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SENATE BILL 858
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CF HB 1316
By: Senator Guzzone Senators Guzzone and Jackson
Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted with floor amendments
Read second time: March 29, 2022
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Gaming – Electronic Instant Bingo Machines – Maximum Number of Machines 2
FOR the purpose of allowing an entity licensed to offer instant bingo under a commercial 3
bingo license on a certain date to operate up to a certain number of electronic instant 4
bingo machines; and generally relating to electronic instant bingo machines. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Criminal Law 7
Section 12–308 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 10
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
Chapter 603 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2012 12
Section 3 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Criminal Law 16
12–308. 17
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, an entity licensed to offer 18
instant bingo under a commercial bingo license on July 1, 2007, or by a qualified 19 2 SENATE BILL 858
organization as defined in § 13–201 of this article on the premises of the qualified 1
organization may continue to operate a game of instant bingo in the same manner using 2
electronic machines, provided that: 3
(1) (i) the machines were in operation for a 1–year period ending 4
December 31, 2007; or 5
(ii) the machines were in operation under a commercial bingo license 6
on December 31, 2007; 7
(2) (1) (I) [EXCEPT AS PROVIDED I N ITEM (II) OF THIS ITEM, the 8
entity] IF THE ENTITY OPERAT ED 200 OR MORE ELECTRONIC MACHINES ON 9
FEBRUARY 28, 2008, IT does not operate more than the number of electronic machines in 10
operation on February 28, 2008; OR 11
(II) 1. IF THE ENTITY OPERAT ED FEWER THAN 200 85 12
ELECTRONIC MACHINES ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008, IT DOES NOT OPERATE MORE THAN 13
199 100 ELECTRONIC MACHINES ; 14
2. IF THE ENTITY OPERAT ED 87 ELECTRONIC MACHINES 15
ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008, IT DOES NOT OPERATE MORE THAN 100 ELECTRONIC 16
MACHINES; 17
3. IF THE ENTITY OPERAT ED 100 ELECTRONIC 18
MACHINES ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008, IT DOES NOT OPERATE MORE THAN 150 19
ELECTRONIC MACHINES ; 20
4. IF THE ENTITY OPERAT ED 103 ELECTRONIC 21
MACHINES ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008, IT DOES NOT OPERATE MORE THAN 150 22
ELECTRONIC MACHINES ; 23
5. IF THE ENTITY OPERAT ED 200 ELECTRONIC 24
MACHINES ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008, IT DOES NOT OPERATE MORE THAN 225 250 25
ELECTRONIC MACHINES ; AND 26
6. IF THE ENTITY OPERAT ED 278 ELECTRONIC 27
MACHINES ON FEBRUARY 28, 2008, IT DOES NOT O PERATE MORE THAN 300 295 28
ELECTRONIC MACHINES ; and 29
(3) (2) the conduct of the gaming and operation of the machines are 30
consistent with all other provisions of this article. 31
Chapter 603 of the Acts of 2012 32
SENATE BILL 858 3
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, a licensee or organization 1
that is authorized under State law to own or operate electronic bingo machines for use after 2
July 1, 2012, may repair and replace the authorized electronic bingo machines provided 3
that the machines operate in the same manner as tho se in operation by the same 4
organization as of February 28, 2008[, and that the organization does not operate more 5
than the number of electronic bingo machines in operation as of February 28, 2008]. 6
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act sha ll take effect July 7
1, 2022. 8
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.