SB 346: "An Act requiring that charitable gaming permittees, operators, and vendors may not turn over a pull tab or bingo prize of $50 or more to a person entitled to that prize unless the person provides certain information to the permittee, operator, or vendor and signs a receipt for the prize; requiring the reporting of winners of prizes of $50 or more to the Department of Health and Social Services to ensure that recipients of services provided by the Department of Health and Social Services are reporting charitable gaming winnings and are eligible for those services."
00SENATE BILL NO. 346 01 "An Act requiring that charitable gaming permittees, operators, and vendors may 02 not turn over a pull tab or bingo prize of $50 or more to a person entitled 03 to that prize unless the person provides certain information to the permittee, 04 operator, or vendor and signs a receipt for the prize; requiring the reporting of 05 winners of prizes of $50 or more to the Department of Health and Social 06 Services to ensure that recipients of services provided by the Department of 07 Health and Social Services are reporting charitable gaming winnings and are 08 eligible for those services." 09 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 10 * Section 1. AS 05.15.187(i) is amended to read: 11 (i) A permittee, operator, or registered vendor may not turn over a prize of $50 12 or more to a person with a pull-tab card entitling the person to that prize unless the 13 permittee, operator, or vendor records the person's name and social security 14 number or date of birth on a receipt for the prize, the person signs the [A] receipt
01 [FOR THE PRIZE] and returns the receipt to the permittee, operator, or vendor. The 02 receipt must be in a form approved by the department. A copy of the receipt shall 03 be given to the Department of Health and Social Services as required under 04 AS 05.15.196(b). 05 * Sec. 2. AS 05.15 is amended by adding a new section to read: 06 Sec. 05.15.196. IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF WINNERS OF 07 BINGO AND PULL-TAB PRIZES OF $50 OR MORE. (a) Notwithstanding another 08 provision of this chapter, a permittee, operator, or vendor may not turn over a prize 09 of $50 or more from a bingo game to a person entitled to that prize unless the 10 permittee, operator, or vendor records the person's name and social security number 11 or date of birth on a receipt for the prize, and the person signs the receipt and returns 12 it to the permittee, operator, or vendor. The receipt must be in a form approved by 13 the department. 14 (b) A permittee, operator, or vendor shall provide copies of receipts required 15 for prizes of $50 or more from bingo games under this section and from pull-tab 16 games under AS 05.15.187(i) to the Department of Health and Social Services at 17 periods set by the Department of Health and Social Services. 18 * Sec. 3. AS 44.29.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 19 (b) The department shall review charitable gaming prize receipts for pull-tab 20 and bingo games received under AS 05.15.196 to verify that recipients of services 21 provided by the department are fully and completely reporting income received from 22 charitable gaming activities and to ensure that those recipients are eligible for the 23 services provided by the department.