Revision: Jan. 11, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 280
HB 511 – FINAL VERSION
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2007 SESSION
08/05
HOUSE BILL 511
AN ACT increasing the total prize value of a bingo game or series of games.
This bill increases the value of bingo prizes and requests a report from the pari-mutuel commission on increasing the value of bingo prizes.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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07-0242
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT increasing the total prize value of a bingo game or series of games.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
280:1 Bingo Prizes. Amend RSA 287-E:7, XI to read as follows:
XI. Except as provided in paragraphs XIII and XV, all prizes, tokens, or awards used, given, offered or awarded in connection with any game or series of games conducted on one game date shall not exceed the total value of [$3,500] $4,000, up to $500 of which may be provided by the commercial hall.
280:2 Bingo Prizes. RSA 287-E:7, XI is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
XI. Except as provided in paragraphs XIII and XV, all prizes, tokens, or awards used, given, offered or awarded in connection with any game or series of games conducted on one game date shall not exceed the total value of $3,500.
280:3 Study. The pari-mutuel commission shall study the impact of the increase in bingo prizes in RSA 287-E:7, XI and shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2008.
280:4 New Paragraph; Definitions. Amend RSA 287-E:1 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
V-a. “Commercial hall” means any hall owned or leased by an individual, corporation, realty trust, partnership, association, or any other person who rents or leases the hall to a charitable organization for the operation of bingo games, excluding halls owned by any charitable organization or governmental subdivision as specified in RSA 287-E:5, VI.
280:5 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 3, 2007
Effective: I. Section 2 shall take effect July 1, 2009
II. Remainder shall take effect September 1, 2007