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<subtitle article="gcr" title_number="13" subtitle_number="3" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_name="Allegany County">
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-301" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Allegany County">
    <text>Subtitle 2 of this title applies in Allegany County.</text>
  </section>
  <section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-302" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Allegany 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">
      <text>This section applies only in Allegany County.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="c">
      <level label="1">
        <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a person that is a for profit business or qualified organization may engage in paper gaming if the person obtains a paper gaming license that is issued by the Board of County Commissioners.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>If the person is a for profit business, the person shall also hold a Class A, C, or D retail alcoholic beverages license.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="3">
        <text>Qualified organizations that do not have an alcoholic beverages license and fire and rescue departments may engage in paper gaming without obtaining a paper gaming license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="d">
      <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 Board of County Commissioners.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="e">
      <text>The Board of County Commissioners shall set annual fees for a paper gaming license and a wholesale vendor’s license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="f">
      <text>Monthly, wholesale vendor licensees shall provide a list to the Board of County Commissioners of all customers to whom they sell paper gaming products and the total number of products sold to each customer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="g">
      <text>A paper gaming licensee may not have on its premises a paper gaming device that does not display a gaming sticker.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="h">
      <text>The Board of County Commissioners shall ensure that each retail alcoholic beverages licensee who holds 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="i">
      <level label="1">
        <text>The Board of County Commissioners may impose the following paper gaming taxes:</text>
        <level label="i">
          <text>on licensees that are qualified organizations, 10% of gross profits minus the costs of paper gaming products; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="ii">
          <text>on licensees that are for profit businesses, 40% of gross profits minus the costs of paper gaming products.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Board of County Commissioners may not impose a paper gaming tax on qualified organizations that do not have an alcoholic beverages license or fire and rescue departments that buy paper gaming devices from a licensed wholesale vendor.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="j">
      <level label="1">
        <text>In this subsection, “Fund” means the Special Gaming Fund.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>The Board of County Commissioners may 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 may be used only to benefit fire and rescue departments and to pay for specified school costs.</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 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 Board of 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 as follows:</text>
          <level label="1">
            <text>at least 25% but not more than 35% to fire and rescue departments; and</text>
          </level>
          <level label="2">
            <text>the balance to pay for school construction, school supplies, and other nonmaintenance of effort costs.</text>
          </level>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="k">
      <text>The Board of County Commissioners may adopt rules and regulations to administer and enforce this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="l">
      <text>The Board of County Commissioners may:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>hire 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="m">
      <text>The Board of County Commissioners may adopt an ordinance or resolution declaring that a violation of this section or a rule or regulation adopted under this section is:</text>
      <level label="1">
        <text>a civil infraction under Title 11, Subtitle 2 of the Local Government Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="2">
        <text>a misdemeanor punishable by a term of imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="n">
      <text>After a hearing, if the Board of 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 subsection (m) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </section>
</subtitle>