HB1391: relative to the price of bingo cards at senior bingo and bingo at private campgrounds and hotels.

CHAPTER 170

HB 1391 - FINAL VERSION

11May2016... 1903EBA

2016 SESSION

16-2049

08/09

HOUSE BILL 1391

AN ACT relative to the price of bingo cards at senior bingo and bingo at private campgrounds and hotels.

SPONSORS: Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Ferrante, Rock. 6; Rep. Grenier, Sull. 7; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock. 25; Rep. Abrami, Rock. 19; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. D. Sullivan, Hills. 42; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

ANALYSIS

This bill raises the limit on the price paid per bingo card at senior bingo and at private campgrounds and hotels.

This bill also sets limits on payouts for senior bingo and bingo at private campgrounds and hotels.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11May2016... 1903EBA 16-2049

08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to the price of bingo cards at senior bingo and bingo at private campgrounds and hotels.

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

170:1 Senior Citizens' Bingo. Amend RSA 287-E:11, II-III to read as follows:

II. The price to be paid for a single card or play shall not exceed [$.25]$.75.

III. All prizes, tokens, or awards used, given, offered, or awarded during or in connection with [the conduct of any game or series of games conducted under this section in any calendar day shall not exceed the total value of $500] this section, in any one game on any calendar day, shall not exceed a payout value of $500.

170:2 Bingo for Private Campgrounds and Hotels. Amend RSA 287-E:12, I-III to read as follows:

I. The price to be paid for a single card or play under [the license] this section shall [be $.10] not exceed $0.50.

II. The campground or hotel shall conduct no more than 2 game dates of bingo in any one calendar week.

III. All revenues received from the sale of bingo cards in any game or series of games on any one calendar day shall be paid out to the players. The total value of all prizes, tokens, or awards used, given, offered, or awarded in connection with [any game or series of games in any calendar day shall not exceed $500] any one game on any calendar day shall not exceed a payout value of $500, or series of games on that same day shall not exceed a payout value of $1,000.

170:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 3, 2016

Effective Date: August 2, 2016