00SENATE BILL NO. 145                                                                                                     
01 "An Act requiring the reporting of winners of prizes of $50 or more from a                                              
02 bingo or pull-tab game to the Department of Health and Social Services to ensure                                        
03 that recipients of services or assistance are reporting those winnings and are                                          
04 eligible for services or assistance; relating to the awarding of those prizes;                                          
05 prohibiting charitable gaming permittees, operators, and registered vendors from                                        
06 cashing state public assistance checks; and relating to penalties for violations of                                     
07 the charitable gaming laws."                                                                                            
08 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
09    * Section 1.  AS 05.15 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                   
10  Sec. 05.15.175. IDENTIFICATION AND REPORTING OF WINNERS OF                                                            
11 BINGO AND PULL-TAB PRIZES OF $50 OR MORE.  (a)  Notwithstanding another                                                 
12 provision of this chapter, a permittee, operator, or vendor may not turn over a prize of                                
13 $50 or more from a bingo or pull-tab game to a person entitled to that prize unless the                                 
14 person presents proper picture identification, the permittee, operator, or vendor records                               

01 the person's name and social security number or date of birth on a receipt for the prize,                               
02 and the person signs the receipt and returns it to the permittee, operator, or vendor.  The                             
03 receipt must be in a form approved by the department.                                                                   
04  (b)  A permittee, operator, or vendor shall provide copies of receipts required for                                   
05 prizes of $50 or more from bingo games and from pull-tab games under this section to                                    
06 the Department of Health and Social Services at times and for periods set by the                                        
07 Department of Health and Social Services.                                                                               
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 05.15.180 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
09  (h)  A permittee, operator, or registered vendor may not cash a check issued by                                       
10 the state to a person for financial assistance under AS 47 other than AS 47.45.                                         
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 05.15.680(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
12  (a)  A person who knowingly violates or aids or solicits a person to violate this                                     
13 chapter is guilty of a                                                                                                  
14   (1)  violation, and may be fined not more than $5,000, for the first                                             
15 offense; or                                                                                                           
16   (2)  [AND A] class B misdemeanor, and may be fined not more than                                                  
17 $10,000 and may be imprisoned as provided in AS 12.55, for the second and each                                         
18 subsequent offense.                                                                                                     
19    * Sec. 4.  AS 44.29.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
20  (c)  The department shall review charitable gaming prize receipts for pull-tab and                                    
21 bingo games received under AS 05.15.175 to verify that recipients of services provided                                  
22 by the department are fully and completely reporting income received from charitable                                    
23 gaming activities and to ensure that those recipients are eligible for the services or                                  
24 assistance provided by the department.                                                                                  
25    * Sec. 5.  AS 05.15.187(i) is repealed.