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SENATE BILL 388

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

ANALYSIS

This bill allows a person to play a bingo game after that person assists with the operation of a game.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

157:1 Bingo and Lucky 7; Operation of Bingo Games. Amend RSA 287-E:7, V to read as follows:

V. No [person operating a bingo game and no] bingo chairperson, bingo treasurer, or person who has leased out a facility or sold or leased bingo paraphernalia or related equipment to a charitable organization for use during bingo games shall participate or play in any game conducted at that location on that date.

157:2 New Paragraph; Operation of Bingo Games; Exception. Amend RSA 287-E:7 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

V-a. A person who volunteers to assist in the operation of a bingo game may play bingo after assisting with the operation of the game; provided that once a person has played bingo on a given date, that person may no longer assist with the operation of the bingo game on that date.

157:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 15, 2002)

(Effective Date: July 14, 2002)