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973
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor
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(ii) Except as provided in paragraph (4), not
more than one bingo license [or], paddle wheel license, OR
INSTANT WINNER LICENSE shall be issued to a single organization
in a single calendar week.
(4) Licenses issued under this section to operate
paddle wheels [or], to conduct bingo games, OR TO CONDUCT
INSTANT WINNER GAMES shall be valid for a period of 24
consecutive hours. However, if the license is issued for use in
conjunction with and at the location of a carnival, it shall be
valid during carnival hours and for the duration of the carnival,
but in no event for longer than 14 consecutive days. INSTANT
WINNER LICENSES ARE NOT VALID FOR USE DURING A CARNIVAL.
(5) A license to conduct a raffle shall be valid
until the time of the drawing or drawings. All drawings for a
raffle shall be conducted within 1 calendar day; the day for the
drawing or drawings shall be specified on the application for the
license and on the license.
(6) "INSTANT WINNER GAMES" MEANS INSTANT BINGO CARD GAMES
ONLY.
(d) Any organization which fails to file a proper report as
required by this section shall forfeit its right to the issuance
of any license authorized by this section for a period of 1 year
from the date the report is due, and until the required report is
filed properly.
(e) This section may not be construed to authorize slot
machines or any type of coin machines to be used for gambling
purposes.
(1) Any organization which operates a bingo, raffle
[or], paddle wheel, OR INSTANT WINNER GAME, but which has not
acquired the proper license, or any organization and any person
who signed an application for a license but failed to adhere to
the terms of the grant of the license, or any organization and
any person who failed to file the proper report as required by
this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not
more than $1,000 or sentenced to jail for not more than 30 days,
or both.
(2) Each day that a raffle, bingo game, [or] paddle
wheel, OR INSTANT WINNER GAME is operated without a proper
license or in violation of any of the terms of the grant of the
license shall constitute a separate offense.
(f) The Sheriff of Harford County, municipal police within
Harford County, and peace officers of Harford County shall
enforce this section.
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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1983.
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