HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                 Bill No. CS/HB 23

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Fiscal Policy & Resources offered the

12  following:

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14         Amendment 

15         On page 8, line 29, through page 9, line 6,

16  remove:  all of said lines

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18  and insert:

19         (13)(a)  Instant bingo tickets must be sold at the

20  price printed on the ticket by the manufacturer, not to exceed

21  $1.  Discounts may not be given for purchases of multiple

22  tickets, nor may tickets be given away free of charge.

23         (b)  The sets of numbers, letters, objects, or patterns

24  that have been predesignated by the manufacturer as winning

25  combinations for a deal of instant bingo tickets must be

26  posted before the sale of any tickets from that deal.

27         (c)  Each instant bingo ticket in a deal must bear the

28  same serial number and there may not be more than one serial

29  number in each deal.  No serial number printed on a deal of

30  instant bingo tickets may be repeated by the manufacturer on

31  the same form for a period of 3 years.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                 Bill No. CS/HB 23

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  1         (d)  The serial number for each deal must be clearly

  2  and legibly placed on the outside of each deal's package, box,

  3  or other container.

  4         (e)  Instant bingo tickets manufactured, sold, or

  5  distributed in this state must comply with the standards on

  6  pull-tabs of the North American Gaming Regulators Association,

  7  as amended from time to time.

  8         (f)  Except as provided under paragraph (e), an instant

  9  bingo ticket manufactured, sold, or distributed in this state

10  must:

11         1.  Be manufactured so that it is not possible to

12  identify whether it is a winning or losing instant bingo

13  ticket until it has been opened by the player as intended.

14         2.  Be manufactured using at least a two-ply paper

15  stock construction so that the instant bingo ticket is opaque.

16         3.  Have the form number, the deal's serial number, and

17  the name or logo of the manufacturer conspicuously printed on

18  the face or cover of the instant bingo ticket.

19         4.  Have a form of a winner protection that allows that

20  organization to verify, after the instant bingo ticket has

21  been played, that the winning instant bingo ticket presented

22  for payment is an authentic winning instant bingo ticket for

23  the deal in play.  The manufacturer shall provide a written

24  description of the winner protection with each deal of instant

25  bingo tickets.

26         (g)  Each manufacturer and distributor that sells or

27  distributes instant bingo tickets in this state to charitable,

28  nonprofit, or veterans' organizations shall prepare an invoice

29  that contains the following information:

30         1.  The date of sale.

31         2.  The form number and the serial number of each deal

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  1  sold.

  2         3.  The number of instant bingo tickets in each deal

  3  sold.

  4         4.  The name of the distributor or organization to whom

  5  each deal is sold.

  6         5.  The price of each deal sold.

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  8  All information contained on an invoice must be maintained by

  9  the distributor or manufacturer for a period of 3 years.

10         (h)  The invoice, or a true and accurate copy thereof,

11  must be on the premises where any deal of instant bingo

12  tickets is stored or in play.

13         (i)  The Department of the Lottery shall keep a list of

14  no fewer than six qualified instant bingo ticket manufacturers

15  that are authorized to sell instant bingo tickets within the

16  state.  No distributor or charitable, nonprofit, or veterans'

17  organization shall purchase, distribute, or sell instant bingo

18  tickets manufactured by any manufacturer other than those

19  qualified instant bingo ticket manufacturers listed by the

20  Department of the Lottery.

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