HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                     2285

Montgomery County - Bingo and Raffles
MC 542-85

FOR the purpose of altering the number of raffles in Montgomery
County that a nonprofit organization may conduct in each
year; altering the maximum amount of the prizes permitted in
50/50 raffles in Montgomery County; providing that a permit
is not required to conduct a 50/50 raffle in Montgomery
County; and generally relating to raffles in Montgomery
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 255B(d)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1984 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

255B.

(d) (1) An individual operating the raffle shall be a
resident of Montgomery County and a member of the nonprofit
organization.

(2) The nonprofit organization desiring to conduct a
raffle in Montgomery County shall first secure a raffle permit
from Montgomery County Permit application shall be made on
forms provided by Montgomery County and shall disclose the
following information with respect to the nonprofit organization:

(i) The name of the nonprofit organization and
a list of the names and addresses of its officers and directors;

(ii) A full and complete statement of the
purposes and objectives of the nonprofit organization and the
purposes for which the proceeds from the raffle will be used;

(iii) A statement under affidavit by the
president and treasurer of the nonprofit organization, or by its
chief executive and fiscal officer, that:

1.  An agreement does not exist for the
diversion of any portion of the proceeds of the raffle to any
other person, or legal or business entity; and

2.  No person, or legal or business entity
shall receive any portion of the proceeds of the raffle except in
furtherance of the purpose of the nonprofit organization;