Bill Text: IN HB1224 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Charity gaming.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-02-29 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 35 (c); Technical Corrections. [HB1224 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-HB1224-Amended.html

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January 27, 2012

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HOUSE BILL No. 1224

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DIGEST OF HB 1224 (Updated January 25, 2012 11:45 am - DI 14)

Citations Affected: IC 4-32.2.

Synopsis: Charity gaming. Allows patrons to deal the cards in certain poker games conducted at a charity game night. (Current law allows patrons to deal only in euchre games.) Prohibits a patron from playing at a table for which the patron deals the cards. Specifies rules applicable to games of Texas hold'em or Omaha poker in which a patron deals the cards. Requires the operator or a worker to deal the cards at the final table of a tournament.

Effective: July 1, 2012.

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Cherry, Lehe, Soliday

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    January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
    January 26, 2012, amended, reported _ Do Pass.

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January 27, 2012

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1224

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning gaming.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-2-23.3; (12)HB1224.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 4-32.2-2-23.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 23.3. "Qualified card game" refers to any of the following card games:
        (1) Euchre.
        (2) Texas hold'em poker.
        (3) Omaha poker.

SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-2-30; (12)HB1224.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 4-32.2-2-30, AS AMENDED BY P.L.104-2011, SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 30. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), "worker" means an individual who helps or participates in any manner in conducting or assisting in conducting an allowable event under this article.
    (b) The following are not considered workers for the purposes of this article:
        (1) A patron dealing euchre cards under IC 4-32.2-5-14(b).
        (2) A volunteer ticket agent.

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SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-3-3; (12)HB1224.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. IC 4-32.2-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.95-2008, SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 3. (a) The commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 for the following purposes:
        (1) Administering this article.
        (2) Establishing the conditions under which charity gaming in Indiana may be conducted, including the manner in which a qualified organization may supervise a euchre qualified card game conducted under IC 4-32.2-5-14(b).
        (3) Providing for the prevention of practices detrimental to the public interest and providing for the best interests of charity gaming.
        (4) Establishing rules concerning inspection of qualified organizations and the review of the licenses necessary to conduct charity gaming.
        (5) Imposing penalties for noncriminal violations of this article.
        (6) Establishing standards for independent audits conducted under IC 4-32.2-5-5.
    (b) The commission may adopt emergency rules under IC 4-22-2-37.1 if the commission determines that:
        (1) the need for a rule is so immediate and substantial that rulemaking procedures under IC 4-22-2-13 through IC 4-22-2-36 are inadequate to address the need; and
        (2) an emergency rule is likely to address the need.

SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-5-14; (12)HB1224.1.4. -->     SECTION 4. IC 4-32.2-5-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.104-2011, SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 14. (a) Except as provided by subsections (c) and (d), an operator or a worker may not directly or indirectly participate, other than in a capacity as an operator or a worker, in an allowable event that the operator or worker is conducting.
    (b) A patron at a charity game night may deal the cards in a card game if:
        (1) the card game in which the patron deals the cards is a qualified card game; of euchre;
        (2) the patron deals the cards in the manner required in the ordinary course of the qualified card game; of euchre; and
        (3) the euchre qualified card game is played under the supervision of the qualified organization conducting the charity game night in accordance with section 14.5 of this chapter (in the case of a game of Texas hold'em or Omaha poker and any rules adopted by the commission under IC 4-32.2-3-3.
A patron who deals the cards in a euchre qualified card game

conducted under this subsection is not considered a worker or an operator for purposes of this article.
    (c) A worker at a festival event may participate as a player in any gaming activity offered at the festival event except as follows:
        (1) A worker may not participate in any game during the time in which the worker is conducting or helping to conduct the game.
        (2) A worker who conducts or helps to conduct a pull tab, punchboard, or tip board event during a festival event may not participate as a player in a pull tab, punchboard, or tip board event conducted on the same calendar day.
    (d) A worker at a bingo event:
        (1) whose duties are limited to:
            (A) selling bingo supplies;
            (B) selling tickets for a door prize drawing or raffle conducted at the bingo event; or
            (C) the duties described in both clauses (A) and (B);
        (2) who has completed all of the worker's duties before the start of the first bingo game of the bingo event; and
        (3) who is not engaged as a worker at any other time during the bingo event;
may participate as a player in any gaming activity offered at the bingo event following the completion of the worker's duties at the bingo event.

SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-5-14.5; (12)HB1224.1.5. -->     SECTION 5. IC 4-32.2-5-14.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 14.5. The following rules apply when a patron at a charity game night deals the cards in a game of Texas hold'em poker or Omaha poker under section 14(b) of this chapter:
        (1) Patrons may take turns dealing, but a patron may not play in a hand for which the patron deals the cards.
        (2) The dealer shall submit the deck of cards to be cut to the nearest player to the right of the dealer.
        (3) A blank card must be at the bottom of the deck of cards.
        (4) The operator or a worker shall deal the cards at the final table of a tournament.