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SSSB 331: "An Act relating to removing political organizations and nonprofit trade associations from being qualified organizations for the purpose of conducting bingo and pull-tab games but not other forms of charitable gaming."

00 SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 331 01 "An Act relating to removing political organizations and nonprofit trade associations 02 from being qualified organizations for the purpose of conducting bingo and pull-tab 03 games but not other forms of charitable gaming." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 05.15.100(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) The department may issue a permit to a municipality or qualified 07 organization. The permit gives the municipality or qualified organization the privilege 08 of conducting bingo, raffles and lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics, 09 rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon 10 classics, salmon classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow machine 11 classics, fish derbies, and contests of skill, except that a qualified organization that 12 is a political organization or nonprofit trade association may not conduct bingo 13 or pull-tab games. 14 * Sec. 2. AS 05.15.100(d) is amended to read:

01 (d) The department may issue a multiple-beneficiary permit to two to six 02 municipalities or qualified organizations or to a combination of two to six 03 municipalities and qualified organizations that apply jointly for the permit. The permit 04 gives the permit holders the privilege of jointly conducting the activities specified in 05 (a) of this section. A qualified organization that is a political organization or 06 nonprofit trade association may not participate in a multiple-beneficiary permit 07 that conducts bingo or pull-tab games.