00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 477                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to charitable gaming."                                                                                 
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 05.15.010 is amended to read:                                                                      
04            Sec. 05.15.010. Department of Revenue to administer chapter;                                             
05       investigations and prosecutions. The Department of Revenue shall administer this                              
06       chapter. The Department of Public Safety shall investigate any report of theft or                             
07       embezzlement by a permittee, operator, employee, or consumer. The Department                                  
08       of Law shall prosecute any theft or embezzlement referred to the department by                                
09       the Department of Public Safety.                                                                              
10    * Sec. 2. AS 05.15.020(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
11            (b)  An additional fee of one percent of the net proceeds received during the                                
12       preceding two years [YEAR] from the activities authorized under the permit shall be                           
13       paid to the department annually by the municipality or qualified organization                                     
14       authorized to conduct activities under this chapter, if the gross receipts for the                                
15       activities were $40,000 [$20,000] or more.                                                                    

01    * Sec. 3. AS 05.15.020(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
02            (c)  The biennial [ANNUAL] permit fee under (a) of this section is                                       
03                 (1)  $40 [$20] for an applicant that did not hold a permit during the                               
04       preceding year;                                                                                                   
05                 (2)  $40 [$20] for an applicant that had gross receipts of less than                                
06       $40,000 [$20,000] from activities conducted under this chapter during the preceding                           
07       two years [YEAR];                                                                                             
08                 (3)  $100 [$50] for an applicant that had gross receipts of $20,000 or                              
09       more but not exceeding $200,000 [$100,000] from activities conducted under this                               
10       chapter during the preceding two years [YEAR]; or                                                             
11                 (4)  $200 [$100] for an applicant that had gross receipts exceeding                                 
12       $200,000 [$100,000] from activities conducted under this chapter during the preceding                         
13       two years [YEAR].                                                                                             
14    * Sec. 4. AS 05.15.083(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
15            (b)  An operator shall file a biennial [AN ANNUAL] report with the                                       
16       department not [NO] later than February 28 of the year following the two year period                  
17       in which activities were conducted. The report must include, for each authorizing                                 
18       permittee on whose behalf an activity was conducted, the types of activities                                      
19       conducted, the total amount of gross receipts, the total amount of authorized expenses,                           
20       the total value of prizes awarded, and the total amount of net proceeds paid to each                              
21       authorizing permittee. The biennial [ANNUAL] report must also include a completed                             
22       Internal Revenue Service Form W-2 for each person employed by the operator during                                 
23       the preceding two year period.                                                                            
24    * Sec. 5. AS 05.15.090 is amended to read:                                                                         
25            Sec. 05.15.090. Agency reports. Before April 15 of each year, the department                               
26       shall prepare a detailed report containing a summary of all reports required of                                   
27       permittees and operators. The attorney general and the commissioner of public safety                              
28       shall, within 10 days after the convening of the legislature each year, jointly prepare a                         
29       detailed report outlining the effect, if any, of the operation of this chapter on the legal                       
30       and law enforcement activities of the state and notify the legislature that the report is                         
31       available. The report must include information concerning any investigations or                               

01       prosecutions undertaken by the Department of Public Safety or the Department                                  
02       of Law as required under AS 05.15.010.                                                                        
03    * Sec. 6. 15 AAC 160.580(e) is annulled.