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2932 LAWS OF MARYLAND Ch. 427
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 251A(a) and (b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Grimes and Punishments
Section 25lA(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1976 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
251A.
(a) Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to
make it unlawful for (1) any local unit of a nation-wide
bona fide nonprofit organization or club composed solely of
members who served in the armed forces of the United States;
(2) a bona fide religious group which has conducted
religious services at a fixed location in Worcester County
for a period of at least six years prior to the application
to the Worcester County bingo board; (3) a nonprofit
organization desiring to raise money for an exclusively
charitable or educational purpose specifically described in
the application to the Worcester County bingo board (to
qualify as such, a nonprofit organization must have been
operating as such in Worcester County for a period of at
least five years prior to the application to Worcester
County bingo board); (4) a volunteer fire company in
Worcester County; or (5) a municipal corporation in
Worcester County subject to the provisions of Article HE of
the Constitution of Maryland, to conduct and operate a game
of bingo within the county, as in this section provided.
(b) The Governor shall appoint, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, three persons to be members of
the Worcester County bingo board. Of the members first
appointed to the bingo board, one shall be appointed for a
term of two years, one for a term of four years and one for
a term of six years, and thereafter all terms shall be for
six years. A vacancy on the board for any reason shall be
filled by the Governor for the unexpired term, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) Each member of the bingo board shall be paid an
annual salary [of $1000], AS DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY
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