00                             SENATE BILL NO. 77                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to charitable gaming online ticket sales and activities."                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 05.15.060(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative                                   
05       Procedure Act) necessary to carry out this chapter covering, but not limited to,                                  
06                 (1)  the issuance, renewal, and revocation of permits, licenses, and                                    
07       vendor registrations;                                                                                             
08                 (2)  a method of ascertaining net proceeds, the determination of items                                  
09       of expense that may be incurred or paid, and the limitation of the amount of the items                            
10       of expense to prevent the proceeds from the activity permitted from being diverted to                             
11       noncharitable, noneducational, nonreligious, or profit-making organizations,                                      
12       individuals, or groups;                                                                                           
13                 (3)  the immediate revocation of permits, licenses, and vendor                                          
14       registrations authorized under this chapter if this chapter or regulations adopted under                          
15       it are violated;                                                                                                  
01                 (4)  the requiring of detailed, sworn, financial reports of operations                                  
02 from permittees and licensees including detailed statements of receipts and payments;                                   
03 (5)  the investigation of permittees, licensees, registered vendors, and                                                
04 their employees, including the fingerprinting of those permittees, licensees, registered                                
05       vendors, and employees whom the department considers it advisable to fingerprint;                                 
06                 (6)  the method and manner of conducting authorized activities and                                      
07       awarding of prizes or awards, and the equipment that may be used;                                                 
08                 (7)  the number of activities that may be held, operated, or conducted                                  
09       under a permit during a specified period; however, the department may not allow more                              
10 than 14 bingo sessions a month and 35 bingo games a session to be conducted under a                                     
11 permit; the holders of a multiple-beneficiary permit under AS 05.15.100(d) may hold,                                    
12 operate, or conduct the number of sessions and games a month equal to the number                                        
13 allowed an individual permittee a [PER] month multiplied by the number of holders of                                
14       the multiple-beneficiary permit;                                                                                  
15 (8)  a method of accounting for receipts and disbursements by                                                           
16 operators, including the keeping of records and requirements for the deposit of all                                     
17       receipts in a bank;                                                                                               
18 (9)  the disposition of funds in possession of a permittee, a person,                                                   
19 municipality, or qualified organization that possesses an operator's license, or a                                      
20 registered vendor at the time a permit, a license, or a vendor registration is                                          
21       surrendered, revoked, or invalidated;                                                                             
22 (10)  restrictions on the participation by employees of the Department                                                  
23 of Fish and Game in salmon classics, king salmon classics, and big bull moose                                           
24       derbies, and by employees of Douglas Island Pink and Chum in king salmon classics;                                
25 (11)  establishment of standards for online ticket sales under                                                      
26       AS 05.15.640(d) to ensure compliance with charitable gaming laws, including                                   
27 (A)  age and location verification requirements reasonably                                                          
28 designed to block Internet sales to persons who are located outside the                                             
29            state or who are not of legal purchasing age; and                                                        
30 (B)  appropriate data security standards to prevent                                                                 
31 unauthorized Internet sales to a person whose age and current location                                              
01            has not been verified;                                                                                   
02                 (12) [(11)]  other matters the department considers necessary to carry                              
03       out this chapter or protect the best interest of the public.                                                      
04    * Sec. 2. AS 05.15.640 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
05 (d)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a permittee, an operator, or the holder                                       
06 of a multiple-beneficiary permit may use the Internet or an Internet communication to                                   
07 conduct a charitable gaming activity for a raffle or lottery, dog mushers' contest,                                     
08 derby, or type of classic defined in AS 05.15.690. A permittee may draw winning                                         
09       tickets online.                                                                                                   
10            (e)  A permittee, an operator, or the holders of a multiple-beneficiary permit                               
11       operating under (d) of this section shall, at the time of an online ticket sale, verify that                      
12       the purchaser                                                                                                     
13                 (1)  is of legal purchasing age;                                                                        
14                 (2)  is physically present in the state; and                                                            
15                 (3)  is not physically present in an area that has adopted a local option                               
16       prohibiting charitable gaming.