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MI HB4908

Bill

Status

Introduced

5/25/2021

Primary Sponsor

Beau LaFave

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Origin

House of Representatives

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Replaces mandatory "shall" language with permissive "may" language and updated phrasing throughout section 7a of the Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act regarding charity game ticket sales and pricing.

  • Allows eligible organizations (defined as veterans' organizations) to conduct charity games using a charity game ticket dispenser that reads tickets and displays results in video animation.

  • Requires net proceeds from charity games conducted under the new video dispenser provisions to be allocated to the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency within the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

  • Maintains existing requirements that qualified organizations retain 60% and the bureau retain 40% of charity game ticket sales revenue, except as otherwise provided in the new section 7e.

  • Clarifies that individuals under 18 years of age cannot directly purchase charity game tickets but may receive them as gifts and are eligible to claim prizes won.

Legislative Description

Gaming: bingo and charitable gaming; veterans' organization conducting a charity game using a video charity game dispenser; allow, and allocate net proceeds to the Michigan veterans affairs agency. Amends sec. 7a of 1972 PA 382 (MCL 432.107a) & adds sec. 7e.

Veterans: other

Last Action

Referred To Second Reading

2/22/2022

Committee Referrals

Military, Veterans And Homeland Security5/25/2021

Full Bill Text

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