Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, page 2, by striking lines 11-24 and inserting:
/ (B) In addition to the purposes set forth in subsection (A), the webpage also must include a process for submitting questions to the bingo division of the department." /
Amend the bill further, SECTION 7, page 4, by striking lines 4-17 and inserting:
/ (D) All expenses related to the charitable bingo operation must be paid from the operations bingo account. Funds from the bingo account must be withdrawn by preprinted, consecutively-numbered checks or withdrawal slips, jointly signed by a properly authorized representative of the licensed nonprofit organization and promoter and made payable to a person or organization or by electronic methods or recurring online payments. Electronic payments must be authorized by a duly authorized representative of the licensed nonprofit organization and promoter in writing. Checks must be imprinted with the words 'Bingo Account' and must contain the organization's bingo license number on the face of the check. There also must be noted on the face of the check or withdrawal slip the nature of the payment made. No check or slip may be made payable to 'cash', 'bearer', or a fictitious payee. All checks, including voided checks and slips, must be kept and accounted for." /
Amend the bill further, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION ___. Section 12-21-4200(2) and (3) of the 1976 Code are amended to read:
"(2) Twenty and eight-tenths percent of the annual revenue derived from the provisions of Section 12-21-4190(2), or two and one-half million dollars each fiscal year, whichever is greater, must be deposited by the State Treasurer in a separate fund for the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism entitled the Parks and Recreation Development Fund. Interest earned by this fund must be added to it and credited to its various accounts in the same proportion that the annual allocation to each account bears to the total annual distribution to the fund. Unexpended amounts in the various fund accounts must be carried forward to succeeding fiscal years except as provided in Section 51-23-30. Fund proceeds must be distributed as provided in Chapter 23 of Title 51.
(3) Subject to the distribution in item (2), seventy-two and fifteen one-hundredths percent of the annual revenue derived from the provisions of Section 12-21-4190(2) must be deposited with the State Treasurer and credited to the general fund, except that the first one hundred thirty-one thousand of such revenues each year must be transferred to the Commission on Minority Affairs." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.