Bill Text: MI HB6528 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Gaming; other; exemption for card playing at certain senior citizen facilities; expand. Amends sec. 303a of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.303a).

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-10-06 - Printed Bill Filed 09/30/2010 [HB6528 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB6528-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6528

 

September 29, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Lund, Polidori and Lori and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

 

"The Michigan penal code,"

 

by amending section 303a (MCL 750.303a), as added by 1996 PA 539.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 303a. This chapter does not apply to recreational card

 

playing conducted at a senior citizen housing facility or senior

 

citizen's center that is not licensed by the liquor control

 

commission by a senior citizens club or a group of residents of a

 

the senior citizen housing facility or a group of senior citizens

 

that consists of at least 15 members individuals who are 60 years

 

of age or older under all of the following circumstances:

 

     (a) The card playing is conducted solely for the amusement and

 

recreation of the members and guests of the club or group and is

 

not conducted for fund-raising. The number of guests participating

 

in the card playing shall not exceed the number of club or group

 

members participating in the card playing.

 

     (b) Only bona fide members and employees of the club or group

 

participate in the conduct of conduct the activity.

 

     (c) The card playing is conducted after 9 a.m. and before 12

 

midnight.

 

     (d) The participating cardplayers pay not more than $5.00 to

 

buy into the card playing and bet not more than 25 cents per bet.

 

     (e) The winnings from 1 hand of cards do not exceed $5.00

 

$200.00.

 

     (f) Except for winnings, revenue generated from the activity

 

is used for reasonable expenses incurred in conducting the card

 

playing, and no person is compensated for participating in the

 

conduct of conducting the card playing.