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Ch. 479
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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section shall deposit with a financial institution that the Commission designates and
to the credit of the Fund the gross profits from the tip jars that the person operates.
(ii) To offset the costs of operating a tip jar, a person that qualifies
for a tip jar license under subsection (f)(1)(v), (vi), or (vii) of this section may retain
[the lesser of $45 or] 50% of the gross profits from each tip jar game.
(iii) The gross profits of a tip jar operated by a person that is subject
to this paragraph may not exceed $250.
(4) (i) A fraternal, civic, veterans, or bona fide charitable organization
or sportsmen's association that qualifies for a tip jar license under subsection (f)(1)(iii)
or (iv) of this section shall deposit with a financial institution that the Commission
designates and to the credit of the Fund 15% of the gross profits earned during the
period July 1 through June 30 each year.
(ii) If an organization that is subject to this subsection does not
contribute in a year the full amount required under subparagraph (i) of this
paragraph, the organization in the next year shall deposit, with a financial institution
that the Commission designates and to the credit of the Fund, the balance of the
amount required to be contributed.
(5) The Board shall establish the time, method of deposit, and other
procedures necessary to carry out paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection.
(6) The Commission may use money in the Fund to reimburse the Board
for the costs to the County for administering this section in accordance with a written
agreement between the Board and the Commission.
(7) [Each] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (8) OF THIS SUBSECTION, EACH
year, after the reimbursement under paragraph (6) of this subsection, the
Commission shall distribute:
(i) [60] 50 percent of the moneys deposited in the Fund to bona
fide charitable organizations in the County, subject to any restrictions that the Board
may adopt by regulation; and
(ii) [40] 50 percent of the moneys deposited in the Fund to the
Washington County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association.
(8) THE COMMISSION MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE MORE THAN $50,000 TO
EACH APPLICANT PER APPLICATION.
[(8)] (9) The Board may not reduce the total of its appropriations to
nonprofit organizations in the County budget below the total appropriation to
nonprofit organizations that is in the budget for the 1996 fiscal year.
(10) ON OR BEFORE JANUARY 31, 2001, AND EVERY 6 MONTHS
THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSION SHALL REPORT TO THE WASHINGTON COUNTY
DELEGATION ON HOW RECIPIENTS OF MONEYS FROM THE WASHINGTON COUNTY
GAMING FUND HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE FORMULA FOR DISTRIBUTING THOSE
MONEYS SPECIFIED UNDER THIS ACT.
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