0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO GAMBLING; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE CRIMINAL CODE
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0003| TO PROVIDE FOR BINGO OPERATIONS BY SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS.
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0005| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0006|      Section 1.  A new section of the Criminal Code, Section 
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0007| 30-19-7.2 NMSA 1978 is enacted to read:    
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0008|      "30-19-7.2.  RECREATIONAL BINGO EXCEPTION.--Nothing in this chapter or
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0009| in the New Mexico Bingo and Raffle Act prohibits a senior citizen group from organizing
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0010| and conducting bingo at a senior citizen center, provided that no person other than players
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0011| participating in the bingo game receive or become entitled to receive any part of the
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0012| proceeds, either directly or indirectly, from the bingo game, and no minor is allowed to
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0013| participate in the organization or conduct of games or play bingo.  As used in this section,
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0014| "senior citizen group" means an organization in which the majority of the membership
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0015| consists of persons who are at least fifty-five years of age and the primary activities and
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0016| purposes of which are to provide recreational or social activities for those persons."             
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