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Senate Judiciary Committee recommends due pass on bill letting attorney general levy fines on charitable gaming sites
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to give a due-pass recommendation on House Bill 1253, which would let the attorney general impose civil fines of $250–$2,500 on owners of authorized charitable-gaming sites as an alternative or supplement to license revocation.
House Bill 1253, which would allow the attorney general additional enforcement options in charitable gaming cases, received a due-pass recommendation from the Senate Judiciary Committee on a voice vote.
Representative Jim Greenheck, the bill sponsor, told the committee the proposal is intended to give the attorney general —3—2another tool in the toolbox—3—2 for cases where revocation of charitable-gaming privileges is disproportionate to the violation. "The punishment would fit the crime," Representative Greenheck said, describing the measure as a range of responses from a fine alone to fine plus revocation depending on the severity of the offense.
The bill would add a civil-fine option to the enforcement mix for violations at authorized gaming sites. Under the measure…
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