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Ch. 729 1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(v) a determination of any needed services.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.
Approved May 26, 1994.
CHAPTER 729
(House Bill 747)
AN ACT concerning
Queen Anne's County and Kent County - Legalized Gaming - Regulation
FOR the purpose of authorizing the County Commissioners of Queen Anne's County and
Kent County to issue multiple gaming device permits and raffle permits to certain
organizations; authorizing the County Commissioners to adopt regulations and
establish fees concerning gaming permits; authorizing denial of a permit under
certain circumstances; restricting the number of multiple gaming device permits an
organization may obtain in a year; restricting, subject to a certain waiver, the length
of certain fund-raisers; restricting the location of certain fund-raisers; requiring
that a certain percentage of the proceeds from certain fund-raisers be used for
specified purposes; specifying certain requirements concerning responsibility for a
fund-raiser and concerning who can manage or operate a fund-raiser; prohibiting
compensation for the management or operation of a gaming activity under a permit;
restricting the length of certain raffles; requiring an organization that is issued a
permit to report certain information; establishing a criminal penalty; defining
certain terms; clarifying that slot machines in Queen. Anne's County and Kent
County are regulated under other statutory provisions; repealing another statutory
provision that applies in Kent County; eliminating the application of other statutory
provisions concerning gaming in Queen Anne's County and Kent County; making
this Act an emergency measure; and generally relating to the regulation of gaming
in Queen Anne's County and Kent County.
BY adding to
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 251C
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
BY repealing
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 253
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)
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