HCS HB 620 & 671 -- BINGO (Lair)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Committee on Veterans

This substitute changes the laws regarding bingo.  In its main
provisions, the substitute:

(1)  Allows organizations with abbreviated licenses to conduct
bingo games up to 15 times annually;

(2)  Requires all organizations licensed to conduct bingo games
to pay a $50 annual license fee;

(3)  Authorizes the Missouri Gaming Commission to establish the
daily prize amount for nonprogressive bingo games;

(4)  Removes the provision allowing licensees to require players
to purchase more than a standard pack of bingo cards in order to
participate in a bingo game;

(5)  Allows licensees to conduct bingo games twice a week instead
of once a week;

(6)  Increases the amount which may be used for advertising from
2% to 10% of the total amount expended from bingo receipts;

(7)  Removes the advertising provision which prohibits licensees
from referencing aggregate values of bingo prizes;

(8)  Prohibits bingo games from operating between the hours of 1
a.m. and 7 a.m.  Currently, no games can be conducted between
midnight and 10 a.m.;

(9)  Allows licensees to own or lease commission-approved
pull-tab vending machines from a licensed supplier and prohibits
organizations from sharing machines;

(10)  Requires all licensees to make quarterly reports to the
commission;

(11)  Changes the record retention requirement from three to two
years;

(12)  Repeals the 2% gross receipts sales tax on pull-tab cards
and the two-tenths of one cent tax on each bingo card sold by
charitable organizations conducting bingo in this state;

(13)  Increases the one-time application fee for a manufacturer's
license to an amount not to exceed $5,000 and the renewal fee to
an amount not to exceed $1,000; and

(14)  Requires the applicant for a supplier's or manufacturer's
license to be responsible for all investigative costs incurred by
the commission.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on General Revenue Fund in FY 2010, FY
2011, and FY 2012.  Estimated Cost on Other State Funds of Less
than $1,794,500 in FY 2010, Less than $2,154,500 in FY 2011, and
Less than $2,154,500 in FY 2012.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated November 17, 2009 at 9:25 am