0001|                            HOUSE BILL 550
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0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            JOHN A. HEATON
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO GAMING; AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE NMSA 1978 TO
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0012|     AUTHORIZE SENIOR ORGANIZATIONS LICENSED AND FUNDED BY THE STATE
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0013|     AGENCY ON AGING TO APPLY FOR A LICENSE UNDER THE BINGO AND
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0014|     RAFFLE ACT.
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0016|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0017|          Section 1.  Section 60-2B-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
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0018|     Chapter 259, Section 3, as amended) is amended to read:
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0019|          "60-2B-3.  DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Bingo and Raffle
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0020|     Act:
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0021|               A.  "charitable organization" means any
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0022|     organization, not for pecuniary profit, [which] that is
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0023|     operated for the relief of poverty, distress or other condition
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0024|     of public concern in New Mexico and [which] that has been
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0025|     so engaged for three years immediately prior to making ap-
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0002|     plication for a license under the Bingo and Raffle Act and
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0003|     [which] that has been granted an exemption from federal
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0004|     income tax by the United States commissioner of internal
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0005|     revenue as an organization described in Section 501 (c) of the
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0006|     United States Internal Revenue Code of [1954, as amended or
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    renumbered] 1986;
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0008|               B.  "chartered branch, lodge or chapter of a
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0009|     national or state organization" means any branch, lodge or
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0010|     chapter [which] that is a civic or service organization,
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0011|     not for pecuniary profit, and authorized by its written
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0012|     constitution, charter, articles of incorporation or bylaws to
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0013|     engage in a fraternal, civic or service purpose in New Mexico
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0014|     and [which] that has been so engaged for three years
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0015|     immediately prior to making application for a license under the
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0016|     Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0017|               C.  "educational organization" means any
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0018|     organization within the state, not organized for pecuniary
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0019|     profit, whose primary purpose is educational in nature and
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0020|     designed to develop the capabilities of individuals by
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0021|     instruction and [which] that has been in existence in New
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0022|     Mexico for three years immediately prior to making application
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0023|     for a license under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0024|               D.  "fraternal organization" means any organization
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0025|     within the state, except college and high school fraternities,
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0001|     not for pecuniary profit, [which] that is a branch, lodge
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0002|     or chapter of a national or state organization and exists for
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0003|     the common business, brotherhood or other interests of its
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0004|     members and [which] that has existed in New Mexico for
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0005|     three years immediately prior to making application for a
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0006|     license under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0007|               E.  "labor organization" means any organization, not
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0008|     for pecuniary profit, within the state [which] that exists
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0009|     for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers
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0010|     concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay,
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0011|     hours of employment or conditions of work and [which] that
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0012|     has existed in New Mexico for that purpose and has been so
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0013|     engaged for three years immediately prior to making application
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0014|     for a license under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0015|               F.  "senior organization" means any organization or
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0016|     center within the state, not for pecuniary profit, that is
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0017|     licensed and funded pursuant to approved area plans by the
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0018|     state agency on aging, whose members gather for a common social
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0019|     and recreational purpose and that has existed in New Mexico for
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0020|     three years immediately prior to making application for a
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0021|     license under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0022|              [F.] G.  "qualified organization" means any bona
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0023|     fide chartered branch, lodge or chapter of a national or state
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0024|     organization or any bona fide religious, charitable,
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0025|     environmental, fraternal, educational or veterans' organization
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0001|     operating without profit to its members [which] that has
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0002|     been in existence in New Mexico continuously for a period of
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0003|     three years immediately prior to the making of an application
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0004|     for a license under the Bingo and Raffle Act and [which]
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0005|     that has had, during the entire three-year period, a dues-
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0006|     paying membership engaged in carrying out the objects of the
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0007|     corporation or organization.  A voluntary firemen's or-
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0008|     
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0009|     ganization is a qualified organization and a labor organization
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0010|     is a qualified organization for the purpose of the Bingo and
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0011|     Raffle Act if it uses the proceeds from a game of chance solely
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0012|     for scholarship or charitable purposes;
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0013|               [G.] H.  "environmental organization" means any
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0014|     organization primarily concerned with the protection and
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0015|     preservation of the natural environment and [which] that
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0016|     has existed in New Mexico for three years immediately prior to
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0017|     making application for a license under the Bingo and Raffle
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0018|     Act;
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0019|               [H.] I.  "religious organization" means any
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0020|     organization, church, body of communicants or group, not for
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0021|     pecuniary profit, gathered in common membership for mutual
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0022|     support and edification in piety, worship and religious
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0023|     observances or a society, not for pecuniary profit, of
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0024|     individuals united for religious purposes at a definite place,
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0025|     [which] and the organization, church, body of communicants,
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0001|     group or society has been so gathered or united in New Mexico
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0002|     for three years immediately prior to making application for a
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0003|     license under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0004|               [I.] J.  "veterans' organization" means any
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0005|     organization within the state or any branch, lodge or chapter
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0006|     of a national or state organization within this state, not for
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0007|     pecuniary profit, the membership of which consists of
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0008|     individuals who were members of the armed services or forces of
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0009|     the United States, [which] that has been in existence in
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0010|     New Mexico for three years immediately prior to making
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0011|     application for a license under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0012|               [J.] K.  "voluntary firemen's organization"
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0013|     means any organization for firefighting within the state, not
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0014|     for pecuniary profit, established by the state or any of its
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0015|     political subdivisions, [which] that has been in existence
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0016|     in New Mexico for three years immediately prior to making
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0017|     application for a license under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0018|               [K.] L.  "dues-paying membership" means those
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0019|     members of an organization who pay regular monthly, annual or
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0020|     other periodic dues or who are excused from paying such dues by
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0021|     the charter, articles of incorporation or bylaws of the
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0022|     organization and those who contribute voluntarily to the
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0023|     corporation or organization to which they belong for the
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0024|     support of the corporation or organization;
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0025|               [L.] M.  "equipment" means, with respect to
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0001|     bingo or lotto, the receptacle and numbered objects drawn from
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0002|     it; the master board upon which the numbered objects are placed
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0003|     as drawn; the cards or sheets bearing numbers or other
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0004|     designations to be covered and the objects used to cover them;
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0005|     the board or signs, however operated, used to announce or
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0006|     display the numbers or designations as they are drawn; the
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0007|     public address system; and all other articles essential to the
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0008|     operation, conduct and playing of bingo or lotto; or, with
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0009|     respect to raffles, implements, devices and machines designed,
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0010|     intended or used for the conduct of raffles and the
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0011|     identification of the winning number or unit and the ticket or
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0012|     other evidence or right to participate in raffles;
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0013|               [M.] N.  "game of chance" means that specific
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0014|     kind of game of chance commonly known as bingo or lotto in
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0015|     which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or
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0016|     symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at
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0017|     random and that specific kind of game of chance commonly known
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0018|     as raffles [which] that is conducted by drawing for prizes
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0019|     or the allotment of prizes by chance or by the selling of
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0020|     shares, tickets or rights to participate in the game;
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0021|               [N.] O.  "gross receipts" means receipts from
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0022|     the sale of shares, tickets or rights in any manner connected
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0023|     with participation in a game of chance or the right to
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0024|     participate in a game of chance, including any admission fee or
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0025|     charge, the sale of equipment or supplies and all other
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0001|     miscellaneous receipts;
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0002|               [O.] P.  "lawful purposes" means educational,
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0003|     charitable, patriotic, religious or public-spirited purposes,
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0004|     which terms are defined to be the benefiting of an indefinite
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0005|     number of persons either by bringing their minds or hearts
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0006|     under the influence of education or religion, by relieving
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0007|     their bodies from disease, suffering or constraint, by as-
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0008|     
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0009|     sisting them in establishing themselves in life, by erecting or
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0010|     maintaining public buildings or works, by providing legal
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0011|     assistance to peace officers or firemen in defending civil or
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0012|     criminal actions arising out of the performance of their duties
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0013|     or by otherwise lessening the burden of government.  These
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0014|     terms include the erection, acquisition, improvement,
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0015|     maintenance, insurance or repair of property, real, personal or
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0016|     mixed, if the property is used for one or more of the purposes
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0017|     stated in this subsection;
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0018|               [P.] Q.  "lawful use" means the devotion of the
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0019|     entire net proceeds of a game of chance exclusively to lawful
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0020|     purposes;
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0021|               [Q.] R.  "licensee" means any qualified
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0022|     organization to which a license has been issued by the
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0023|     licensing authority;
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0024|               [R.] S.  "licensing authority" means the
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0025|     regulation and licensing department;
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0001|               [S.] T.  "member" means an individual who has
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0002|     qualified for membership in a qualified organization pursuant
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0003|     to its charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws, rules or
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0004|     other written statement;
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0005|               [T.] U.  "net proceeds" means the receipts less
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0006|     the expenses, charges, fees and deductions as are specifically
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0007|     authorized under the Bingo and Raffle Act;
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0008|               [U.] V.  "occasion" means a single gathering or
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0009|     session at which a series of successive bingo or lotto games is
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0010|     played;
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0011|               [V.] W.  "person" means a natural person, firm,
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0012|     association, corporation or other legal entity; and
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0013|               [W.] X.  "premises" means any room, hall,
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0014|     enclosure or outdoor area used for the purpose of playing a
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0015|     game of chance."
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0016|          Section 2.  Section 60-2B-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
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0017|     Chapter 259, Section 5) is amended to read:
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0018|          "60-2B-5.  ORGANIZATIONS ENTITLED TO LICENSES--FEES.--
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0019|               A.  Any bona fide chartered branch, lodge or chapter
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0020|     of a national or state organization or any bona fide religious,
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0021|     charitable, labor, environmental, fraternal, senior,
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0022|     educational or veterans' organization [which] that operates
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0023|     without profit to its members and [which] that has been in
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0024|     existence in New Mexico continuously for a period of three
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0025|     years immediately prior to the making of application for a
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0001|     license under the Bingo and Raffle Act and has had, during the
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0002|     making of application for a license under that act and during
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0003|     the entire three-year period, dues-paying [members]
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0004|     membership, except in a senior organization, engaged in
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0005|     carrying out the objects of the corporation or organization is
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0006|     eligible for a license to be issued by the licensing authority
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0007|     under the Bingo and Raffle Act.  In the event any license is
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0008|     revoked, the licensee and holder [thereof] of the license
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0009|     is not eligible to apply for another license under Subsection B
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0010|     of this section until after the expiration of the period of one
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0011|     year from the date of [such] revocation.  Any voluntary
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0012|     firemen's organization established by the state or any
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0013|     political subdivision and [which] that has been in
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0014|     existence in New Mexico for three years shall also be an
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0015|     organization entitled to a license under the provisions of that
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0016|     act.
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0017|               B.  The licenses provided by the Bingo and Raffle
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0018|     Act shall be issued by the licensing authority to applicants
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0019|     qualified under that act upon payment of a fee of one hundred
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0020|     dollars ($100), with the exception of a senior organization,
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0021|     which shall pay a fee of five dollars ($5.00).  The licenses
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0022|     shall expire at the end of the calendar year in which they are
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0023|     issued by the licensing authority and may be renewed by the
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0024|     licensing authority upon the filing of an application for
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0025|     renewal provided by the licensing authority and the payment of
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0001|     a fee of one hundred dollars ($100) for the renewal with the
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0002|     exception of a senior organization, which shall pay a fee of
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0003|     five dollars ($5.00).  No license or renewal granted under
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0004|     that act [shall be] is transferable."
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0005|          Section 3.  Section 60-2B-6 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
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0006|     Chapter 259, Section 6) is amended to read:
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0007|          "60-2B-6.  APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.--
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0008|               A.  Each applicant for a license to be issued under
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0009|     the provisions of this section shall file with the licensing
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0010|     authority a written application in duplicate in the form
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0011|     prescribed by the licensing authority, duly executed and
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0012|     verified, [and] in which shall be stated:
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0013|                    (1)  the name and address of the applicant;
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0014|                    (2)  sufficient facts relating to [its] the
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0015|     applicant's incorporation and organization to enable the
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0016|     licensing authority to determine whether or not it is a bona
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0017|     fide chartered branch, lodge or chapter of a national or state
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0018|     organization or a bona fide religious, charitable, labor,
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0019|     environmental, fraternal, educational, senior, voluntary
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0020|     firemen's or veterans' organization [which] that operates
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0021|     without profit to its members and [which] that has been in
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0022|     existence continuously in New Mexico for a period of three
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0023|     years immediately prior to the making of application for a
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0024|     license and that has had during the entire three-year period
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0025|     dues-paying [members] membership, except in a senior
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0001|     organization, engaged in carrying out the objectives of the
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0002|     applicant;
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0003|                    (3)  the names and addresses of [its] the
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0004|     applicant's officers;
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0005|                    (4)  the specific kind of games of chance
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0006|     intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant;
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0007|                    (5)  the place where the games of chance are
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0008|     intended to be held, operated and conducted by the applicant
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0009|     under the license applied for;
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0010|                    (6)  the items of expense intended to be
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0011|     incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating and
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0012|     conducting of [such] games of chance and the names and
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0013|     addresses of the persons to whom and the purposes for which
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0014|     they are to be paid;
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0015|                    (7)  a statement that no commission, salary,
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0016|     compensation, reward or recompense shall be paid to any person
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0017|     for holding, operating or conducting [such] games of chance
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0018|     or for assisting [therein] in games of chance except as
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0019|     [otherwise] provided in the Bingo and Raffle Act; and
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0020|                    (8)  such other information deemed advisable by
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0021|     the licensing authority to ensure that the applicant falls
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0022|     within the restrictions set forth by the Bingo and Raffle Act.
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0023|               B.  In each application there shall be designated
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0024|     active members of the applicant organization under whom the
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0025|     games of chance described in the application are to be held,
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0001|     operated and conducted, and to the application shall be
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0002|     appended a statement executed by the applicant and by the
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0003|     members so designated that they will be responsible for the
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0004|     holding, operation and conduct of games of chance in accordance
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0005|     with the terms of the license and the provisions of the Bingo
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0006|     and Raffle Act.
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0007|               C.  In the event any premises are to be leased or
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0008|     rented in connection with the holding, operating or conducting
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0009|     of any game of chance under the Bingo and Raffle Act, a written
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0010|     statement shall accompany the application signed and verified
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0011|     by the person leasing or renting the premises stating his
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0012|     address and the amount of rent [which] that will be paid
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0013|     for the premises and that the person, or its officers and
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0014|     directors if a corporation, is of good moral character and has
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0015|     not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude."
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0016|          Section 4.  Section 60-2B-8 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1981,
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0017|     Chapter 259, Section 8) is amended to read:
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0018|          "60-2B-8.  PERSONS PERMITTED TO CONDUCT GAMES--PREMISES--
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0019|     EQUIPMENT--EXPENSES [COMPENSATION].--
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0020|               A.  No person shall hold, operate or conduct any
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0021|     games of chance under any license issued under the Bingo and
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0022|     Raffle Act except an active member of the organization to which
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0023|     the license is issued, and no person shall assist in the
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0024|     holding, operating or conducting of any games of chance under
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0025|     that license except an active member or a member of an
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0001|     organization or association [which] that is an auxiliary to
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0002|     the licensee, a member of an organization or association of
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0003|     which the licensee is an auxiliary or a member of an
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0004|     organization or association [which] that is affiliated with
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0005|     the licensee by being, with it, auxiliary to another
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0006|     organization or association and except bookkeepers or ac-
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0007|     
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0008|     countants as provided in this section.  No item of expense
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0009|     shall be incurred or paid in connection with the holding,
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0010|     operating or conducting of any game of chance held, operated or
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0011|     conducted pursuant to any license issued under that act except
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0012|     bona fide expenses in reasonable amount for goods, wares and
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0013|     merchandise furnished or services rendered, reasonably
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0014|     necessary for the holding, operating or conducting [thereof]
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0015|     of the game.  No games of chance shall be conducted with any
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0016|     equipment except that which is owned or leased by the licensee.
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0017|               B.  The officers of a licensee shall designate a
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0018|     bona fide active member of the licensee to be in charge of
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0019|     and primarily responsible for the conduct of the games of bingo
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0020|     or lotto on each occasion.  The member in charge shall
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0021|     supervise all activities on the occasion for which he is in
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0022|     charge and be responsible for the making of the required
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0023|     report.  The member in charge shall be familiar with the
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0024|     provisions of the state laws, the rules and regulations of the
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0025|     licensing authority and the provisions of the license.  He
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0001|     shall be present on the premises continuously during the games
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0002|     and for a period of at least thirty minutes after the last
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0003|     game.
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0004|               C.  The officers of a licensee shall designate an
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0005|     officer to be in full charge and primarily responsible for the
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0006|     proper utilization of the entire net proceeds of any game in
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0007|     accordance with state law.
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0008|               D.  The entire net proceeds of any game shall be
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0009|     devoted to a lawful use [or uses].
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0010|               E.  Each license issued for the conduct of games of
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0011|     chance shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where any
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0012|     game is being conducted at all times during the conduct of the
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0013|     game and for at least thirty minutes after the last game has
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0014|     been concluded.
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0015|               F.  The premises where any game of chance is being
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0016|     held, operated or conducted or where it is intended that any
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0017|     equipment be used shall at all times be open to inspection by
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0018|     the licensing authority, its agents and employees and by peace
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0019|     officers of any political subdivision of the state.
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0020|               G.  No licensee may hold, operate or conduct a game
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0021|     of bingo or lotto more often than on two hundred sixty
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0022|     occasions in any calendar year.
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0023|               H.  When any merchandise prize is awarded in a game
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0024|     of bingo, its value shall be its current retail price.  No
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0025|     merchandise prize shall be redeemable or convertible into cash
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0001|     directly or indirectly.
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0002|               I.  Equipment, prizes and supplies for games of
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0003|     bingo shall not be purchased or sold at prices in excess of the
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0004|     usual price [thereof] of the equipment, prizes and
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0005|     supplies.
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0006|               J.  The aggregate amount of all prizes offered or
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0007|     given in all games played on a single occasion shall not exceed
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0008|     one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), which shall be
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0009|     exclusive of pull tabs; provided that the aggregate amount of
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0010|     all prizes offered or given in all games played on a single
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0011|     occasion at a senior organization shall not exceed one hundred
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0012|     dollars ($100).
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0013|               K.  No games shall be conducted more than five times
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0014|     in any one calendar week, with no game lasting more than four
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0015|     hours on each occasion and not more than two occasions in one
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0016|     calendar day by any one licensee.
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0017|               L.  The net profits derived from the holding of
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0018|     games of chance [must] shall be devoted to the lawful
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0019|     purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the games. 
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0020|     Any organization desiring to hold the net profits of games of
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0021|     chance for a period longer than one year [must] shall apply
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0022|     to the licensing authority for special permission, and, upon
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0023|     good cause shown, the authority shall grant the request.
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0024|               M.  Any licensee [which] that does not report,
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0025|     during any one-year period, net profits [will] shall be
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0001|     required to show cause before the licensing authority why its
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0002|     right to conduct games of bingo should not be revoked.
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0003|               N.  No person shall assist in the holding, operating
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0004|     or conducting of a bingo game under any license except bona
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0005|     fide active members of the licensee, active members of any
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0006|     organization [which] that is an auxiliary to the licensee
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0007|     or active members of an organization [which] that is
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0008|     affiliated with the licensee by being, with it, auxiliary to
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0009|     another organization.
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0010|               O.  The equipment used in the playing of bingo and
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0011|     the method of play shall be such that each card has an equal
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0012|     opportunity to be a winner.  The objects or balls to be drawn
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0013|     shall be essentially the same as to size, shape, weight,
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0014|     balance and all other characteristics that may influence their
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0015|     selection.  All objects or balls shall be present in the
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0016|     receptacle before each game is begun.  All numbers announced
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0017|     shall be plainly and clearly audible to all the players
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0018|     present.  Where more than one room is used for any one game,
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0019|     the receptacle and the caller [must] shall be present in
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0020|     the room where the greatest number of players are present, and
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0021|     all numbers announced shall be plainly audible to the players
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0022|     in the [aforesaid] room where the receptacle and caller are
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0023|     and [also] audible to the players in the other rooms.  A fair
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0024|     and equal chance shall be given to all participants, and any
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0025|     licensee, its representative, agent or employees whose acts or
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0001|     action may tend to negate the "right of equal chance" shall
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0002|     constitute grounds for revoking [such] the license.
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0003|               P.  The receptacle and the caller who removes the
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0004|     objects or balls from the receptacle [must] shall be
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0005|     visible to all the players at all times except where more than
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0006|     one room is used for any one game, in which case the provisions
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0007|     of Subsection O of this section shall prevail.
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0008|               Q.  The particular arrangement of numbers required
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0009|     to be covered in order to win the game and the amount of the
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0010|     prize shall be clearly and audibly described and announced to
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0011|     the players immediately before each game is begun.
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0012|               R.  Any player is entitled to call for a
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0013|     verification of all numbers drawn at the time a winner is
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0014|     determined and for a verification of the objects or balls
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0015|     remaining in the receptacle and not yet drawn.  The
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0016|     verification shall be made in the immediate presence of the
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0017|     member designated to be in charge of the occasion [but] or,
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0018|     if [such] that member is also the caller, [then] in the
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0019|     immediate presence of any officer of the licensee.
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0020|               S.  In the playing of bingo, no person who is not
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0021|     physically present on the premises where the game is actually
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0022|     conducted shall be allowed to participate as a player in the
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0023|     game.
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0024|               T.  No person shall act as a caller in the conduct
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0025|     of any game of bingo unless he has been a member in good
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0001|     standing of the licensee conducting the game or one of its
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0002|     licensed auxiliaries for at least six months immediately prior
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0003|     to the date of [such] the game, is of good moral character
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0004|     and has never been convicted of a felony.
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0005|               U.  No owner, co-owner or lessee of the premises
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0006|     [or] and, if a corporation is the owner of the premises,
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0007|     [any] no officer, director or stockholder owning more than
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0008|     ten percent of the outstanding stock shall be a person
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0009|     responsible for or assisting in the holding, operating or
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0010|     conducting of any game of bingo."
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0011|                                                         State of New Mexico
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0012|                      House of Representatives
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0013|   
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0014|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0018|                                               February 25, 1997
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0021|   Mr. Speaker:
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0023|        Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0024|   has been referred
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0025|   
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0001|                        HOUSE BILL 550
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0002|   
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0003|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0004|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0006|        1.   On page 3, line 14, strike "licensed and".,
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0008|   and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0021|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0023|                        Date             
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0001|   Yes:      10
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0002|             No:       Alwin
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0004|             Absent:   Getty
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0018|   Mr. Speaker:
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0020|        Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0021|   
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0022|                  HOUSE BILL 550, as amended
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0023|   
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0024|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0025|   recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0002|        1.  On page 14, line 20, strike the semicolon and the
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0005|        2.  On page 14, strike lines 21 through 23 in their
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0008|   and thence referred to the TAXATION AND REVENUE
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0009|   COMMITTEE.
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0022|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0001|   The roll call vote was 8  For 0  Against
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0002|   Yes:      8
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0003|             Excused:  Alwin, Larranaga, Luna, Rios, Sanchez
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0004|             Absent:   None
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0018|   Mr. Speaker:
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0019|   
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0020|        Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to
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0021|   whom has been referred
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0022|   
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0023|                  HOUSE BILL 550, as amended
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0024|                               
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0025|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0014|             (Chief Clerk)                       (Chief Clerk)
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0016|                        Date             
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0018|   The roll call vote was  15  For  0  Against
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0019|   Yes:      15
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0020|             Excused:  Marquardt, Watchman
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0021|             Absent:   None
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0007|   Mr. President:
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0009|       Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0010|   referred
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0011|   
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0012|                    HOUSE BILL 550, as amended
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0013|   
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0014|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0023|                                Shannon Robinson, Chairman 
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0002|   Adopted_______________________   Not
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0004|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
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0010|   The roll call vote was  6  For  0  Against
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0011|           Yes:    6
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0012|   No:     0
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0013|                Excused:     Boitano, Ingle, Smith
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0014|           Absent: None
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