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Committee votes ‘do not pass’ on bill to let service clubs get raffle permits before prizes are known
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended a do-not-pass on Senate Bill 2189 after testimony that existing local permitting rules and prize-value limits already address the issue and that form or education changes could resolve the Exchange Club’s problem.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend a do-not-pass on Senate Bill 2189, which would have allowed local governments to issue charitable-gaming permits before organizations finalized raffle or prize lists so permit numbers could be printed on event tickets.
Senator Judy Lee, sponsor of the bill, said the measure was prompted by a West Fargo Exchange Club that holds a meal-and-entertainment fundraiser. Lee said the club must sell event tickets weeks in advance but, after moving to the county fairgrounds, was told the county would not issue a permit until all prizes and their retail values were submitted. "They need to have the permit before they can order the tickets," Lee said. She asked for a statutory change to…
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