amend 1972 PA 382, entitled
"Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act,"
by amending section 5d (MCL 432.105d), as added by 1999 PA 108.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 5d. (1) A qualified organization may apply for an unlimited number of small and large raffle licenses.
(2) Only 1 small raffle license may be issued for a location each day.
(3) All drawing locations shall must be the same if a small raffle license is issued for more than 1 date.
(4) If a drawing location is a school, a prize for a raffle must not be a firearm. As used in this subsection:
(a) "Firearm" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421.
(b) "School" means a public or private school, grades kindergarten through the twelfth grade, but does not include a home school.
(5) (4) A qualified organization is excused from the requirements of obtaining a license under this act if the qualified organization is sponsoring a single gathering and conducts a raffle before which there is no presale of tickets and the total aggregate retail value of the prize or prizes to be awarded that day is $100.00 or less.
