House Bill 1707 — Bingo by Charitable or Nonprofit Organizations (2023 Regular Session)

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House Bill 1707 of the 68th Legislature, 2023 Regular Session, State of Washington, by Representatives Kloba, Reed and Eslick, read first time 02/01/23 and referred to the Committee on Regulated Substances & Gaming. The act relates to bingo conducted by bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations and amends RCW 9.46.0205. The text strikes the language limiting bingo to the county in which the organization is principally located. It adds that the organization must be principally located in the state of Washington and may not be approved for more than three licenses to conduct bingo activities.

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     H-0916.1

                                HOUSE BILL 1707


     State of Washington       68th Legislature        2023 Regular Session

     By Representatives Kloba, Reed, and Eslick

     Read first time 02/01/23.      Referred   to   Committee   on   Regulated
     Substances & Gaming.




1        AN ACT Relating to bingo conducted by bona fide charitable or
2    nonprofit organizations; and amending RCW 9.46.0205.


3    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 4       Sec. 1.   RCW 9.46.0205 and 2002 c 369 s 1 are each amended to
 5   read as follows:
 6       "Bingo," as used in this chapter, means a game ((conducted only
 7   in the county within which the organization is principally located))
 8   in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or
 9   symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random
10   and in which no cards are sold except at the time and place of
11   ((said)) the game, when ((said)) the game is conducted by a bona fide
12   charitable or nonprofit organization, or if an agricultural fair
13   authorized under chapters 15.76 and 36.37 RCW, which does not conduct
14   bingo on more than twelve consecutive days in any calendar year, and
15   except in the case of any agricultural fair as authorized under
16   chapters 15.76 and 36.37 RCW, no person other than a bona fide member
17   or an employee of said organization takes any part in the management
18   or operation of said game, and no person who takes any part in the
19   management or operation of said game takes any part in the management
20   or operation of any game conducted by any other organization or any
21   other branch of the same organization, unless approved by the
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 1   commission, and no part of the proceeds thereof inure to the benefit
 2   of any person other than the organization conducting said game. ((For
 3   the purposes of this section, the organization shall be deemed to be
 4   principally located in the county within which it has its primary
 5   business office. If the organization has no business office, the
 6   organization shall be deemed to be located in the county of principal
 7   residence of its chief executive officer: PROVIDED, That any
 8   organization which is conducting any licensed and established bingo
 9   game in any locale as of January 1, 1981, shall be exempt from the
10   requirement that such game be conducted in the county in which the
11   organization is principally located)) The bona fide charitable or
12   nonprofit organization must be principally located in the state of
13   Washington and may not be approved for more than three licenses to
14   conduct bingo activities.

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