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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-503" future_version_removed="true" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Baltimore City">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to a raffle authorized under § 13–505.1 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before an organization listed in subsection (c) of this section may operate a gaming event, the organization shall obtain a permit from the commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An organization that meets the conditions of paragraph (2) of this subsection may conduct a gaming event for the benefit of any of the following listed organizations if the organization is a bona fide:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>religious organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>fraternal organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>civic organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>veterans’ hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>amateur athletic organization in which all playing members are under the age of 18 years; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>charitable organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An organization conducting a gaming event shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>be located in Baltimore City; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>spend a majority of the organization’s funds in Baltimore City for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>fraternal purposes;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>civic purposes;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>purposes related to a veterans’ hospital;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>purposes related to amateur athletics; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>charitable purposes.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Before the commissioner may issue a permit, the commissioner shall review the character of the organization applying for the permit to ascertain that the organization meets the requirements of §§ 13–503 through 13–505 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The commissioner shall make any application for a permit and the action taken by the commissioner on that application a matter of public record.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The permit shall state that the gaming event shall be managed and operated personally only by members of the organization obtaining the permit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The permit is not transferable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An organization conducting a gaming event in Baltimore City may not allow an individual or group of individuals to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>benefit financially from the gaming event; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>receive any of the proceeds of the gaming event for personal use or benefit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
