2019-02-22                     Senate Journal                      Page 0375
                  Introduction and Reference of Senate Bills                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
SB 69                                                                                                                         
SENATE BILL NO. 69 BY THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE                                                                                
BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR, entitled:                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
          "An Act establishing an exception from permit and                                                                     
          fee requirements for certain charitable gaming                                                                        
          activities; relating to fees for applicants for a                                                                     
          charitable gaming permit; amending the definition of                                                                  
          'permittee'; and providing for an effective date."                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
was read the first time and referred to the Labor and Commerce and                                                              
Finance Committees.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The following fiscal information was published today:                                                                           
 Fiscal Note No. 1, Department of Revenue                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Governor's transmittal letter dated February 21:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Dear President Giessel:                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Under the authority of Article III, Section 18, of the Alaska                                                                   
Constitution, I am transmitting a bill that would reduce unnecessary                                                            
regulatory requirements for municipalities and qualified organizations                                                          
operating small charitable gaming fundraisers.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Per AS 05.15.690(39), a “qualified organization” means “a bona fide                                                             
civic or service organization or a bona fide religious, charitable,                                                             
fraternal, veterans, labor, political, or educational organization, police                                                      
or fire department and company, dog mushers’ association, outboard                                                              
motor association, or fishing derby or nonprofit trade association in                                                           
the state, that operates without profits to its members and that has been                                                       
in existence continually for a period of three years immediately before                                                         
applying for the license or permit; the organization may be a firm,                                                             
corporation, company, association, or partnership.”                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
The bill would provide that a charitable gaming permit or fee is no                                                             
longer required for a qualified organization that did not hold a permit                                                         
during the preceding year or that had gross receipts of less than                                                               
$20,000 from charitable gaming fundraisers during the preceding year.                                                           
The bill would have a positive impact on about 400 permittees by