Ch. 2 42                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

Approved May 2, 1988.

CHAPTER 242

(House Bill 1413)

AN ACT concerning

Anne Arundel County - Political
Fund-Raising - Wheels of Fortune

FOR the purpose of permitting bona fide politically partisan
organizations or political committees to conduct
fund-raising affairs in Anne Arundel County at which a
paddle wheel or a wheel of fortune is used; establishing
that the amount of certain awards may not exceed certain
limits; and generally relating to the use of paddle wheels
or wheels of fortune at certain fund-raising affairs in Anne
Arundel County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishment Punishments

Section 261C-1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1987 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishment Punishments

261C-1.

(a)  In ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY AND Baltimore County,
notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, any bona
fide politically partisan organization or political committee as
defined in Article 33 of the Code may conduct fund-raising
affairs at which merchandise or cash prizes may be awarded in any
one game or spin by such devices commonly known as paddle wheels
or wheels of fortune.

(b)  The amount of any merchandise or cash prize award may
not exceed the amount otherwise permitted in [Baltimore County]
THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE GAME OCCURS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

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