Events sponsored by charitable organizations.

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(1) Any person licensed as a retailer, or as both a retailer and operator, may choose to allow a charitable organization to sponsor limited gaming at that retailer's licensed premises, if the following conditions are met:

  1. The organization is a charitable organization, that for purposes of this section meansany organization, not for pecuniary profit, that is operated for the relief of poverty, distress, or other condition of public concern within this state and that has been so engaged for five years prior to making application to sponsor limited gaming under this article 30;

  2. The licensed operator or retailer and the charitable organization agree in writing upon all the terms and conditions of the sponsorship, and a copy of the written agreement is filed with the commission at least fourteen days prior to the day of the sponsored event;

  3. All sponsored events shall take place on licensed retail premises, and all requirements of this article 30 shall apply to the events, unless specifically modified by this part 9; and

  4. Criminal violations of this article 30 discovered during an authorized investigation ordiscovered by the commission shall be referred to the appropriate district attorney.

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-034), ch. 14, p. 219, § 2, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-47.1-901 as it existed prior to 2018.


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