Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1224
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 4-32.2.
Synopsis: Charity gaming. Allows patrons to deal the cards in certain
poker games conducted at a charity game night. (Current law allows
patrons to deal only in euchre games.) Prohibits a patron from playing
at a table for which the patron deals the cards.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
Cherry, Lehe, Soliday
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1224
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
gaming.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-2-23.3; (12)IN1224.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 4-32.2-2-23.3 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 23.3. "Qualified card game"
refers to any of the following card games:
(1) Euchre.
(2) Texas hold'em poker.
(3) Omaha poker.
SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-2-30; (12)IN1224.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 4-32.2-2-30, AS AMENDED BY P.L.104-2011,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 30. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
"worker" means an individual who helps or participates in any manner
in conducting or assisting in conducting an allowable event under this
article.
(b) The following are not considered workers for the purposes of
this article:
(1) A patron dealing euchre cards under IC 4-32.2-5-14(b).
(2) A volunteer ticket agent.
SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-3-3; (12)IN1224.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 4-32.2-3-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.95-2008,
SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 3. (a) The commission shall adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 for the following purposes:
(1) Administering this article.
(2) Establishing the conditions under which charity gaming in
Indiana may be conducted, including the manner in which a
qualified organization may supervise a euchre qualified card
game conducted under IC 4-32.2-5-14(b).
(3) Providing for the prevention of practices detrimental to the
public interest and providing for the best interests of charity
gaming.
(4) Establishing rules concerning inspection of qualified
organizations and the review of the licenses necessary to conduct
charity gaming.
(5) Imposing penalties for noncriminal violations of this article.
(6) Establishing standards for independent audits conducted under
IC 4-32.2-5-5.
(b) The commission may adopt emergency rules under
IC 4-22-2-37.1 if the commission determines that:
(1) the need for a rule is so immediate and substantial that
rulemaking procedures under IC 4-22-2-13 through IC 4-22-2-36
are inadequate to address the need; and
(2) an emergency rule is likely to address the need.
SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-5-14; (12)IN1224.1.4. -->
SECTION 4. IC 4-32.2-5-14, AS AMENDED BY P.L.104-2011,
SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 14. (a) Except as provided by subsections (c) and
(d), an operator or a worker may not directly or indirectly participate,
other than in a capacity as an operator or a worker, in an allowable
event that the operator or worker is conducting.
(b) A patron at a charity game night may deal the cards in a card
game if:
(1) the card game in which the patron deals the cards is a
qualified card game;
of euchre;
(2) the patron deals the cards in the manner required in the
ordinary course of the
qualified card game;
of euchre; and
(3) the
euchre qualified card game is played under the
supervision of the qualified organization conducting the charity
game night in accordance with rules adopted by the commission
under IC 4-32.2-3-3.
A patron who deals the cards in a
euchre qualified card game
conducted under this subsection is not considered a worker or an
operator for purposes of this article.
(c) A worker at a festival event may participate as a player in any
gaming activity offered at the festival event except as follows:
(1) A worker may not participate in any game during the time in
which the worker is conducting or helping to conduct the game.
(2) A worker who conducts or helps to conduct a pull tab,
punchboard, or tip board event during a festival event may not
participate as a player in a pull tab, punchboard, or tip board
event conducted on the same calendar day.
(d) A worker at a bingo event:
(1) whose duties are limited to:
(A) selling bingo supplies;
(B) selling tickets for a door prize drawing or raffle conducted
at the bingo event; or
(C) the duties described in both clauses (A) and (B);
(2) who has completed all of the worker's duties before the start
of the first bingo game of the bingo event; and
(3) who is not engaged as a worker at any other time during the
bingo event;
may participate as a player in any gaming activity offered at the bingo
event following the completion of the worker's duties at the bingo
event.
SOURCE: IC 4-32.2-5-14.5; (12)IN1224.1.5. -->
SECTION 5. IC 4-32.2-5-14.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]:
Sec. 14.5. A patron at a charity game
night may not play at a table of Texas hold'em poker or Omaha
poker for which the patron deals the cards under section 14(b) of
this chapter.