HB1199: allowing adults to play children's bingo at private campgrounds or hotels.

CHAPTER 24

HB 1199 - FINAL VERSION

2016 SESSION

16-2050

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1199

AN ACT allowing adults to play children's bingo at private campgrounds or hotels.

SPONSORS: Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Ferrante, Rock. 6; Rep. Grenier, Sull. 7; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Cheney, Straf. 17; Rep. Lachance, Hills. 8; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

ANALYSIS

This bill allows adults supervising children to play children's bingo at private campgrounds or hotels and establishes that such adults shall not be eligible for prizes in such games.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2050

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT allowing adults to play children's bingo at private campgrounds or hotels.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

24:1 Children's Bingo at Private Campgrounds or Hotels. Amend RSA 287-E:13 to read as follows:

287-E:13 Children's Bingo at Private Campgrounds or Hotels. Any campground or hotel may conduct special bingo games for children under the conditions specified in RSA 287-E:12, except:

I. No games shall be conducted prior to 11:00 a.m. on a weekday[,] or prior to noon on a Sunday [or after 8:00 p.m.] and all games shall be finished by 8:30 p.m. on any day.

II. There shall be no charge for play.

III. Games shall be open only to persons under the age of 18. Any person over the age of 18 may play the game for the purpose of supervising the child or children he or she is with, however such adult shall not be eligible to win. The card such adult is playing shall be marked in such a way that the bingo attendant is able to identify it as not eligible to win under this paragraph.

IV. Nonmonetary prizes may be awarded, but the value of any prize shall not exceed [$2] $5. Prizes or awards shall not be exchanged for money.

24:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: April 25, 2016

Effective Date: June 24, 2016