Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-124

GOV 124

CHARITABLE GAMING

Messrs. Tarr, Hedlund, Knapik, Timilty and Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after Section __, the following new Section:-

“SECTION __. Section 7A of chapter 271 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended, by inserting at line 36, after the word ‘bazaar’, the following:—

‘, except that the sponsoring organization may retain, at a reasonable fee, non-members to assist in the operation of such raffle or bazaar, including providing paid dealers and game supervisors to ensure that the rules of the game are properly administered and complied with, so long as only qualified members of the sponsoring organization handle the funds collected and disbursed at the raffle or bazaar."