Amendment SSA1-SB340

SB340-SSA1,10 Section 10. 563.91 of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,5,18 563.91 Limit. No qualified organization under s. 563.90 563.907 may conduct more than 200 raffles or more than one calendar raffle during a year.

SB340-SSA1,11 Section 11. 563.92 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,6,2 563.92 (1m) The department may issue a Class A license for the conduct of a raffle in which some or all of the tickets for that raffle are sold on days other than the same day as that the raffle drawing occurs and in which equal shares of a single ticket may be sold to one or more purchasers. The department may issue a Class B license for the conduct of a raffle in which all of the tickets for that raffle are sold on the same day as that the raffle drawing occurs or within the 24 hours immediately preceding the start of the drawing.

SB340-SSA1,12 Section 12. 563.92 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,6,10 563.92 (2) The fee for a raffle license shall be $25 and shall be remitted with the application. A raffle license shall be valid for 12 months and may be renewed as provided in s. 563.98 (1g). The department shall issue the license within 30 business days after the filing of an application if the applicant qualifies under s. 563.90 563.907 and has not exceeded the limits of s. 563.91. All moneys received by the department under this subsection shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (j).

SB340-SSA1,13 Section 13. 563.93 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,6,12 563.93 (1) (e) The date, time and place of the each drawing or drawings.

SB340-SSA1,14 Section 14. 563.93 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,6,15 563.93 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), tickets for a proposed raffle may not be offered for sale more than 270 days before the raffle date of the drawing.

SB340-SSA1,15 Section 15. 563.93 (4) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,6,19 563.93 (4) (b) An organization that existed at least 5 years before the organization was issued a Class A license may offer tickets for sale for a proposed raffle up to one year before the date of the raffle drawing.

SB340-SSA1,16 Section 16. 563.93 (4m) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,6,24 563.93 (4m) The organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A license shall provide the purchaser of a raffle ticket or calendar the purchaser's portion of the ticket or calendar before the each raffle drawing is held, but need not provide it to the purchaser at the time of purchase.

SB340-SSA1,17 Section 17. 563.93 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,7,1 563.93 (5) All raffle drawings shall be held in public.

SB340-SSA1,18 Section 18. 563.93 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,7,4 563.93 (7) If a raffle drawing game is canceled, the organization shall refund the receipts to the ticket or calendar purchasers.

SB340-SSA1,19 Section 19. 563.93 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,7,8 563.93 (8) The organization that holds a raffle drawing game shall furnish a list of prize winners to each ticket or calendar holder who provides the organization with a self-addressed stamped envelope and requests the list.

SB340-SSA1,20 Section 20. 563.93 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,7,13 563.93 (9) If a person who holds a Class A license sells equal shares of a single ticket to one or more purchasers for a raffle game, the person shall, prior to the date on which the raffle drawing for which the shares were sold is held, purchase any shares of the ticket that have not been sold.

SB340-SSA1,21 Section 21. 563.935 (6) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 563.935 (6) and amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,7,22 563.935 (6) Except as provided in par. (b), the The purchaser of a ticket must be present at the drawing to win a prize, unless the purchaser gives the ticket to another person who may claim the prize on behalf of the purchaser, but only if that other person is present at the drawing. If the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to another person to claim a prize on behalf of the purchaser, the organization conducting the raffle and the department shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership of the ticket.

SB340-SSA1,22 Section 22. 563.935 (6) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

SB340-SSA1,23 Section 23. 563.935 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,8,3 563.935 (8) The date, time , and place of the each drawing and, the prizes to be awarded, and the prize amount or the methodology used to determine the prize amount shall be posted or announced before the each drawing.

SB340-SSA1,24 Section 24. 563.935 (9) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,8,6 563.935 (9) If a raffle drawing game is canceled, the organization shall refund the receipts to the ticket purchasers.

SB340-SSA1,25 Section 25. 563.935 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,8,10 563.935 (10) (intro.) A raffle that is of the type described in s. 563.908 (1) and that is conducted under a Class B license to which all of the following apply is one raffle for purposes of s. 563.91:

SB340-SSA1,26 Section 26. 563.98 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

SB340-SSA1,8,13 563.98 (1) (f) For raffles of the type described in s. 563.908 (2), an accounting of all sold and unsold tickets for each raffle.

SB340-SSA1,27 Section 27. 945.01 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

SB340-SSA1,8,17 945.01 (3) (b) 1. A device used in conducting a bingo occasion or raffle event game under ch. 563, used in conducting a lottery under ch. 565 or used in conducting a race under ch. 562.

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