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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-1602" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Howard County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any of the following organizations may conduct bingo to benefit charity in the county or to further the purposes of the organization:</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>patriotic organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>educational organization; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>charitable organization; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a volunteer fire company.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who is not a legal resident of the county may not conduct bingo in the county, even if the game is for the benefit of an organization listed in subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
