00               SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 61(L&C)                                                              
01 "An Act relating to Calcutta pools and crane classics as authorized forms of charitable                                 
02 gaming."                                                                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 05.15.080(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  A municipality or a qualified organization issued a permit under this                                   
06       chapter shall file a report with the department by the 45th day following each calendar                           
07       quarter in which the permittee had gross receipts of $50,000 or more from activities                              
08       authorized under this chapter.  The report must include the type of activity conducted,                           
09       the date and location of the activity, the amount of gross receipts, the amount of                                
10       authorized expenses, the value of prizes awarded, the amount of net proceeds, and                                 
11       other information the department may require.  However, if the only activity                                      
12       conducted by a municipality or qualified organization during a calendar quarter is a                              
13       raffle or lottery or a Calcutta pool, then the municipality or qualified organization is                      
14       not required to file a report under this subsection until the raffle or lottery or a                          

01       Calcutta pool is completed.                                                                                   
02    * Sec. 2.  AS 05.15.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
03            (c)  A permittee that conducts a Calcutta pool shall file a report for each pool                             
04       conducted on a form prescribed by the department that lists                                                       
05                 (1)  the date of the pool and the event;                                                                
06                 (2)  the amount of wagers;                                                                              
07                 (3)  the amount of prizes distributed to the winners of the pool;                                       
08                 (4)  the amount and nature of each expense;                                                             
09                 (5)  the amount remaining after the payment of the prizes and expenses;                                 
10                 (6)  any other information that the department requests or requires.                                    
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 05.15.100(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
12            (a)  The department may issue a permit to a municipality or qualified                                        
13       organization. The permit gives the municipality or qualified organization the privilege                           
14       of conducting bingo, raffles and lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics,                          
15       rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon                              
16       classics, salmon classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow machine                              
17       classics, fish derbies, animal classics, crane classics, Calcutta pools, and contests of                      
18       skill.                                                                                                            
19    * Sec. 4.  AS 05.15.100(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
20            (c)  The department may issue an operator's license to a natural person to                                   
21       conduct an activity permitted under this chapter, other than a Calcutta pool, on                              
22       behalf of a municipality or a qualified organization. The department may also issue an                            
23       operator's license to a municipality or a qualified organization to conduct an activity,                      
24       other than a Calcutta pool, on behalf of another municipality or qualified                                    
25       organization.                                                                                                     
26    * Sec. 5.  AS 05.15.115(c) is amended to read:                                                                     
27            (c)  A permittee may not contract with more than one operator at a time to                                   
28       conduct the same type of activity. For the purposes of this subsection, bingo games,                              
29       raffles, lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics, rain classics, goose                             
30       classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon classics, salmon                                  
31       classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow machine classics, fish                                

01       derbies, animal classics, crane classics, and contests of skill are each a different type                     
02       of activity.                                                                                                      
03    * Sec. 6.  AS 05.15.160(d) is amended to read:                                                                     
04            (d)  The total amount of authorized expenses that may be incurred under (a) of                               
05       this section in connection with any gaming activity other than pull-tabs or Calcutta                          
06       pools may not exceed 90 percent of the adjusted gross income from that gaming                                 
07       activity.                                                                                                         
08    * Sec. 7.  AS 05.15.160 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
09            (e)  The total amount of expenses that may be incurred and prizes that may be                                
10       awarded under (a) of this section in connection with a Calcutta pool may not exceed                               
11       50 percent of the pool of wagers.                                                                                 
12    * Sec. 8.  AS 05.15.180(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
13            (b)  With the exception of raffles, lotteries, bingo games, pull-tab games, race                             
14       classics, rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, dog                              
15       mushers' contests, snow machine classics, canned salmon classics, salmon classics,                                
16       animal classics, crane classics, Calcutta pools, and king salmon classics, an activity                        
17       may not be licensed under this chapter unless it existed in the state in substantially the                        
18       same form and was conducted in substantially the same manner before January 1,                                    
19       1959. A snow machine classic may not be licensed under this chapter unless it has                                 
20       been in existence for at least five years before the licensing. An animal classic may not                         
21       be licensed under this chapter unless it was in existence before November 1, 2002.                                
22    * Sec. 9.  AS 05.15.180 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
23            (h)  Only one Calcutta pool permit may be issued for each event and is limited                               
24       to the permittee conducting the event or a permittee authorized by the person                                     
25       conducting the event if the person is not eligible to be a permittee.  A Calcutta pool                            
26       may not be conducted for elementary, secondary, or post-secondary school sporting                                 
27       events or for youth organization events.  A person may not wager on a Calcutta pool                               
28       unless the person is at least 18 years of age.  A permittee may not accept a wager on a                           
29       contestant or entrant in a Calcutta pool unless the contestant or entrant is or are 18                            
30       years of age or older.  A person may not place a wager on a contestant or entrant in a                            
31       Calcutta pool unless the contestant or entrant is or are 18 years of age or older.  A                             

01       Calcutta pool may not be conducted unless the rules for the pool are publicly posted                              
02       and available to all participants in the pool.                                                                    
03    * Sec. 10.  AS 05.15.690 is amended by adding new paragraphs to read:                                              
04                 (46)  "Calcutta pool" means a game of chance where a prize of money                                     
05       is awarded from a pool of wagers on a contest of skill limited to amateur and                                     
06       professional sporting events, other than horse racing, in the state in which those who                            
07       wager bid at auction for the exclusive right to purchase or wager upon a particular                               
08       contestant or entrant in the event;                                                                               
09                 (47)  "crane classic" means a game of chance in which a prize of                                        
10       money is awarded for the closest guess of the time of arrival of the first sandhill crane                         
11       to a particular place.