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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="13-603" title_number="13" title_name="Gaming -- Local Provisions" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Baltimore County">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Before an organization listed in subsection (b) of this section may operate a gaming event or casino event, the organization shall obtain a permit from the Department of Permits and Development Management.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An organization that meets the conditions of paragraph (2) of this subsection may conduct a gaming event or casino event 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, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a hunting organization;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a social organization; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>a sporting organization;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>volunteer fire organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>veterans’ organization;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>veterans’ hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>amateur athletic organization; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>charitable organization.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An organization that conducts a gaming event or casino event under this section shall spend a majority of the net proceeds from the gaming event or casino event for the following in the county:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>purposes that benefit religious purposes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>fraternal purposes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>civic purposes;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>volunteer fire operations;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>purposes that benefit veterans;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>purposes that benefit a veterans’ hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>purposes related to amateur athletics; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>charitable purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A permit to conduct a gaming event or casino event shall provide that only the members of the permit holder may manage the gaming event or casino event.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A permit is not transferable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An organization that obtains a permit may award a prize of money or merchandise using:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a paddle wheel;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a wheel of fortune;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a chance book;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>bingo; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>any other gaming device except:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a card game;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a dice game; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>roulette.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in § 13-604 of this subtitle, a person may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>operate a card game, a dice game, or roulette; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>conduct a casino event.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An organization that obtains a permit shall ensure that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an individual or group of individuals does not benefit financially from the holding of the gaming event;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an individual or group of individuals does not receive any of the proceeds of the gaming event for personal use or benefit; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the gaming event is managed personally by the members of the permit holder.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
