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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-403" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Anne Arundel County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>“Qualified member” means a person who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>obtained a membership in an organization in accordance with the charter and bylaws of the organization; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has been a member for at least 12 months immediately before the gaming event.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A gaming device that is used at a gaming event shall be operated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>by qualified members of the organization or qualified members of other organizations allowed to operate gaming devices under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>without the assistance of professional gaming device operators.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not receive compensation from an organization for managing or operating a gaming device at a gaming event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Another organization that operates a gaming device under this subtitle may receive compensation from an organization for managing or operating a gaming device at a gaming event.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Each organization conducting a gaming event shall submit to the Department of Inspections and Permits, in a manner determined by the county, a report under oath for each gaming event that provides:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an accounting of all funds received; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a listing of the names, addresses, ages, and dates of membership of each individual who managed or operated a gaming device at the gaming event, including a statement that the individual is a qualified member of the organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>This section may not be construed to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>limit or restrict the authority of the county to regulate, license, and designate the type of amusement or gaming devices that may be operated in the county; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>amend or apply to the laws pertaining to raffles in the county under § 13-405 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
