HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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[(2)] (3) (i) In Baltimore County, the provisions of
subsection (b) of this section do not apply in regard to bingo,
except that those provisions do apply in regard to instant bingo.

(ii) Except for instant bingo, in Baltimore
County, bingo is governed by § 252 of this article.

(iii) In Baltimore County, notwithstanding any
regulations to the contrary, instant bingo need not be offered in
conjunction with other customary bingo games.

[(3)] (4) (i) In Baltimore County, any organization
which operates a carnival, bazaar, or raffle under this section
shall first obtain from the chief of police of Baltimore County a
permit which provides that such carnival, bazaar, or raffle shall
be managed personally only by the members of the organization and
the permit shall not be transferable.

(ii) Only those bona fide volunteer fire,
religious, fraternal, civic, veterans, veterans' hospital,
amateur athletic, or charitable organizations or corporations
shall be eligible for a permit under this paragraph which spend
the greater part of their funds NET PROCEEDS FROM OPERATING A
CARNIVAL, BAZAAR, OR RAFFLE for volunteer fire, religious,
fraternal, civic, veterans, veterans' hospital, amateur athletic,
or charitable purposes in Baltimore County.

[(iii) 1. Before the chief of police of
Baltimore County shall issue a permit for any such carnival,
bazaar, or raffle, it shall be the duty of the chief of police to
ascertain the character of the organization on whose behalf the
application is made to determine if such application comes within
the provisions of this section.

2.  The chief of police of Baltimore
County shall make available permits under this paragraph on a
long term basis for a period not to exceed 6 months.

3.  The application and the action taken
on it by the chief of police of Baltimore County shall be a
public record.]

[(4)] (5) In Baltimore County, any person,
association or corporation knowingly operating or attempting to
operate a carnival, bazaar, or raffle in violation of this
section, shall upon conviction of such violation be subject to a
fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 1
year, or both.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of
all the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General