CHAPTER 8
HB 1203 - FINAL VERSION
7Mar2024... 0682h
2024 SESSION
24-2390
02/10
HOUSE BILL 1203
AN ACT relative to prohibiting the charging of rent to charities by charitable gaming facilities.
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Cahill, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the charging of rent for facilities or equipment to charities by primary game operators.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
7Mar2024... 0682h 24-2390
02/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to prohibiting the charging of rent to charities by charitable gaming facilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
8:1 Equipment; Ownership and Rental. RSA 287-D:18 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
287-D:18 Equipment; Ownership. If a charitable organization operates games of chance itself, such games of chance shall be conducted with equipment that is:
I. Owned absolutely; or
II. Used without payment or any compensation therefor by the charitable organization.
8:2 Games of Chance; Facilities. RSA 287-D:19 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
287-D:19 Facilities.
I. If a charitable organization operates games of chance itself, such games of chance shall be conducted within a facility that is:
(a) The charitable organization's primary meeting place; or
(b) Used by the charitable organization without payment or any compensation.
II. No rent for the use of a facility shall be charged by a game operator employer to a charitable organization.
III.(a) If a charitable organization contracts for services from a game operator employer licensed under RSA 287-D:8, the game operator employer shall provide equipment and shall not charge the charitable organization for such equipment.
(b) Any service agreement entered into by the charitable organization shall be submitted with the charitable organization's license application for review by the lottery commission.
(c) Under no circumstances shall a charitable organization sustain any loss from games of chance, such that its share of the gross revenues minus any prizes paid is less than zero dollars, during a license period with a single game operator.
(d) All contracts between a game operator employer and a charitable organization to conduct games of chance under this chapter shall contain the following language: "This agreement represents the entire agreement between the parties. No charge or fee of any kind that is not contained in this agreement shall be paid by the charity."
(e) No fee for any service which is required by or provided by the game operator employer or primary game operator shall be allowed.
(f) No charitable organization shall receive less than 35 percent of the gross revenues from any games of chance minus any prizes paid.
8:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: April 16, 2024
Effective Date: June 15, 2024
| Date | Amendment |
|---|---|
| Feb. 21, 2024 | 2024-0682h |
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30, 2024 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 14, 2024 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 14, 2024 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 27, 2024 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 4, 2024 | Senate | Floor Vote |
April 17, 2024: Signed by Governor Sununu 04/16/2024; Chapter 8; eff. 06/15/2024
April 10, 2024: Enrolled (in recess of) 03/28/2024
April 10, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 04/05/2024); SJ 9
April 5, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/05/2024; SJ 8
March 27, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/05/2024, Vote 3-0; SC 13
March 20, 2024: Hearing: 03/27/2024, Room 100, SH, 09:30 am; SC 12
March 13, 2024: Introduced 03/07/2024 and Referred to Ways and Means; SJ 7
March 7, 2024: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0682h: MA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7
March 7, 2024: Amendment # 2024-0682h: AA VV 03/07/2024 HJ 7
Feb. 21, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0682h 02/14/2024 (Vote 17-0; CC) HC 9 P. 16
Feb. 7, 2024: Executive Session: 02/14/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
Feb. 7, 2024: Full Committee Work Session: 02/13/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
Jan. 17, 2024: Public Hearing: 01/30/2024 10:00 am LOB 202-204
Dec. 1, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Ways and Means