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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 | | *hb0539* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 539 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C7 5lr2707 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr1986 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegate Ebersole |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Ways and Means |
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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 | | State Lottery – Ticket Purchase and Delivery by Third–Party Entity – 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Authorization 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to allow 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | licensed agents to enter into an agreement with third–party entities to allow those 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | entities to purchase State lottery tickets on behalf of individuals in the State and 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | deliver the tickets to the purchasers; authorizing the third–party entities to charge 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | a service fee; and generally relating to the authorization of ticket purchases and 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | deliveries by third–party entities. 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Article – State Government 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Section 9–101(a), (b), and (g) 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | BY adding to 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – State Government 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 9–111(g) 17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 18 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 20 |
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| 41 | 41 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 21 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Article – State Government 22 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 9–101. 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 24 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 HOUSE BILL 539 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) “Agency” means the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency. 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | |
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| 53 | 53 | | (g) “Licensed agent” means a person or governmental unit licensed by the 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Director to act as a State lottery sales agent. 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | |
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| 56 | 56 | | 9–111. 4 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (G) (1) THE AGENCY MAY ALLOW A LI CENSED AGENT TO ENTE R INTO AN 5 |
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| 59 | 59 | | AGREEMENT WITH A THI RD–PARTY ENTITY TO ALLO W THE ENTITY TO PURC HASE A 6 |
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| 60 | 60 | | STATE LOTTERY TICKET ON BEHALF OF AN INDI VIDUAL IN THE STATE AND DELIVER 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | THE TICKET TO THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE STATE. 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) A THIRD–PARTY ENTITY MAY CHA RGE A SERVICE FEE FO R 9 |
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| 64 | 64 | | PROVIDING THE SERVIC ES DESCRIBED UNDER P ARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SECTION. 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | 1, 2025. 12 |
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