00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 128(FIN)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to charitable gaming online ticket sales and activities; and providing                                 
02 for an effective date."                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 05.15.060(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (a)  The department shall adopt regulations under AS 44.62 (Administrative                                   
06       Procedure Act) necessary to carry out this chapter covering, but not limited to,                                  
07                 (1)  the issuance, renewal, and revocation of permits, licenses, and                                    
08       vendor registrations;                                                                                             
09                 (2)  a method of ascertaining net proceeds, the determination of items                                  
10 of expense that may be incurred or paid, and the limitation of the amount of the items                                  
11 of expense to prevent the proceeds from the activity permitted from being diverted to                                   
12 noncharitable, noneducational, nonreligious, or profit-making organizations,                                            
13       individuals, or groups;                                                                                           
14                 (3)  the immediate revocation of permits, licenses, and vendor                                          

01       registrations authorized under this chapter if this chapter or regulations adopted under                          
02       it are violated;                                                                                                  
03                 (4)  the requiring of detailed, sworn, financial reports of operations                                  
04 from permittees and licensees including detailed statements of receipts and payments;                                   
05 (5)  the investigation of permittees, licensees, registered vendors, and                                                
06 their employees, including the fingerprinting of those permittees, licensees, registered                                
07       vendors, and employees whom the department considers it advisable to fingerprint;                                 
08                 (6)  the method and manner of conducting authorized activities and                                      
09       awarding of prizes or awards, and the equipment that may be used;                                                 
10 (7)  the number of activities that may be held, operated, or conducted                                                  
11 under a permit during a specified period; however, the department may not allow more                                    
12 than 14 bingo sessions a month and 35 bingo games a session to be conducted under a                                     
13 permit; the holders of a multiple-beneficiary permit under AS 05.15.100(d) may hold,                                    
14 operate, or conduct the number of sessions and games a month equal to the number                                        
15 allowed an individual permittee a [PER] month multiplied by the number of holders of                                
16       the multiple-beneficiary permit;                                                                                  
17 (8)  a method of accounting for receipts and disbursements by                                                           
18 operators, including the keeping of records and requirements for the deposit of all                                     
19       receipts in a bank;                                                                                               
20 (9)  the disposition of funds in possession of a permittee, a person,                                                   
21 municipality, or qualified organization that possesses an operator's license, or a                                      
22 registered vendor at the time a permit, a license, or a vendor registration is                                          
23       surrendered, revoked, or invalidated;                                                                             
24 (10)  restrictions on the participation by employees of the Department                                                  
25 of Fish and Game in salmon classics, king salmon classics, and big bull moose                                           
26       derbies, and by employees of Douglas Island Pink and Chum in king salmon classics;                                
27 (11)  establishment of standards for online ticket sales under                                                      
28 AS 05.15.640(d) to ensure compliance with charitable gaming laws, including age                                     
29       and location verification requirements;                                                                       
30 (12) [(11)]  other matters the department considers necessary to carry                                              
31       out this chapter or protect the best interest of the public.                                                      

01    * Sec. 2. AS 05.15.640 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
02 (d)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a permittee, an operator, or the holder                                       
03 of a multiple-beneficiary permit may use the Internet or an Internet communication to                                   
04 conduct a charitable gaming activity for a raffle or lottery, dog mushers' contest,                                     
05 derby, or type of classic defined in AS 05.15.690. A permittee may draw winning                                         
06       tickets online.                                                                                                   
07            (e)  A purchaser shall, at the time of an online ticket sale, certify that the                               
08       purchaser is of legal purchasing age and is not physically present in an area that has                            
09       adopted a local option prohibiting charitable gaming.                                                             
10 (f)  A permittee, operator, or holder of a multiple-beneficiary permit                                                  
11 conducting a charitable gaming activity under (d) of this section shall conduct the                                     
12 charitable gaming activity in the state and determine, in the state, the winner of the                                  
13       charitable gaming activity.                                                                                       
14    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).