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Maryland Code, Criminal Law 12-304

Maryland Code > Criminal Law > § 12-304


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
 
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