Ch. 311                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

NUMBER OF DAYS IN A PERIOD NOT GREATER THAN 3 MONTHS; provided,
however, that no such permits shall be issued for the playing of
the game of bingo in any regular restaurant or tavern where
alcoholic beverages are sold or in any permanent place of
amusement or entertainment. Provided however that in the
discretion of the police commissioner a special annual license
may be issued for a fee of five dollars ($5.00) for the conduct
over a period of one year of bingo games in which (i) the value
of any merchandise prize awarded, or any cash prize given is five
dollars ($5.00) or less; and (ii) the number of participants in a
game is under one hundred (100); and (iii) the licensee is a
nonprofit organization or a nonprofit corporation. The police
commissioner may for cause revoke any special annual license.
The commissioner may promulgate such regulations as are
reasonably necessary for the administration of this section.

(2) This section may not be construed to permit the
playing of said games on Sunday, except in conjunction with a
supper held by a bona fide religious organization on property
owned by the organization. The provisions of this section shall
apply only to Baltimore City.

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

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 311

(Senate Bill 457)

AN ACT concerning

Creation of a State Debt - Water Supply Facilities Loan of 1988

FOR the purpose of authorizing the creation of a State Debt in
the amount of $3,000,000, the proceeds to be used by the
Secretary of the Environment for the purpose of providing
State financial assistance to certain governmental entities
for the acquisition, construction, equipping,
rehabilitation, and improvement of water supply facilities
under certain criteria, terms, and conditions; and providing
generally for the issue and sale of bonds evidencing the
loan.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

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