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Senate adopts amendment to clarify charity-site relationships for gaming operations
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment to House Bill 1615 to allow local governing bodies to set public policies on site-authorizations and to retain existing limits on administrative expense allowances for small charities.
The Senate adopted a committee amendment to House Bill 1615 that changes how charities and host sites are authorized to work together for gaming or fundraising activities. The proposed amendment was adopted by voice vote during consideration of proposed amendments.
Senator Castaneda, who presented the amendment, said it prevents cities from effectively forcing a charity to work with a particular site by requiring that a governing body may deny a charity only if the governing body has a policy adopted under public comment. "The amendment allows ... for it to go either direction," Castaneda said, describing the measure as preserving the traditional order for charity approvals while allowing localities to set site-authorization rules and limits on the number of sites.
The amendment also left in place the existing statutory cap on administrative allowances for smaller charities. A prior section proposed allowing charities with less than $100,000 in quarterly proceeds to claim 62% of adjusted gross proceeds for expenses; the committee retained the current 60% cap.
Senator Castaneda said the judiciary committee unanimously supported the amendment. The Senate adopted the amendment by voice vote; no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript for the amendment itself.
The amendment will be part of the bill as the Legislature continues debate and subsequent readings.
