An Act To Permit a Veterans Organization To Lease Its Facility to an Organization That Is Registered To Operate Beano or Bingo Games without Obtaining a Commercial Beano Hall Permit Revenue
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0131
Committee Amendment CA_A_H16 (House)
Amends: 17 MRSA §313-C, 17 MRSA §328

COMMITTEEAMENDMENT"A "toH.P.113,L.D.131,Bill, "AnActToPermit 
a Veterans Organization To Lease Its Facility to an Organization That Is Registered To 
Operate Beano or Bingo Games without Obtaining a Commercial Beano Hall Permit" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this Act exempts a veterans organization from the requirement to obtain a 
commercial beano hall permit in order to lease its facility to an organization registered to 
operate "beano" or "bingo" games; and 
Whereas, it is necessary that this Act take effect before the expiration of the 90-day 
period in order to ensure that veterans organizations that rent their facilities for "beano" 
or "bingo" games during the summer may do so without obtaining the permit required 
under current law; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,' 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §313-C, sub-§1, ,re, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. JJJJJ, 
§7, is amended to read: 
C. 
A bona fide nonprofit, charitable, educational, political, civic, recreational, 
fraternal, patriotic, religious or veterans organization that has been in existence and 
founded, chartered or organized in the State for at least 2 years prior to its 
registration; and 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEEAMENDMENT"A "toH.P.113,L.D.131 
Sec. 2. 17 MRSA §328, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2017, c. 284, Pt. JJJJJ, §29, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Permit required. An individual, corporation, partnership or unincorporated 
association may not rent or lease space for profit to a lieensee an organization registered 
under section 313-C to hold, conduct or operate "Beano" or "Bingo" unless a commercial 
beano hall permit is obtained from the Gambling Control Unit. 
Sec. 3. 17 MRSA §328, sub-§§6 and 7, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 74, §7, are 
amended to read: 
6. 
Membership in registered organization. The permittee or the permittee's 
employee may not be a member of a lieensee an organization registered under section 
313-C renting or leasing the commercial beano hall. 
7. Rent or lease amount. The permittee shall charge a lieen.see registrant under 
section 313-C fair market value and may not charge based on the percentage of profit 
whleh that the licensee registrant makes for the rent or lease of a commercial beano hall.' 
Amend the bill by adding before the summary the following: 
'Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment adds an emergency preamble and emergency clause to the bill and 
makes technical changes to the statutes governing "beano" and "bingo." The amendment 
clarifies that a charitable, educational, political, civic, recreational, fraternal, patriotic, 
religious or veterans organization that seeks to obtain a registration to conduct "beano" or 
"bingo" must be a bona fide nonprofit organization. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/06/19 ;Wac:.. 
LD 131 
LR 599(02) 
An Act To Permit a Veterans Organization To Lease Its Facility to an Organization That Is 
Registered To Operate Beano or Bingo Games without Obtaining a Commercial Beano Hall Permit 
Revenue 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,i{;l-1 I,) 
Committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
($500) 
($500) 
($500) 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
($500) 
The removal of the requirement that a veterans organization register for a commercial beano hall permit to lease its 
facility to another organization registered to operate beano or bingo games will reduce revenue to the Gambling 
Control Unit within the Depaiiment of Public Safety by $500 annually beginning in fiscal year 2019-2020. Any 
additional costs to the Gambling Control Unit as a result of clarifications to the rules regarding the licensing of 
commercial beano games are anticipated to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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