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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Regarding Raffles Conducted by Nonprofit Organizations’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
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Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §331, sub-§8-B  is enacted to read:
 
8-B.  Raffle tickets sold by volunteers.    Notwithstanding section 332, subsection 2, tickets for raffles licensed in accordance with subsection 7 or 8-A may be sold by persons other than members of the licensed organization as long as the persons selling the tickets are uncompensated volunteers for the organization and the names of the volunteers who sell the tickets are provided to the Chief of the State Police within 10 days of issuance of the raffle license.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes the provisions of the bill, which amended the laws governing who is eligible for a raffle license and the limit on raffle licenses to be issued per year to a nonprofit organization. The amendment creates an exception to the current law that requires raffle tickets to be sold by actual members of the organization licensed to conduct the raffle. It provides that uncompensated volunteers may sell raffle tickets that offer a noncash prize as long as the names of the volunteers are provided to the Chief of the State Police within 10 days of issuance of the raffle license.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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