§ 3-17-110. Name of Organization on Ticket, Share, Chance or Similar Record — Method of Payment of Prizes and Awards — Limitations on Prices and Awards
The ticket, share, chance or other similar record shall bear on its face the name of the nonprofit organization on whose behalf the event is being conducted. All cash prizes or awards exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid by check from a designated account of the organization to a named individual. In the case […]
§ 3-17-111. Disqualification
Any person who is convicted of a violation of § 39-16-702, § 39-16-703, or title 39, chapter 17, parts 5 and 6 shall be permanently disqualified from submitting an annual event application.
§ 3-17-112. Preemption
The general assembly, by enacting this chapter, intends to preempt any other regulation of the area covered by this chapter. No political subdivision or agency may enact or enforce a law, ordinance, resolution or regulation that regulates or prohibits any conduct in the area covered by this chapter.
§ 3-17-113. Compliance — Penalties — Hearings — Investigations
The secretary may publicly or privately investigate, as the secretary of state deems necessary, any person or organization that the secretary has reason to believe has violated this chapter. The secretary may assess a civil penalty against any person, or a nonprofit organization, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for a violation of this […]
§ 3-17-114. Criminal Background Checks
The secretary of state may establish, by duly promulgated rules and regulations, the procedures and criteria for requiring and obtaining criminal background checks for officers, directors, trustees, and the principal salaried executive staff officer who will operate the annual event for a nonprofit organization. No background check shall be conducted on any such person unless […]
§ 3-17-115. Rules and Regulations by Secretary of State
The secretary of state is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations as the secretary of state may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Notwithstanding §§ 4-5-208 and […]
§ 3-18-101. Application of Chapter
This chapter shall apply whenever an Article V convention is called.
§ 3-17-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Nonprofit Gaming Law.”
§ 3-17-102. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: [Deleted by 2015 amendment.] “Annual event” means an event: Authorized by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members elected to each house of the general assembly; Operated for the benefit of a nonprofit organization located in Tennessee; Conducted with a single type of lottery game; Conducted […]
§ 3-17-103. Annual Events — Application — Organizational Requirements and Restrictions — Proceeds — Omnibus List of Qualifying Applicants — Submission of Financial Accounting
A nonprofit organization seeking to operate an annual event for the benefit of that organization located in this state shall submit an annual event application to the secretary 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 […]