HOUSE BILL NO. 6566

December 07, 2022, Introduced by Reps. Rogers, Ellison, Puri, Hope, Breen, Brixie, Cynthia Johnson, Peterson, Kuppa, Pepper, Rabhi, Brabec, Clemente, Sowerby and Aiyash and referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security.

A bill to amend 1972 PA 382, entitled

"Traxler-McCauley-Law-Bowman bingo act,"

by amending section 5d (MCL 432.105d), as added by 1999 PA 108.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 5d. (1) A qualified organization may apply for an unlimited number of small and large raffle licenses.

(2) Only 1 small raffle license may be issued for a location each day.

(3) All drawing locations shall must be the same if a small raffle license is issued for more than 1 date.

(4) If a drawing location is a school, a prize for a raffle must not be a firearm. As used in this subsection:

(a) "Firearm" means that term as defined in section 1 of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.421.

(b) "School" means a public or private school, grades kindergarten through the twelfth grade, but does not include a home school.

(5) (4) A qualified organization is excused from the requirements of obtaining a license under this act if the qualified organization is sponsoring a single gathering and conducts a raffle before which there is no presale of tickets and the total aggregate retail value of the prize or prizes to be awarded that day is $100.00 or less.