CCS SB 59: "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote dog mushers' contests and charitable raffles and lotteries; relating to the maximum amount of prizes that may be awarded for charitable gaming activities other than bingo; and establishing cabbage classics as a form of charitable gaming."
00 CONFERENCE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 59 01 "An Act relating to the use of broadcasting to promote dog mushers' contests and 02 charitable raffles and lotteries; relating to the maximum amount of prizes that may be 03 awarded for charitable gaming activities other than bingo; and establishing cabbage 04 classics as a form of charitable gaming." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 05.15.100(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) The department may issue a permit to a municipality or qualified 08 organization. The permit gives the municipality or qualified organization the privilege 09 of conducting bingo, raffles and lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics, 10 rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon 11 classics, salmon classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow machine 12 classics, fish derbies, animal classics, crane classics, cabbage classics, Calcutta pools, 13 and contests of skill. 14 * Sec. 2. AS 05.15.115(c) is amended to read:
01 (c) A permittee may not contract with more than one operator at a time to 02 conduct the same type of activity. For the purposes of this subsection, bingo games, 03 raffles, lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics, rain classics, goose 04 classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon classics, salmon 05 classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow machine classics, fish 06 derbies, animal classics, crane classics, cabbage classics, and contests of skill are each 07 a different type of activity. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 05.15.180(b) is amended to read: 09 (b) With the exception of raffles, lotteries, bingo games, pull-tab games, race 10 classics, rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, dog 11 mushers' contests, snow machine classics, canned salmon classics, salmon classics, 12 animal classics, crane classics, cabbage classics, Calcutta pools, and king salmon 13 classics, an activity may not be licensed under this chapter unless it existed in the state 14 in substantially the same form and was conducted in substantially the same manner 15 before January 1, 1959. A snow machine classic may not be licensed under this 16 chapter unless it has been in existence for at least five years before the licensing. An 17 animal classic may not be licensed under this chapter unless it was in existence before 18 November 1, 2002. 19 * Sec. 4. AS 05.15.180(g) is amended to read: 20 (g) A municipality or a qualified organization may award a maximum of 21 $2,000,000 [$1,000,000] in prizes each year in activities authorized under this chapter; 22 however, if a municipality or a qualified organization contracts with an operator to 23 conduct on its behalf activities authorized under this chapter, the municipality or 24 qualified organization may award a maximum of $500,000 in prizes each year. A 25 municipality or a qualified organization that conducts a contest of skill and awards 26 more than $1,000,000 [$500,000] in prizes to the participants in that contest of skill 27 may exclude $1,000,000 [$500,000] in prizes awarded to those participants from the 28 $2,000,000 [$1,000,000] maximum allowed in this subsection. The holders of a 29 multiple-beneficiary permit under AS 05.15.100(d) may award a maximum in prizes 30 each year of $2,000,000 [$1,000,000] times the number of holders of the permit for 31 activities authorized under this chapter. In this subsection, "activities authorized under
01 this chapter" means all activities subject to this chapter other than bingo. 02 * Sec. 5. AS 05.15.640(a) is amended to read: 03 (a) A person may not use broadcasting to promote or conduct a charitable 04 gaming activity under this chapter except that a person may use (1) broadcasting to 05 promote a fish derby, a dog mushers' contest, or a type of classic [OR 06 SWEEPSTAKES] defined in AS 05.15.690, or (2) radio or television broadcasting 07 to promote a charitable raffle and lottery. In this subsection, "broadcasting" 08 includes television and radio transmission by 2,500 megahertz, microwave video and 09 audio programming, slow-scan television programming, and programming by way of 10 [VIA] satellite, cable, teletype, or facsimile transmission and distribution methods; 11 "raffle and lottery" has the meaning given in AS 05.15.690. 12 * Sec. 6. AS 05.15.690 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 13 (48) "cabbage classic" means a game of chance where a prize of 14 money is awarded for the closest guess of the weight of the winning cabbage at the 15 Giant Cabbage Weigh-Off at the Alaska State Fair in Palmer operated and 16 administered by the Palmer Rotary Club.