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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1404" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Garrett County">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “paper gaming” means a game of chance in which:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>prizes are awarded; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the devices used to play the game are constructed out of paper or cardboard.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Paper gaming” includes tip jar and punchboard gaming.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Paper gaming” does not include bingo.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a person that is a for profit business or an organization listed under § 13-1403(b) of this subtitle may engage in paper gaming if the person obtains a paper gaming license that is issued by the County Commissioners.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the person is a for profit business, the person:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall also hold a Class A, B, C, or D retail alcoholic beverages license; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may engage in paper gaming only on the premises of the for profit business.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an organization may engage in paper gaming if the organization:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is listed under § 13-1403(b) of this subtitle and does not have an alcoholic beverages license; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>is a county volunteer fire department or rescue squad and has an alcoholic beverages license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>An organization under paragraph (3) of this subsection may engage in paper gaming only on its premises.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may sell paper gaming devices to a paper gaming licensee if the person obtains a wholesale vendor’s license issued by the County Commissioners.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The County Commissioners shall set annual fees for a paper gaming license and a wholesale vendor’s license.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Not later than the fifteenth of each month, wholesale vendor licensees shall provide to the County Commissioners a list for the previous month of all customers to whom they sold paper gaming products and the total number of products sold to each customer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A paper gaming licensee may not have on its premises a paper gaming device that does not display a gaming sticker issued by the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>The County Commissioners shall ensure that each licensee who conducts paper gaming under a paper gaming license sells to the public the same serial-numbered paper gaming devices that are listed on the bill of sale from the wholesale vendor licensee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The County Commissioners may impose the following paper gaming taxes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>on licensees that are qualified organizations, 10% of gross profits minus the costs of paper gaming products; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on licensees that are for profit businesses, 40% of gross profits minus the costs of paper gaming products.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this subsection, “Fund” means the Special Gaming Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The County Commissioners shall establish a Special Gaming Fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Fund is a special continuing, nonlapsing fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Fund shall be used only to benefit fire and rescue services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Fund consists of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>revenue derived from the taxation of gross profits from tip jar sales; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, money received from other sources.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Money from the General Fund of the State or the county, including any federal money, may not be transferred by budget amendment or otherwise to the Fund.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>The Fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other county funds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Annually the County Commissioners shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>pay from the Fund all administrative costs of carrying out this section, including the hiring of additional necessary personnel; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>allocate the remaining money in the Fund to fire and rescue services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>The County Commissioners may adopt rules and regulations to administer and enforce this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>The County Commissioners may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hire or designate one or more inspectors; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>authorize each inspector to enter the premises of a licensee to ensure compliance with this section or a rule or regulation adopted under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>The County Commissioners may adopt an ordinance or resolution declaring that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a violation of this section or a rule or regulation adopted under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>After a hearing, if the County Commissioners or a designee of the Board finds that a paper gaming licensee, a wholesale vendor licensee, or an agent of a licensee has violated this section or a rule or regulation adopted under this section, the Board may suspend or revoke the license in addition to any fine or penalty imposed under this subsection.</text>
  </level>
</section>
