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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDE D TO EXISTING LAW . |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *hb0797* |
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| 7 | 7 | | HOUSE BILL 797 |
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| 8 | 8 | | C7 5lr2320 |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB 526/24 – W&M |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Delegates Buckel and Wilkins |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 29, 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 | | Sports Wagering – Licenses and Application of Minority Business Enterprise 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Program Requirements 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission, subject 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to certain limitations, to accept and consider applications for sports wagering facility 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | licenses and mobile sports wagering licenses submitted before a certain date; 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | altering the termination date of certain provisions of law requiring the application 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the Minority Business Enterprise Program to the sports wagering industry; and 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | generally relating to sports wagering and the Sports Wagering Application Review 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Commission. 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Article – State Government 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 9–1E–07(b) and 9–1E–15(h)(4) 13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Article – State Government 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9–1E–07. 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) (1) The findings and evidence relied on by the General Assembly for the 20 |
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| 43 | 43 | | continuation of the Minority Business Enterprise Program under Title 14, Subtitle 3 of the 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | State Finance and Procurement Article are incorporated in this subsection. 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) To the extent practicable and authorized by the United States 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Constitution, a sports wagering licensee shall comply with the State’s Minority Business 24 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Enterprise Program. 25 2 HOUSE BILL 797 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (3) (i) On or before 6 months after the issuance of a sports wagering 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | license under this subtitle, the Governor’s Office of Small, Minority, and Women Business 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Affairs, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General and the sports wagering 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | licensee, shall establish a clear plan for setting reasonable and appropriate minority 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | business enterprise participation goals and procedures for the procurement of goods and 5 |
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| 57 | 57 | | services related to sports wagering, including procurement of construction, equipment, and 6 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ongoing services. 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (ii) To the extent practicable, the goals and procedures specified in 8 |
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| 61 | 61 | | subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be based on the requirements of Title 14, Subtitle 9 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article and the regulations implementing that 10 |
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| 63 | 63 | | subtitle. 11 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) On or after July 1, [2024] 2026, the provisions of this subsection and 12 |
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| 66 | 66 | | any regulations adopted under this subsection shall be of no effect and may not be enforced. 13 |
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| 67 | 67 | | |
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| 68 | 68 | | 9–1E–15. 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (h) (4) The Sports Wagering Application Review Commission shall: 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (i) to the extent permitted by federal and State law, actively seek to 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | achieve racial, ethnic, and gender diversity when awarding licenses; [and] 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (ii) encourage applicants who qualify as a minority business 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | enterprise, as defined in § 14–301 of the State Finance and Procurement Article, or who 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | are small, minority, or women–owned business entities to apply for sports wagering 20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | licenses under this subtitle; AND 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (III) SUBJECT TO THE LIMIT ATIONS UNDER § 9–1E–06 OF THIS 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | SUBTITLE, ACCEPT AND CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A SPORTS W AGERING 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | LICENSE THAT IS SUBM ITTED BEFORE JANUARY 1, 2027. 24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 25 |
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| 85 | 85 | | 1, 2025. 26 |
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