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OH SB213

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/23/2013

Primary Sponsor

Randall Gardner

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Origin

Senate

130th General Assembly (2013-2014)

AI Summary

  • Amends Ohio gambling laws to define "quarter auction" as a form of bingo where participants purchase numbered bid paddles for a chance to win prizes, with winners determined by random selection of matching numbered chips or tokens from a receptacle.

  • Permits charitable organizations to conduct not-for-profit quarter auctions without obtaining a bingo license, provided the auctions are not conducted for profit.

  • Establishes criminal penalties for illegal quarter auction conduct: misdemeanor of the first degree for initial violation, felony of the fifth degree for subsequent violations.

  • Requires charitable organizations conducting quarter auctions to maintain detailed records of gross receipts, expenses, prizes, and net profit recipients for three years.

  • Adds quarter auctions to the list of bingo supplies subject to regulation and includes quarter auction supplies (bid paddles, chips, tokens) and related materials in the definition of "bingo supplies."

Legislative Description

To permit charitable organizations to conduct not-for-profit quarter auctions.

Charitable organizations-conduct nonprofit quarter auctions

Last Action

To State Government Oversight & Reform

10/23/2013

Full Bill Text

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