Bill Text: CT HB05345 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Mailed Raffle Tickets.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-25 - Public Hearing 03/04 [HB05345 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05345-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5345
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1446
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety and Security
Introduced by:
(PS )

AN ACT CONCERNING MAILED RAFFLE TICKETS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 7-178 of the 2010 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(a) No bazaar or raffle shall be conducted with any equipment except such as is owned absolutely or used without payment of any compensation therefor by the permittee or as is rented from a dealer in such equipment who (1) has a principal place of business in this state, and (2) is registered with the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue in such manner and on such form as he may prescribe, which form shall be accompanied by an annual fee of three hundred seventy-five dollars payable to the Treasurer of the state of Connecticut. No item of expense shall be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating or conducting of any bazaar or raffle pursuant to any permit issued under sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive, except such as are bona fide items of reasonable amount for goods, wares and merchandise furnished or services rendered, which are reasonably necessary to be purchased or furnished for the holding, operating or conducting thereof, and no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense whatever shall be paid or given, directly or indirectly, to any person holding, operating or conducting, or assisting in the holding, operation or conduct of, any such bazaar or raffle. Each raffle ticket shall have printed thereon the time, date and place of the raffle, the three most valuable prizes to be awarded and the total number of prizes to be awarded as specified on the form prescribed in section 7-173. If a raffle ticket is to be mailed, it may contain a statement that a person may enter the raffle without paying the price of such ticket. In addition to any other information required under this section to be printed on a raffle ticket, each ticket for a raffle authorized pursuant to a "Class No. 7" permit shall have printed thereon the time, date and place of each raffle drawing.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a permittee may rent equipment from a dealer who does not have a principal place of business in this state if an in-state dealer is unavailable, provided such out-of-state dealer is registered with said executive director pursuant to the provisions of said subsection (a).

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010	7-178

Statement of Purpose:

To permit raffle tickets sent in the mail to contain a statement that a person may enter the raffle without paying for the raffle ticket.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]