| 1 | 1 | | LRB-1571/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 54 |
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| 5 | 5 | | February 14, 2023 - Introduced by Senators TESTIN, BALLWEG, MARKLEIN, NASS, |
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| 6 | 6 | | STROEBEL, TAYLOR and WANGGAARD, cosponsored by Representatives KRUG, |
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| 7 | 7 | | DALLMAN, DUCHOW, GUNDRUM, MURSAU, MYERS, NOVAK, PENTERMAN, |
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| 8 | 8 | | PRONSCHINSKE, ROZAR, SINICKI, STEFFEN and KNODL. Referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | 9 | | Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs. |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT to amend 563.63 (2) (b) of the statutes; relating to: the amount of |
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| 11 | 11 | | allowable cash withdrawal from a bingo account for the purpose of paying cash |
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| 12 | 12 | | prizes. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | Under current law, all withdrawals from a bingo account must be made by |
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| 15 | 15 | | check, payable to a specific individual, including for a money prize in a bingo game. |
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| 16 | 16 | | There is one exception to this rule. If a single bingo prize is divided among more than |
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| 17 | 17 | | one winner and an equal division of the prize is $10 or less for each winner, the check |
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| 18 | 18 | | for the total prize may be made out to cash and the winners may be paid with cash |
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| 19 | 19 | | from the check. This bill increases the amount per winner from $10 to $25 for this |
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| 20 | 20 | | exception to apply. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 22 | 22 | | enact as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. 563.63 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 563.63 (2) (b) If more than one player is declared to be the winner on the call |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the same number in the same bingo game and an equal division of the cash prize |
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| 31 | 31 | | 6 - 2 -2023 - 2024 Legislature LRB-1571/1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 54 |
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| 34 | 34 | | is $10 $25 or less for each winner, a check for the game total prize may be issued to |
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| 35 | 35 | | “Cash—Game #—" and the winners paid with cash from that check. |
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