Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 20 - Bingo; prize awards; increase amounts

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1. Buck  135th            2. Watson  139th           3. Royal  164th
4. Jamieson  22nd


House Comm: Ind        /                Senate Comm:            /                                   
House Vote: Yeas       Nays             Senate Vote: Yeas     Nays                                  
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               House          Action         Senate                                                 
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              1/9/95   Read 1st Time                                                                
              1/10/95  Read 2nd Time                                                                
              2/8/96   Favorably Reported                                                           
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Rules Suspended to Introduce                                                                        
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 16-12-60                                                                     


HB 20                                             LC 18 6422






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 16-12-60 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to rules and regulations
  1- 3  regarding the conducting of licensed bingo games, so as to
  1- 4  change the amount which may be awarded as prizes during a
  1- 5  calendar day or week; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
  1- 6  other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Code Section 16-12-60 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to rules and regulations regarding the
  1-10  conducting of licensed bingo games, is amended by striking
  1-11  subsection (f) and inserting in its place a new subsection
  1-12  (f) to read as follows:

  1-13    "(f) It shall be unlawful to award prizes in excess of
  1-14    $1,100.00 $2,200.00 in cash or gifts of equivalent value
  1-15    during any calendar day or $2,200.00 $4,400.00 in cash or
  1-16    gifts of equivalent value during any calendar week.  It
  1-17    shall be unlawful to exceed such limits at any combination
  1-18    of locations operated by a single licensee or his or her
  1-19    agents or employees.  It shall be unlawful for two or more
  1-20    licensees to pyramid the valuation of prizes in such
  1-21    manner as to exceed the limits contained in this Code
  1-22    section.  The term 'equivalent value' shall mean the fair
  1-23    market value of the gift on the date the gift is given as
  1-24    the prize in a bingo game."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-25  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-26  repealed.








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