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SENATE BILL 1151
C7 4lr3512
CF HB 1015
By: Frederick County Senators
Introduced and read first time: February 11, 2024
Assigned to: Rules
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Frederick County – Gaming – Acceptance of Credit as Payment 2
FOR the purpose of authorizing certain fire, rescue, and ambulance organizations 3
conducting certain gaming events in Frederick County to accept credit from a person 4
as payment to play a gaming device at the gaming event; and generally relating to 5
accepting credit as payment to play a gaming device. 6
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7
Article – Criminal Law 8
Section 12–108 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 12
Article – Criminal Law 13
Section 13–1304(b)(2) and (3) 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY T HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Criminal Law 19
12–108. 20
(a) THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO AN ORGANIZA TION DESCRIBED 21
UNDER § 13–1304(B)(2) OR (3) OF THIS ARTICLE COND UCTING A GAMING EVEN T FOR 22
ITS OWN BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH § 13–1304 OF THIS ARTICLE. 23
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(B) An organization that operates a gaming event authorized under this subtitle, 1
Subtitle 2 of this title, or Title 13 of this article may not accept credit from a person to allow 2
that person to play a gaming device at the gaming event. 3
[(b)] (C) Subsection [(a)] (B) of this section does not prohibit an organization 4
from accepting a token instead of money from a person who has paid the organization 5
money for the use of the token. 6
[(c)] (D) An organization that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor 7
and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or loss of privileges to conduct a 8
gaming event not exceeding 60 days or both. 9
13–1304. 10
(b) An organization may conduct a gaming event for its own benefit if the 11
organization is: 12
(2) a Frederick County volunteer: 13
(i) fire company; 14
(ii) rescue company; or 15
(iii) ambulance company; or 16
(3) an auxiliary for a Frederick County volunteer: 17
(i) fire company; 18
(ii) rescue company; or 19
(iii) ambulance company. 20
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 21
1, 2024. 22