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91_HB1687ham001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1687
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1687 on page 1, by
3 replacing lines 29 through 31 with the following:
4 "(4) Except as provided in item (4.1), the aggregate
5 retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded in any
6 single day of bingo may not exceed $2,250, except that in
7 adjoining counties having 200,000 to 275,000 inhabitants
8 each, and in counties which are adjacent to either of such
9 adjoining counties and are adjacent to a total of not more
10 than 2 counties in this State, and in any municipality having
11 2,500 or more inhabitants and within one mile of such
12 adjoining and adjacent counties having less than 25,000
13 inhabitants, 2 additional bingo games may be conducted after
14 the $2,250 limit has been reached. The prize awarded for any
15 one game, including any game conducted after reaching the
16 $2,250 limit as authorized in this paragraph (4), may not
17 exceed $500 cash or its equivalent."; and
18 on page 2, by replacing lines 1 through 16 with the
19 following:
20 "(4.1) Notwithstanding the provisions of item (4), the
21 Department may issue a special prize license to a licensee if
22 the county in which the licensee conducts bingo approves the
23 special prize license. A special prize licensee shall
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1 authorize a license to award prizes or merchandise in a
2 single day of bingo that has an aggregate retail value that
3 exceeds the limits imposed under item (4) but does not exceed
4 $10,000. A special prize license authorized under this item
5 (4.1) shall authorize the licensee to award prizes or
6 merchandise at the higher limit authorized in this item (4.1)
7 on 2 days per year and shall not permit the licensee to
8 conduct gambling on days other than as authorized in this
9 Act.".