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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1107" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Charles County">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A gaming event may be conducted only in accordance with this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A gaming device may only be managed or operated by a representative of the fundraising organization named in the gaming permit for the gaming event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A professional gaming operator may not manage, operate, or assist in the management or operation of a gaming device.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A person may not receive any commission, salary, reward, tip, or other compensation for managing or operating a gaming device at a gaming event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>A minor may not participate in a gaming event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>A fundraising organization may lease gaming devices or premises for a gaming event only from a fundraising organization that the County Attorney approves.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A lease agreement of gaming devices or premises for a gaming event shall be priced on the basis of fair market value of the equipment or premises.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A lease agreement may not include a provision for sharing profit from a gaming event with a lessor or a provision that reasonably may be interpreted to provide for sharing profit from a gaming event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>A fundraising organization may not conduct more than three gaming events during a calendar quarter.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A fundraising organization may not conduct a gaming event under a single gaming permit for a period greater than 48 hours.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The actual gaming time may not exceed 24 hours in that 48–hour period, which may be divided into not more than two separate gaming periods.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a fundraising organization that conducts a gaming event at the Charles County Fair in conjunction with the Charles County Fair Board may conduct the gaming event under a single gaming permit for more than 48 hours, subject to regulations that the county commissioners adopt on recommendation of the County Attorney.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A fundraising organization that has conducted a gaming event shall submit a report to the County Attorney within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter in which the gaming event was conducted.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall contain:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the name of the fundraising organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the number of the gaming permit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the date of the gaming event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the date, amount, nature, source, and recipient of each receipt and expenditure associated with the gaming event, in the format that the County Attorney prescribes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a separate list of the date, amount, and recipient of each charitable donation from the proceeds;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>the name, age, address, and date of membership of each representative who managed, operated, or assisted in the operation or management of a gaming device at the gaming event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>a statement that each listed representative qualified as a representative under § 13–1101(i) of this subtitle at the time of the gaming event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>a statement that:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an agreement does not exist and has not existed for sharing the proceeds of a gaming event with any other person; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>only the fundraising organization or its representative has received or will receive any proceeds of the gaming event, except to further the purposes of the fundraising organization; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <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 report under the penalties of perjury.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A fundraising organization that conducts a gaming event shall maintain accurate records of each transaction concerning the gaming event, and shall keep the records available for examination by the County Attorney and the county commissioners for 3 years after the gaming event.</text>
  </level>
</section>
