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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-2426" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="24" subtitle_name="Washington County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>By regulation, the county commissioners may establish a temporary tip jar license for a nonprofit organization that desires to raise money solely for an athletic, charitable, or educational purpose that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meets the requirements for a charitable contribution under § 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not benefit a:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>law enforcement agency;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>law enforcement fraternal organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>political club, political committee, or political party; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>unit of the State government or of a political subdivision of the State other than:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>an ambulance, fire fighting, or rescue squad; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a primary or secondary school or an institution of higher education.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>If the county commissioners establish a temporary tip jar license, by regulation, the county commissioners shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>set the fee for a temporary tip jar license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>set the term of a temporary tip jar license;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>prescribe which provisions of Part III of this subtitle apply to the issuance of a temporary tip jar license and the operation of a tip jar under a temporary tip jar license; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>establish any additional requirements that the county commissioners consider appropriate concerning operation of a tip jar under a temporary tip jar license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An organization that receives a temporary tip jar license is subject to audit by the gaming commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An individual involved in the operation of a tip jar under a temporary tip jar license may not personally benefit financially from the operation of the tip jar.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If an organization that has operated a tip jar under a temporary tip jar license disbands, the organization shall transfer any remaining proceeds from the operation of a tip jar to the fund.</text>
  </level>
</section>
