Official Summary Text
ANNUAL EVENT APPLICATION
Present law requires a nonprofit organization seeking to operate an annual event conducted with a single type of lottery game for the benefit of that organization to submit an
annual event application to the secretary of state by January 31 each year for the annual event period beginning July 1 of that calendar year and ending June 30 of the subsequent calendar year.
In addition to the regular submission deadline above, pre
sent law authorizes a nonprofit organization seeking to operate an annual event to alternatively submit an annual event application within five calendar days after March 21, 2024, for the annual event period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 202
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, and for the annual event period beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025. This bill revises this provision by removing the 2024 deadline and instead authorizing submissions within five calendar days of the effective date of this bill, for the a
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nual event period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
LIST OF APPLICANTS
Present law requires the secretary of state to review all timely annual event applications and transmit an omnibus list of qualifying applicants to the clerk of the s
enate and the clerk of the house of representatives in an electronic format by March 8 of each year. The omnibus list must include, at a minimum, the name of the nonprofit organization, the name of the event, the type of lottery game, the event date for
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he event and the location or locations of the event. The nonprofit organizations must be listed alphabetically by the county in which the annual event is proposed to be operated.
In addition to the omnibus list described above, present law requires the
secretary of state to transfer an additional omnibus listing of any organizations approved pursuant to the secondary deadline for the annual event period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, and for the annual event period beginning July 1, 20
24, and ending June 30, 2025. The list must be transferred in a manner consistent with above outlined specifications by noon within 10 calendar days of March 21, 2024. This bill revises this provision so that the list covers the annual event period of J
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ly 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The list must be submitted in the same manner as described above, but within 10 calendar days of the effective date of this bill.
ON MARCH 24, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 941, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 adds authorization for a nonprofit organization to
submit an annual event application to the secretary
of state
within five calendar days after the date
that this bill becomes a law
, for the annual event period beginning July 1, 2024, and
ending June 30, 2025
. This amendment makes a corresponding change with regard to the omnibus list so that the secretary will transfer the names of organizations that submit an application for the
annual event period beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June
30, 2025
, under this amendment to the legislative clerks within 10
days after the date
that this bill becomes a law.
Current Bill Text
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HOUSE BILL 1337
By Lamberth
SENATE BILL 941
By Briggs
SB0941
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 3,
Chapter 17, relative to charitable gaming.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-17-103(a)(1)(A)(ii), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(ii) In addition to the submission deadline described in subdivision (a)(1)(A)(i), a
nonprofit organization seeking to operate an annual event for the benefit of that
organization located in this state may submit an annual event application to the
secretary within five (5) calendar days after the effective date of this act, for the annual
event period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-17-103(b)(2), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(2) In addition to the omnibus listing transferred to the clerk of the senate and
the clerk of the house of representatives pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the secretary
shall transfer an additional omnibus listing of any organizations approved pursuant to
subdivision (a)(1)(A)(ii) for the annual event period beginning July 1, 2025, and ending
June 30, 2026. The list must be transferred in a manner consistent with subdivision
(b)(1) by twelve o'clock (12:00) noon central daylight time (CDT) within ten (10) calendar
days after the effective date of this act.
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 3-17-103, is amended by deleting
subdivisions (d)(1)(A)(ii) and (iii), and is further amended by deleting subsection (f).
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.