Bill Text: MA H260 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorize organizations to employ certain persons to conduct raffles and bazaars
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 6/9 at 10:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H260 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H260-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the conduct of raffles and bazaars by certain organizations.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Viriato Manuel deMacedo |
1st Plymouth |
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Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
20th Middlesex |
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George N. Peterson, Jr. |
9th Worcester |
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Elizabeth Poirier |
14th Bristol |
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Paul K. Frost |
7th Worcester |
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Susan Williams Gifford |
2nd Plymouth |
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Bradford R. Hill |
4th Essex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Todd M. Smola |
1st Hampden |
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Robert S. Hargraves |
1st Middlesex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 253 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to the conduct of raffles and bazaars by certain
organizations.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1: Section 7A of chapter 271 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended, at the end of the third sentence of the third full paragraph of said section, the following:—
“, except that the sponsoring organization may retain, at a reasonable fee, non-members to assist in the operation of such raffle or bazaar, including providing paid dealers and game supervisors to insure that the rules of the game are properly administered and complied with, so long as only qualified members of the sponsoring organization handle the funds collected and disbursed at the raffle or bazaar.”
