Bill Text: MI HB5902 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Gaming: bingo and charitable gaming; definition of occasion; modify. Amends sec. 3 of 1972 PA 382 (MCL 432.103).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-10 - Referred To Committee On Ways And Means [HB5902 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5902-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5902
June 24, 2020, Introduced by Rep. Chirkun and
referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1972 PA 382, entitled
"Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 432.103), as amended by 2019 PA 159.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Large
bingo" means a series of bingo occasions that occur on a regular basis
during which the total value of all prizes awarded for bingo games at a single
occasion does not exceed $3,500.00 and the total value of all prizes awarded
for 1 bingo game does not exceed $1,100.00, except that a prize awarded through
a Michigan progressive jackpot bingo game is not subject to these limitations.
(b) "Large
raffle" means an event where at which the total value of all prizes
awarded through raffle drawings exceeds $500.00 per occasion.
(c) "Licensee"
means a person, including a qualified organization, licensed under this act.
(d) "Location"
means a building, enclosure, part of a building or enclosure, or a distinct
portion of real property that is used for the purpose of conducting an event.
Location includes all components or buildings that compose 1 architectural
entity or that serve a unified functional purpose.
(e)
"Manufacturer" means a person licensed under section 11c who that manufactures numeral game tickets
for sale to suppliers for use in an event.
(f) "Member"
means an individual who qualified for membership in a qualified organization
under its bylaws, articles of incorporation, charter, rules, or other written
statement.
(g) "Michigan
national guard" and "military" mean those terms as defined in
section 105 of the Michigan military act, 1967 PA 150, MCL 32.505.
(h) "Michigan
progressive jackpot" means a bingo game conducted in conjunction with a
licensed large bingo occasion in which the value of the prize is carried
forward to the next bingo occasion if no player wins in a predetermined number
of allowable calls. Michigan progressive jackpot may include bingo games
conducted by more than 1 licensee that are linked together for the purpose of a
common jackpot prize and consolation prize as prescribed by the commissioner.
(i) "Millionaire
party" means an event at which wagers are placed on games of chance
customarily associated with a gambling casino through the use of imitation
money or chips that have a nominal value equal to or greater than the value of
the currency for which they can be exchanged.
(j) "Numeral
game" means the random resale of a series of numeral game tickets.
(k) "Numeral game
ticket" means a paper strip on which preprinted numerals are covered by
folding the strip and banding the folded strip with a separate piece of paper,
so that on breaking the paper that bands the folding folded strip the purchaser discovers whether the
ticket is a winning ticket.
(l) "Occasion" means a single day for which a license to conduct games is issued
under this act.the
hours of the day for which a license is issued.
