0001| HOUSE BILL 948
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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| LARRY A. LARRANAGA
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0010| AN ACT
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0011| RELATING TO GAMING; ENACTING THE SENIOR CITIZEN BINGO ACT;
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0012| AUTHORIZING SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS TO CONDUCT BINGO GAMES;
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0013| PROVIDING CIVIL PENALTIES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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0015| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0016| Section 1. SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the
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0017| "Senior Citizen Bingo Act".
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0018| Section 2. PURPOSE OF ACT.--The purpose of the Senior
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0019| Citizen Bingo Act is to make lawful the conduct of bingo games
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0020| by senior citizen groups and to enhance the social interaction
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0021| enjoyed by senior citizen groups that engage in bingo games.
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0022| Section 3. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Senior Citizen
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0023| Bingo Act:
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0024| A. "bingo" means a game in which prizes are awarded
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0025| on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card
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0001| conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random and for
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0002| which no cards are sold except at the time and place of the
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0003| game;
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0004| B. "occasion" means a single gathering or session
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0005| in which a series of one or more bingo games are played; and
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0006| C. "senior citizen group" means an organization,
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0007| including nursing facilities; homes for the aged or disabled;
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0008| private residences that provide personal care, sheltered care
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0009| or nursing care for one or more persons; adult daycare centers;
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0010| boarding homes; or adult residential shelter care homes, the
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0011| majority of the membership or participants of which consists of
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0012| individuals fifty-five years of age or older and that provides
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0013| recreational or social activities, or both, for those
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0014| individuals.
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0015| Section 4. SENIOR CITIZEN BINGO--PERMITTED--LICENSE NOT
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0016| REQUIRED--PENALTIES--ENFORCEMENT.--
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0017| A. Nothing in Chapter 30, Article 19 NMSA 1978
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0018| shall be interpreted to prevent senior citizen groups from
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0019| participating in bingo; provided, however, that:
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0020| (1) no person other than a player
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0021| participating in the bingo receives or becomes entitled to
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0022| receive a part of the proceeds from the bingo;
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0023| (2) no minor is permitted to participate in
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0024| the conduct of or play in the bingo;
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0025| (3) the staff or patrons of the senior citizen
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0001| group shall conduct and oversee the bingo; and
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0002| (4) the aggregate amount of all prizes offered
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0003| or given in all bingo played on a single occasion by a senior
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0004| citizen group shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
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0005| B. No senior citizen group shall be required to
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0006| have a license to conduct bingo.
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0007| Section 5. CIVIL PENALTIES.--
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0008| A. If the state agency on aging reasonably believes
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0009| that a senior citizen group has violated or is violating any
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0010| provision of the Senior Citizen Bingo Act, the state agency on
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0011| aging may refer the matter to the attorney general or a
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0012| district attorney for enforcement.
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0013| B. The attorney general or district attorney may
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0014| institute a civil action in district court for any violation of
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0015| the Senior Citizen Bingo Act or to prevent a violation of that
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0016| act. An action for relief may include a permanent or temporary
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0017| injunction, a restraining order or any other appropriate order,
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0018| including a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each
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0019| violation.
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0020| Section 6. EMERGENCY.--It is necessary for the public
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0021| peace, health and safety that this act take effect immediately.
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0022| State of New Mexico
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0023| House of Representatives
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0025| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0001| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0004| February 27, 1997
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0007| Mr. Speaker:
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0009| Your BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE, to whom
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0010| has been referred
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0012| HOUSE BILL 948
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0014| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0015| recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
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0017| 1. On page 2, between lines 3 and 4, insert:
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0019| "B. "long-term care provider" means a nursing
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0020| facility, home for the aged or disabled, adult daycare center,
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0021| boarding home, adult residential shelter care, private residence
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0022| that provides personal care, sheltered care or nursing care for
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0023| one or more persons or other similar adult daycare facility or
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0024| residential facility for senior citizens;".
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0001| 2. Reletter succeeding subsections accordingly.
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0003| 3. On page 2, line 5, strike "and".
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0005| 4. On page 2, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:
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0007| "C. "senior citizen center" means a site at which
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0008| senior citizens may congregate for recreational or social
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0009| activities; and".
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0011| 5. Reletter the succeeding subsection accordingly.
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0013| 6. On page 2, line 6, strike the comma, strike lines 7
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0014| through 14 and insert in lieu thereof:
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0016| "or long-term care provider in which the majority of the members,
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0017| residents or participants consists of individuals who are fifty-
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0018| five years of age or older and that provides recreational or
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0019| social activities for those individuals.".
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0021| 7. On page 2, line 18, after "prevent" insert "long-term
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0022| care providers, senior citizen centers or".
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0024| 8. On page 2, line 19, before "participating" insert
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0025| "offering or".
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0002| 9. On page 3, line 8, strike the subsection designation
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0003| "A.".
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0005| 10. On page 3, strike lines 13 though 19 in their
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0006| entirety.,
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0008| and thence referred to the JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
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0010| Respectfully submitted,
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0016| Fred Luna, Chairman
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0019| Adopted Not Adopted
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0021| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0023| Date
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0025| The roll call vote was 8 For 0 Against
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0001| Yes: 8
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0002| Excused: Alwin, Kissner, Lutz, Varela
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0003| Absent: Getty
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0007| G:\BILLTEXT\BILLW_97\H0948 State of New Mexico
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0008| House of Representatives
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0010| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0011| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0014| March 12, 1997
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0017| Mr. Speaker:
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0019| Your JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
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0021| HOUSE BILL 948, as amended
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0022|
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0023| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0024| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0001| Respectfully submitted,
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0007| Thomas P. Foy, Chairman
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0010| Adopted Not Adopted
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0012| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0014| Date
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0016| The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against
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0017| Yes: 7
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0018| Excused: M.P. Garcia, King, Mallory, Rios, Sanchez, Stewart
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0019| Absent: None
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0024| FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
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0025| FIRST SESSION, 1997
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0003| March 18, 1997
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0005| Mr. President:
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0007| Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been
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0008| referred
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0010| HOUSE BILL 948, as amended
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0011|
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0012| has had it under consideration and reports same with
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0013| recommendation that it DO PASS.
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0015| Respectfully submitted,
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0020| __________________________________
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0021| Shannon Robinson, Chairman
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0025| Adopted_______________________ Not
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0001| Adopted_______________________
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0002| (Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)
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0005| Date ________________________
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0008| The roll call vote was 5 For 0 Against
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0009| Yes: 5
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0010| No: 0
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0011| Excused: Boitano, Feldman, Vernon, Rodarte
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0012| Absent: None
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