CSSB 59(FIN): "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote charitable raffles and lotteries and to establishing cabbage classics as a form of charitable gaming."
00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 59(FIN) 01 "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote charitable raffles and lotteries 02 and to establishing cabbage classics as a form of charitable gaming." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 05.15.100(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) The department may issue a permit to a municipality or qualified 06 organization. The permit gives the municipality or qualified organization the privilege 07 of conducting bingo, raffles and lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics, 08 rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon 09 classics, salmon classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow machine 10 classics, fish derbies, animal classics, crane classics, a cabbage classic, Calcutta 11 pools, and contests of skill. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 05.15.115(c) is amended to read: 13 (c) A permittee may not contract with more than one operator at a time to 14 conduct the same type of activity. For the purposes of this subsection, bingo games,
01 raffles, lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics, rain classics, goose 02 classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon classics, salmon 03 classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow machine classics, fish 04 derbies, animal classics, crane classics, a cabbage classic, and contests of skill are 05 each a different type of activity. 06 * Sec. 3. AS 05.15.180(b) is amended to read: 07 (b) With the exception of raffles, lotteries, bingo games, pull-tab games, race 08 classics, rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, dog 09 mushers' contests, snow machine classics, canned salmon classics, salmon classics, 10 animal classics, crane classics, a cabbage classic, Calcutta pools, and king salmon 11 classics, an activity may not be licensed under this chapter unless it existed in the state 12 in substantially the same form and was conducted in substantially the same manner 13 before January 1, 1959. A snow machine classic may not be licensed under this 14 chapter unless it has been in existence for at least five years before the licensing. An 15 animal classic may not be licensed under this chapter unless it was in existence before 16 November 1, 2002. 17 * Sec. 4. AS 05.15.640(a) is amended to read: 18 (a) A person may not use broadcasting to promote or conduct a charitable 19 gaming activity under this chapter except that a person may use (1) broadcasting to 20 promote a fish derby or a type of classic [OR SWEEPSTAKES] defined in 21 AS 05.15.690, or (2) radio or television broadcasting to promote a charitable 22 raffle and lottery. In this subsection, "broadcasting" includes television and radio 23 transmission by 2,500 megahertz, microwave video and audio programming, slow- 24 scan television programming, and programming by way of [VIA] satellite, cable, 25 teletype, or facsimile transmission and distribution methods; "raffle and lottery" has 26 the meaning given in AS 05.15.690. 27 * Sec. 5. AS 05.15.690 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 28 (48) "cabbage classic" means a game of chance where a prize of 29 money is awarded for the closest guess of the weight of the winning cabbage at the 30 Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer operated and 31 administered by the Palmer Rotary Club.