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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb1112* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 1112 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C7 4lr2643 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 954 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Zucker |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 5, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Rules |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Gaming – Electronic Instant Bingo Machines – Paper Tickets Option 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing certain electronic machines offering a game of instant bingo 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | to provide a player the option to print a paper ticket for each game of instant bingo 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | played; and generally relating to electronic instant bingo machines. 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Article – Criminal Law 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 12–308 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Article – Criminal Law 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 12–308. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this subtitle, an entity licensed to 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | offer instant bingo under a commercial bingo license on July 1, 2007, or by a qualified 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | organization as defined in § 13–201 of this article on the premises of the qualified 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | organization may continue to operate a game of instant bingo in the same manner using 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | electronic machines, provided that: 19 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (1) (i) the machines were in operation for a 1–year period ending 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | December 31, 2007; or 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (ii) the machines were in operation under a commercial bingo license 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | on December 31, 2007; 23 2 SENATE BILL 1112 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) the entity does not operate more than the num ber of electronic 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | machines in operation on February 28, 2008; and 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (3) the conduct of the gaming and operation of the machines are consistent 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | with all other provisions of this article. 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (B) AN ELECTRONIC MACHINE ALLOWED UNDER SUBSEC TION (A) OF THIS 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION TO OFFER A GAME OF INSTANT BI NGO MAY PROVIDE A PLAYER THE OPTION 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | TO PRINT A PAPER TIC KET FOR EACH INSTANT BIN GO GAME PLAYED . 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 1, 2024. 9 |
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