Current as of: 2010 (a) In this section, "eligible organization" means:(1) a nonprofit organization that: (i) has been located in a county listed in subsection (b) of this section for at least 5 years before the organization applies for a license under subsection (e) of this section; and (ii) is a bona fide: 1. fraternal organization; 2. religious organization; or 3. war veterans’ organization; or (2) a nonprofit organization that has been affiliated with a national fraternal organization for less than 5 years and has been located in a county listed in subsection (b) of this section for at least 50 years before the nonprofit organization applies for a license under subsection (e) of this section. (b) This section applies in: (1) Caroline County; (2) Cecil County; (3) Dorchester County; (4) Kent County; (5) Queen Anne’s County; (6) Somerset County; (7) Talbot County; and (8) Wicomico County. (c) (1) In this subsection, a console or set of affixed slot machines is not an individual slot machine. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, an eligible organization may own and operate a slot machine if the eligible organization: (i) obtains a license under subsection (e) of this section for each slot machine; (ii) owns each slot machine that the eligible organization operates; (iii) owns not more than five slot machines; (iv) locates and operates its slot machines at its principal meeting hall in the county in which the eligible organization is located; (v) does not locate or operate its slot machines in a private commercial facility; (vi) uses: 1. at least one–half of the proceeds from its slot machines for the benefit of a charity; and 2. the remainder of the proceeds from its slot machines to further the purposes of the eligible organization; (vii) does not use any of the proceeds of the slot machine for the financial benefit of an individual; and (viii) reports annually under affidavit to the State Comptroller: 1. the income of each slot machine; and 2.   Prev | Next________________________________________________________________________
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