SB 201 — An Act relating to charitable gaming online ticket sales and activities; relating to charitable gaming proceeds; and providing for an effective date.

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201 am IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY THE SENATE LABOR AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE Amended:Introduced:

3/18/222/16/22 Introduced:Referred:

2/16/22Labor and Commerce A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act relating to charitable gaming online ticket sales and activities;

relating to charitable gaming proceeds;

(3) the immediate revocation of permits, licenses, and vendor SB0201BSB0201A -1- SB 201 am New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS1509\A.A32-LS1509\A registrations authorized under this chapter if this chapter or regulations adopted under it are violated;

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AS 05.15.150 is amended to read:

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05.15.150.

Limitation on use of proceeds.

(a) Except as provided in (c) of this section, the [THE] authority to conduct the activity authorized by this chapter is contingent upon the dedication of the net proceeds of the charitable gaming activity to the awarding of prizes to contestants or participants and to political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses in the state.

In this subsection, "political, educational, civic, public, charitable, patriotic, or religious uses" means uses benefiting persons either by bringing them under the influence of education or religion or relieving them from disease, suffering, or constraint, or by assisting them in establishing themselves in life, or by providing for the promotion of the welfare and well-being of the membership of the organization within their own community, or through aiding candidates for public office or groups that support candidates for public office, or by erecting or maintaining public buildings or works, or lessening the burden on government, but does not include (1) the direct or indirect payment of any portion of the net proceeds of a bingo or pull-tab game to a lobbyist registered under AS 24.45;

(2) the erection, acquisition, improvement, maintenance, or repair of real, personal, or mixed property unless it is used exclusively for one or more of the permitted uses;

or (3) the direct or indirect payment of any portion of the net proceeds of a charitable gaming activity, except the proceeds of a raffle and lottery, (A) to aid candidates for public office or groups that support or oppose candidates for public office;

(B) to a political party or to an organization affiliated with a political party;

or (C) to a group, as that term is defined in AS 15.13.400, or a political group, as that term is defined in AS 15.80, that seeks to influence the outcome of an election.

(b) The net proceeds derived from the activity must be devoted within one year to one or more of the uses stated in (a) or (c) of this section.

A municipality or qualified organization desiring to hold the net proceeds for a period longer than one SB0201B -3- SB 201 am New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 32-LS1509\A.A year must apply to the department for special permission and upon good cause shown the department may grant the request.

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AS 05.15.150 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

(c) A permittee, operator, or holder of a multiple-beneficiary permit conducting a charitable gaming activity authorized by this chapter may use proceeds from the charitable gaming activity for use outside the state if the proceeds are used to benefit the people of a country that has been invaded by another country.

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TheA permittee,permittee an operator, or the holder of a multiple-beneficiary permit may draw winning tickets onlineonline. or by other electronic or digital means.

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AS 05.15.150(c) is repealed July 1, 2024.

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