Ch. 3                                       1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

stamp machines, or any other gaming device, excluding slot machines as defined in § 264B
of this article, if no individual or group of individuals benefits financially from the
operation of the gaming devices, or receives or is paid any of the proceeds from the
operation of the gaming devices for personal use or benefit. If used on a daily basis, the
number of gaming devices operated by a volunteer fire company or bona fide fraternal,
civic, war veterans', religious, or charitable organization or corporation is limited to five,
and the premises in which the organization or corporation operates the gaming devices
may not contain more than five gaming devices. All proceeds from the operation of
paddle wheels, wheels of fortune, chance books, bingo, Nevada cards, stamp machines or
any other gaming device shall be used solely for the legitimate charitable, benevolent, or
exempt purposes of the volunteer fire company or bona fide fraternal, civic, war veterans',
religious, or charitable organization or corporation and may not be used to personally
benefit any member or members. Accurate books and records of. proceeds and
expenditures involving gaming devices shall be kept by the organization or corporation
and, upon request, shall be made available for examination to the State's Attorney for St.
Mary's County, to any [Maryland] State Police officer, and to the Sheriff or deputy
sheriff of St. Mary's County. The operation of gaming devices shall be personally
managed by members of the volunteer fire company or bona fide fraternal, civic, war
veterans', religious, or charitable organization or corporation.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsection (d) of this section is amended to delete surplus language.

255B.

(a) (4) (ii) The books and records shall be kept available for examination for
2 years following the game of bingo or raffle that is recorded, and on request, shall be
made available for examination by:

5. The DEPARTMENT OF [Maryland] State Police; or

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsection (a)(4)(ii)5 of this section is amended to reflect the establishment
of the Department of State Police as a principal department of State
government by Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994 and to delete surplus language.

298.

(e)     Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the DEPARTMENT OF
State Police may initiate investigations and otherwise enforce the provisions of §§ 276
through 302 of this article throughout the State without any limitation as to activities
within municipal corporations or other subdivisions.

(f)      (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, law enforcement
officers of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, the Maryland Port
Administration Police, or any municipality, or county of this State may conduct
investigations and otherwise enforce the provisions of §§ 276 through 302. of this article
throughout the State without any limitations as to jurisdiction, to the same extent as a
police employee of the DEPARTMENT OF [Maryland] State Police. This authority may

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