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(2)  ANY ORGANIZATION LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS
SECTION MAY CONDUCT GAMES OF 50/50 WITHOUT A LICENSE.

(3)  THE CASH PRIZE IN A GAME OF 50/50 AUTHORIZED BY
THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT EXCEED $50.

(4) A GAME OF 50/50 MAY NOT BE CONDUCTED BY AN
ORGANIZATION LISTED IN SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION AT OTHER
THAN A MEETING OF THE ORGANIZATION.

(5) A MINOR MAY NOT PARTICIPATE IN A GAME OF 50/50.

[(d)] (E) 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)] (F) 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 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 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)] (G) The Sheriff of Harford County, municipal police
within Harford County, and peace officers of Harford County shall
enforce this section.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1984.

Approved May 8, 1984.

CHAPTER 246
(House Bill 1034)
AN ACT concerning