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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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CHAPTER 267
(House Bill 1193)
AN ACT concerning
Harford County - Gaming Licenses
FOR the purpose of requiring that a license be obtained before
certain organizations may conduct instant winner games in
Harford County; restricting the amount of the cash prize
which may be awarded for these games; setting out the
requirements for obtaining the necessary license;
restricting the number and duration of licenses to be
issued; providing for penalties for the operation of instant
winner games without a license; and generally relating to
the licensing of instant winner games in Harford County
altering the license fee for paddle wheel licenses in
Harford County; and altering the number of those licenses a
single organization may obtain; and providing for instant
winner games in Harford County.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 254(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Replacement Volume and 1982 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
254.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subtitle, the
Sheriff of Harford County may issue a license to the following
organizations to conduct games of bingo, a raffle, [or] operate
paddle wheels, OR INSTANT WINNER GAMES:
(1) A tax supported volunteer fire company.
(2) A State chartered organization authorized by a
nationally chartered veterans organization.
(3) A bona-fide religious group which has conducted
religious services at a fixed location in Harford County for a
period of at least three years prior to the application to the
Sheriff.
(4) A nonprofit organization desiring to raise money
for an exclusively charitable, athletic or educational purpose
specifically described in the application to the Sheriff.
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