EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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HOUSE BILL 841
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By: Charles County Delegation
Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2025
Assigned to: Ways and Means
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Gaming – Charles County Gaming Permit Review Board – Repeal 2
FOR the purpose of repealing the Charles County Gaming Permit Review Board ; 3
transferring certain powers and duties of the board concerning gaming activities in 4
Charles County to the County Attorney for Charles County; and generally relating 5
to gaming in Charles County. 6
BY repealing 7
Article – Criminal Law 8
Section 13–1101(b) and 13–1104 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
BY renumbering 12
Article – Criminal Law 13
Section 13–1105 through 13–1115 14
to be Section 13–1104 through 13–1114, respectively 15
Annotated Code of Maryland 16
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 17
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 18
Article – Criminal Law 19
Section 13–1101(a) and (c) 20
Annotated Code of Maryland 21
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 22
BY adding to 23
Article – Criminal Law 24
Section 13–1101(b) 25
Annotated Code of Maryland 26
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 27 2 HOUSE BILL 841
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 1
Article – Criminal Law 2
Section 13–1103 3
Annotated Code of Maryland 4
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Criminal Law 7
Section 13–1105(c)(1) and (2)(vii) and (e)(1) and (3) and 13–1107(a)(6) and (9)(iii), 8
(b)(1) and (2)(iv) and (ix), and (c) 9
Annotated Code of Maryland 10
(2021 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11
(As enacted by Section 2 of this Act) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASS EMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Criminal Law 15
[13–1104. 16
(a) There is a Charles County Gaming Permit Review Board. 17
(b) (1) The board consists of seven members. 18
(2) Of the seven members of the board: 19
(i) one shall be a member of the county sheriff’s office; 20
(ii) one shall be a member of the Department of State Police; 21
(iii) one shall be a member of a fundraising organization in the 22
county; 23
(iv) one shall be an individual with background and experience in 24
finance; and 25
(v) three shall be members at large. 26
(3) Each member at large: 27
(i) shall be a member of the general public; 28
(ii) may not be a member of a fundraising organization or otherwise 29
be subject to regulation by the board; 30
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(iii) may not, within 1 year before appointment, have had a financial 1
interest in or have received compensation from a person regulated by the board; and 2
(iv) may not, while a member of the board, have a financial interest 3
in or receive compensation from a person regulated by the board. 4
(4) Each member of the board shall be a resident of the county. 5
(5) The board shall select a chairperson from among its members, to serve 6
the term that the board sets. 7
(c) (1) The term of a member is 4 years. 8
(2) The terms of members are staggered as required by the terms provided 9
for members of the board on October 1, 2002. 10
(3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is 11
appointed and qualifies. 12
(4) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the 13
rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies. 14
(d) The board may recommend to the county commissioners: 15
(1) the types of gaming devices that may be operated in the county; 16
(2) approval or denial of a gaming permit; and 17
(3) modifications of the county gaming regulations and procedures. 18
(e) The board shall: 19
(1) review at least quarterly gaming permit applications; 20
(2) review gaming regulations and permit procedures; 21
(3) keep a list of all approved lessors of gaming devices and premises for 22
gaming events; 23
(4) keep a record of the gaming permits that the board has reviewed; and 24
(5) undertake the other duties regarding gaming regulation that the 25
county commissioners delegate. 26
(f) As the county commissioners consider appropriate, the county commissioners 27
shall provide for the board a clerk, legal counsel, supplies, and funding. 28
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(g) The county commissioners may pay salaries to the members of the board.] 1
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 13 –1105 through 2
13–1115 of Article – Criminal Law of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to 3
be Section(s) 13–1104 through 13–1114, respectively. 4
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws o f Maryland read 5
as follows: 6
Article – Criminal Law 7
13–1101. 8
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 9
[(b) “Board” means the Charles County Gaming Permit Review Board.] 10
(B) “COUNTY ATTORNEY” MEANS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR CHARLES 11
COUNTY. 12
(c) “County commissioners” means the Board of County Commissioners of 13
Charles County. 14
13–1103. 15
The county commissioners may: 16
(1) designate the types of gaming devices that may be operated in the 17
county; 18
(2) set fees for gaming permits issued under this subtitle; 19
(3) [set salaries and funding for the board and the board’s clerk, legal 20
counsel, and support staff; 21
(4)] approve or deny gaming permit applications; 22
[(5)] (4) investigate persons involved in gaming events and examine 23
records of fundraising organizations with respect to gaming events; 24
[(6)] (5) delegate its powers and duties under this subtitle to the [board] 25
COUNTY ATTORNEY; and 26
[(7)] (6) adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle. 27
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(c) (1) At least 30 days before the first day of the calendar quarter in which 1
the gaming event is to be conducted, a fundraising organization seeking a gaming permit 2
shall submit to the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY an application and the application fee. 3
(2) The application shall contain the following: 4
(vii) any other information that the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY 5
considers necessary or helpful. 6
(e) (1) The [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY shall: 7
(i) review the gaming permit applications for a calendar quarter 8
within 10 days after the application deadline set in subsection (c)(1) of this section; 9
(ii) recommend approval or denial of each application; and 10
(iii) promptly forward the applications and recommendations to the 11
county commissioners. 12
(3) This section does not prevent the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY or the 13
county commissioners from reviewing gaming permit applications more frequently or 14
earlier than required by this subsection. 15
13–1107. 16
(a) (6) A fundraising organization may lease gaming devices or premises for a 17
gaming event only from a fundraising organization that the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY 18
approves. 19
(9) (iii) Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a 20
fundraising organization that conducts a gaming event at the Charles County Fair in 21
conjunction with the Charles County Fair Board may conduct the gaming event under a 22
single gaming permit for more than 48 hours, subject to regulations that the county 23
commissioners adopt on recommendation of the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY. 24
(b) (1) A fundraising organization that has conducted a gaming event shall 25
submit a report to the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY within 30 days after the end of the 26
calendar quarter in which the gaming event was conducted. 27
(2) The report shall contain: 28
(iv) the date, amount, nature, source, and recipient of each receipt 29
and expenditure associated with the gaming event, in the format that the [board] COUNTY 30
ATTORNEY prescribes; 31
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(ix) any other information that the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY 1
considers necessary or helpful. 2
(c) A fundraising organization that conducts a gaming event shall maintain 3
accurate records of each transaction concerning the gaming event, and shall keep the 4
records available for examination by the [board] COUNTY ATTORNEY and the county 5
commissioners for 3 years after the gaming event. 6
SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 7
October 1, 2025. 8