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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1105" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Charles County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A gaming event may be conducted only by a fundraising organization that has been located in the county for at least 5 years before applying for a gaming permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A fundraising organization shall obtain a gaming permit for each gaming event that the fundraising organization conducts.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 30 days before the first day of the calendar quarter in which the gaming event is to be conducted, a fundraising organization seeking a gaming permit shall submit to the County Attorney an application and the application fee.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The application shall contain the following:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the fundraising organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a statement that the fundraising organization qualifies to conduct a gaming event under this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the dates, times, and location of the gaming event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the name, address, and telephone number of the representative responsible for the gaming event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a roster of the current membership of the fundraising organization that includes names, ages, and addresses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a statement that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an agreement does not exist for sharing the proceeds of the gaming event with any other person; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>no person other than the fundraising organization or its representative may receive any proceeds of the gaming event except to further the purposes of the fundraising organization; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>any other information that the County Attorney considers necessary or helpful.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A principal officer of the fundraising organization shall sign and verify the application under the penalties of perjury.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The county commissioners may set a reasonable application fee for a gaming permit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The County Attorney shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>review the gaming permit applications for a calendar quarter within 10 days after the application deadline set in subsection (c)(1) of this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>recommend approval or denial of each application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>promptly forward the applications and recommendations to the county commissioners.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The county commissioners shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>review the applications and recommendations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>approve or disapprove each application within 15 days after the application deadline set in subsection (c)(1) of this section;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>promptly notify each applicant of the county commissioners’ action on the application; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>issue a gaming permit for each approved application.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>This section does not prevent the County Attorney or the county commissioners from reviewing gaming permit applications more frequently or earlier than required by this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
