Bill Text: IA SF2237 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to social and charitable gambling concerning allowable prizes at annual game nights conducted by religious organizations and concerning the frequency of reporting and distribution of proceeds requirements for certain qualified organizations licensed to conduct social and charitable gambling. (Formerly SSB 3017.) Effective 7-1-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-05-25 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 949. [SF2237 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2237-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
SOCIAL
AND
CHARITABLE
GAMBLING
CONCERNING
ALLOWABLE
PRIZES
AT
ANNUAL
GAME
NIGHTS
CONDUCTED
BY
RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS
AND
CONCERNING
THE
FREQUENCY
OF
REPORTING
AND
DISTRIBUTION
OF
PROCEEDS
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CERTAIN
QUALIFIED
ORGANIZATIONS
LICENSED
TO
CONDUCT
SOCIAL
AND
CHARITABLE
GAMBLING.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
99B.2,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4.
A
licensee
required
by
subsection
2
to
maintain
records
shall
submit
an
annual
report
to
the
department
on
forms
furnished
by
the
department.
The
annual
report
shall
be
due
thirty
days
following
the
end
of
each
state
fiscal
year.
The
annual
report
shall
contain
a
compilation
of
the
information
required
to
be
recorded
by
subsection
2
,
and
shall
include
all
of
the
transactions
occurring
during
the
previous
state
fiscal
year
for
which
the
report
is
submitted.
Failure
to
submit
the
annual
report
is
grounds
for
revocation
of
the
license.
Willful
failure
to
submit
the
annual
report
is
a
serious
misdemeanor.
A
person
who
intentionally
files
a
false
or
fraudulent
report
or
application
with
the
department
commits
a
fraudulent
practice.
Sec.
2.
Section
99B.7,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
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Supplement
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
(1)
A
qualified
organization
shall
distribute
amounts
awarded
as
prizes
on
the
day
they
are
won.
A
qualified
organization
shall
dedicate
and
distribute
the
balance
of
the
net
receipts
received
within
a
quarter
state
fiscal
year
and
remaining
after
deduction
of
reasonable
expenses,
charges,
fees,
taxes,
and
deductions
allowed
by
this
chapter
,
before
the
quarterly
annual
report
required
for
that
quarter
state
fiscal
year
under
section
99B.2,
subsection
4
,
is
due.
The
amount
dedicated
and
distributed
must
equal
at
least
seventy-five
percent
of
the
net
receipts.
A
person
desiring
to
hold
the
net
receipts
for
a
period
longer
than
permitted
under
this
paragraph
shall
apply
to
the
department
for
special
permission
and
upon
good
cause
shown
the
department
may
grant
the
request.
(2)
If
permission
is
granted
to
hold
the
net
receipts,
the
person
shall,
as
a
part
of
the
quarterly
annual
report
required
by
section
99B.2
,
report
the
amount
of
money
currently
being
held
and
all
expenditures
of
the
funds.
This
report
shall
be
filed
even
if
the
person
no
longer
holds
a
gambling
license.
Sec.
3.
Section
99B.7B,
subsection
3,
paragraphs
b
and
c,
Code
2011,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
Each
qualified
organization
representing
veterans
shall
withhold
that
portion
of
the
gross
receipts
subject
to
taxation
pursuant
to
section
423.2,
subsection
4
,
which
shall
be
kept
in
a
separate
account
and
sent
to
the
state
along
with
the
organization’s
quarterly
annual
report
required
by
section
99B.2
.
c.
A
qualified
organization
representing
veterans
licensed
to
conduct
card
game
tournaments
is
allowed
to
withhold
no
more
than
five
percent
of
the
gross
receipts
from
each
card
game
tournament
for
qualified
expenses.
Qualified
expenses
include
but
are
not
limited
to
the
purchase
of
supplies
and
materials
used
in
conducting
card
games.
Any
money
collected
for
expenses
and
not
used
by
the
end
of
the
calendar
state
fiscal
year
shall
be
donated
for
educational,
civic,
public,
charitable,
patriotic,
or
religious
uses
as
described
in
section
99B.7,
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“b”
.
The
qualified
organization
representing
veterans
shall
attach
a
receipt
for
any
donation
made
to
the
fourth
quarter
quarterly
annual
report
required
to
be
submitted
pursuant
to
section
99B.2
.
Sec.
4.
Section
99B.8,
subsection
6,
paragraph
b,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
A
qualified
organization
that
has
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3
been
licensed
under
this
chapter
prior
to
January
1,
2012,
and
that
is
a
religious
organization.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2237,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
