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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-507" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Baltimore City">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section and § 13-509 of this subtitle also apply to games of instant bingo.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before an organization listed in subsection (c) or (d) of this section may conduct bingo in Baltimore City, the organization shall obtain a permit to do so from the commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An organization that meets the conditions of subsection (i)(1) of this section may conduct bingo in Baltimore City if the organization is a bona fide:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>religious organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>fraternal organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>patriotic organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>educational organization; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>charitable organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>An organization that meets the conditions of subsection (i)(2) of this section may conduct bingo in Baltimore City if the organization is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>devoted exclusively to religious, charitable, or educational purposes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a service organization;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a fraternal organization; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a veterans’ organization.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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 this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The organization applying for the permit shall pay the permit fee set in subsection (g) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An application for a permit and the action taken by the commissioner on that application are public records.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The commissioner may issue a permit for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>1 day; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a period exceeding 1 day and not exceeding 12 months.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>Except as allowed under subsection (h)(1) of this section, the commissioner shall collect from each permit holder, to cover the costs of administering the Baltimore City bingo laws, a permit fee not exceeding:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>$10 for each day on which bingo may be conducted;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>$750 for a 3-month period; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>$3,000 for a 12-month period.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The commissioner may collect a special annual permit fee of $5 for a nonprofit organization or nonprofit corporation to conduct, over 1 year, a number of bingo games for which, for each game:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the value of any prize of merchandise or money is not more than $5; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>not more than 100 individuals play.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The commissioner may revoke a special annual permit for cause.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An organization conducting bingo in Baltimore City under subsection (c) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, may not offer or award, in any game:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a money prize of more than $45; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a prize of merchandise worth more than $45; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>after reimbursing any costs incurred in conducting bingo for personnel, supplies, equipment, and other expenses, shall use the entire proceeds for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>charitable purposes; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>to further the purposes of an organization listed in subsection (c) of this section.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An organization conducting bingo in Baltimore City under subsection (d) of this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not use the net proceeds to benefit a stockholder or member of the organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>after reimbursing any costs incurred in conducting bingo for personnel, supplies, equipment, and other expenses, shall use the net proceeds:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>solely for charitable purposes; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>to further the purposes of an organization listed in subsection (d) of this section; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>shall limit prizes of money or merchandise to a value not exceeding:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>$5,000 for the total of all prizes;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>$75 for the total of all door prizes;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>$45 for each of not more than five early bird games;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="4">
          <text>$75 for each of not more than 19 regular games;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="5">
          <text>$150 for the starting prize of one regular game with a jackpot, with nightly increases not exceeding $75 and a consolation prize not exceeding $75;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="6">
          <text>$150 for each of not more than four regular special games;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="7">
          <text>50% of the proceeds for each of not more than four split-the-pot games;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="8">
          <text>100% of the proceeds for not more than one winner-take-all game;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="9">
          <text>$3,000 for a jackpot game which starts at 50 numbers and adds one number every second night;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="10">
          <text>if the jackpot is not won, $375 for a consolation prize for any jackpot game;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="11">
          <text>$300 for the first jackpot game in a buildup jackpot game which starts at $300 and 50 numbers and adds one number and $75 each night; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="12">
          <text>if the jackpot is not won, $225 for the consolation prize for any buildup jackpot game.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A bingo permit holder issued a permit under either subsection (c) or (d) of this section may not conduct bingo:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in a restaurant or tavern where alcoholic beverages are sold;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>in a permanent place of amusement or entertainment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>on Sunday, except by a bona fide religious organization that conducts bingo on property owned or leased by the organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
