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CHAPTER 277
SB 19 – FINAL VERSION
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2005 SESSION
08/09
SENATE BILL 19
AN ACT relative to qualifications to sell lottery, bingo, and lucky 7 tickets.
This bill restricts people who have been convicted of misdemeanors involving falsehood or dishonesty from selling lottery, bingo, or lucky 7 tickets.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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03/17/05 0552s
25May2005… 1291h
06/29/05 2046cofc
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08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to qualifications to sell lottery, bingo, and lucky 7 tickets.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
277:1 Qualifications to Sell Lottery Tickets. Amend RSA 284:21-h, II(e) to read as follows:
(e) [Persons] Owners of retail establishments who have been convicted of a felony within the previous 10 years which has not been annulled by a court, or a misdemeanor involving falsehood or dishonesty within the previous 5 years which has not been annulled by a court, shall not be allowed to sell lottery tickets in their retail establishment.
277:2 Bingo and Lucky 7; Licenses; Ticket Sales. Amend RSA 287-E:5, V(c) to read as follows:
(c) [That] Neither the applicant nor any member of the charitable organization who will [be participating in the operation of] operate the bingo games and [sale of] sell lucky 7 tickets has been convicted of a felony [or class A misdemeanor] within the previous 10 years which has not been annulled by a court, or a [class B] misdemeanor involving falsehood or dishonesty within the [past] previous 5 years which has not been annulled by a court, or has violated the statutes or rules governing charitable gambling.
277:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: July 22, 2005)
(Effective Date: July 22, 2005)