Bill Text: HI HB1301 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Gambling; Exemption for Games of Skill; Poker; Golf; Bowling; Chess; Backgammon; Bridge
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB1301 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1301-Introduced.html
|
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
1301 |
|
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
|
|
|
STATE OF HAWAII |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
|
||
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to gambling.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 712-1220, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "gambling" to read as follows:
"(4) "Gambling". A person
engages in gambling if [he] the person stakes or risks something
of value upon the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event
not under [his] the person's control or influence, upon an
agreement or understanding that [he] the person or someone else
will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome.
Gambling does not include [bona]:
(a) Bona fide business transactions
valid under the law of contracts, including but not limited to contracts for
the purchase or sale at a future date of securities or commodities[, and
agreements];
(b) Agreements to compensate for loss
caused by the happening of chance, including but not limited to contracts of
indemnity or guaranty and life, health, or accident insurance[.]; or
(c) A participating player staking or risking something of value on the outcome of any game where the outcome is predominantly determined by the skill of the players, including but not limited to chess, bridge, backgammon, poker, rummy, axis and allies, golf, and bowling, but excluding any game in which the outcome is determined in part by a computer program, such as video poker and video blackjack."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
|
INTRODUCED BY: |
_____________________________ |
|
|
|
Report Title:
Gambling; Exemption for Games of Skill; Poker; Golf; Bowling; Chess; Backgammon; Bridge
Description:
Exempts from gambling offenses, any game where the outcome is predominantly determined by the skill of the players, including chess, bridge, backgammon, poker, rummy, golf, and bowling, but excluding games that are determined in part by a computer program.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
