Bill Text - SB23 (2021)

Changing the requirement that a member of the sponsoring charitable organization be present during certain games of chance.


Revision: Feb. 4, 2021, 1:23 p.m.

SB 23 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

02/04/2021   0033s

2021 SESSION

21-0611

08/06

 

SENATE BILL 23

 

AN ACT changing the requirement that a member of the sponsoring charitable organization be present during certain games of chance.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24

 

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals the requirement that a member of the sponsoring charitable organization be present during games of chance at least once during the contract period.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/04/2021   0033s 21-0611

08/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT changing the requirement that a member of the sponsoring charitable organization be present during certain games of chance.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Presence of Charitable Organization Members; Cross Reference Removed.  Amend RSA 287-D:23, IX(b)(3)-(5) to read as follows:

(3) Operating a game on a different date than licensed without approval of the lottery commission; or

(4) Committing 3 or more minor violations within 2 years[; or

(5) Knowingly operating a game of chance without a representative of the charitable organization present as specified in RSA 287-D:14, XI].

2  Repeal.  RSA 287-D:14, XI, relative to the requirement that a member of the sponsoring charitable organization be present during certain games of chance, is repealed.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.