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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1304" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Frederick County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before an organization listed in subsection (b) of this section may conduct a gaming event, the organization shall obtain a permit from the county Department of Permits and Inspections.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An organization may conduct a gaming event for its own benefit if the organization is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a bona fide:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>religious organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>fraternal organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>civic organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>war veterans’ organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>amateur athletic organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>patriotic organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>educational organization; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>charitable organization;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a Frederick County volunteer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fire company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>rescue company; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>ambulance company; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>an auxiliary for a Frederick County volunteer:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>fire company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>rescue company; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>ambulance company.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before the county Department of Permits and Inspections may issue a gaming permit, the county Department of Permits and Inspections shall determine whether the organization applying for the gaming permit meets the requirements of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An application and the action that the county Department of Permits and Inspections takes on the application are public records.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <level label="i">
        <text>A gaming permit is valid for 1 year after the date that it is issued.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A gaming permit may not be transferred.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Frederick County may charge a permit fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Only members of an organization that holds a gaming permit may conduct the gaming event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as allowed under § 13–1305 of this subtitle, an individual may not benefit financially from a gaming event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A gaming permit authorizes a gaming event to be conducted on a Sunday during the hours of sale for the alcoholic beverages sold at the establishment where the gaming event is conducted.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The holder of a gaming permit may award:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>prizes to individuals at a gaming event; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>only one major prize at each gaming event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>During each calendar year, the holder of a gaming event, including a raffle for which the prize drawings are held on a single day, may not hold or receive the proceeds from more than four gaming events in which the major prize has a value of more than $5,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>During each calendar year, the holder of a gaming event may hold one raffle in which prize drawings are held on more than a single day if the major prize has a value of $5,000 or less.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Frederick County may regulate the number of permits to conduct a raffle that an organization may receive in 1 calendar year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Frederick County may adopt regulations to carry out this section and §§ 13–1305 and 13–1307 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
