00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 365                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to disbursements from charitable gaming accounts."                                                     
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 05.15.060(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative                                   
05       Procedure Act) necessary to carry out this chapter covering, but not limited to,                                  
06                 (1)  the issuance, renewal, and revocation of permits, licenses, and                                    
07       vendor registrations;                                                                                             
08                 (2)  a method of ascertaining net proceeds, the determination of items                                  
09       of expense that may be incurred or paid, and the limitation of the amount of the items                            
10       of expense to prevent the proceeds from the activity permitted from being diverted to                             
11       noncharitable, noneducational, nonreligious, or profit-making organizations,                                      
12       individuals, or groups;                                                                                           
13                 (3)  the immediate revocation of permits, licenses, and vendor                                          
14       registrations authorized under this chapter if this chapter or regulations adopted under                          
15       it are violated;                                                                                                  

01                 (4)  the requiring of detailed, sworn, financial reports of operations                                  
02 from permittees and licensees including detailed statements of receipts and payments;                                   
03 (5)  the investigation of permittees, licensees, registered vendors, and                                                
04 their employees, including the fingerprinting of those permittees, licensees, registered                                
05       vendors, and employees whom the department considers it advisable to fingerprint;                                 
06                 (6)  the method and manner of conducting authorized activities and                                      
07       awarding of prizes or awards, and the equipment that may be used;                                                 
08                 (7)  the number of activities that may be held, operated, or conducted                                  
09       under a permit during a specified period; however, the department may not allow more                              
10 than 14 bingo sessions a month and 35 bingo games a session to be conducted under a                                     
11 permit; the holders of a multiple-beneficiary permit under AS 05.15.100(d) may hold,                                    
12 operate, or conduct the number of sessions and games a month equal to the number                                        
13 allowed an individual permittee each [PER] month multiplied by the number of                                        
14       holders of the multiple-beneficiary permit;                                                                       
15 (8)  a method of accounting for receipts and disbursements by                                                           
16 operators, including the keeping of records and requirements for the deposit of all                                     
17       receipts in a bank;                                                                                               
18 (9)  the disposition of funds in possession of a permittee, [A] person,                                                 
19 municipality, or qualified organization that possesses an operator's license, or a                                      
20 registered vendor at the time a permit, [A] license, or [A] vendor registration is                                      
21       surrendered, revoked, or invalidated;                                                                             
22 (10)  restrictions on the participation by employees of the Department                                                  
23 of Fish and Game in salmon classics, king salmon classics, and big bull moose                                           
24       derbies, and by employees of Douglas Island Pink and Chum in king salmon classics;                                
25 (11)  methods of disbursements from a permittee bank account; the                                                   
26 regulations must allow disbursement by check, electronic funds transfer, and                                        
27 other method acceptable to the department and require that a disbursement over                                      
28       $5,000 be made by check signed by two authorized members of the permittee;                                    
29 (12)  other matters the department considers necessary to carry out this                                            
30       chapter or protect the best interest of the public.