1. (a) A person must have a license for each day that the person conducts bingo unless the bingo is conducted in a licensed gaming event.
2. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle or Subtitle 2 of this title, in addition to bingo conducted in connection with a gaming event under Subtitle 2 of this title, the clerk of the circuit court of the county may issue a license to conduct bingo.

3. (c) To qualify for a license to conduct bingo, an applicant shall be a:

   1. (1) bona fide religious group that has conducted religious services at a fixed location in the county for at least 3 years before applying for a license;
   2. (2) tax-supported volunteer fire company or an auxiliary unit whose members are directly associated with the fire company;
   3. (3) nationally chartered veterans' organization or an auxiliary unit whose members are directly associated with the organization; or

   4. (4) nonprofit organization that:

      1. (i) intends to raise money for an exclusively charitable, athletic, or educational purpose that is described in the application for a license; and
      2. (ii) has operated in the county for at least 3 years before applying for a license.

4. (d) An application for a license to conduct bingo shall contain a certification, by a principal officer of the applicant, stating:

   1. (1) the time and place of the activities for which the license is sought;
   2. (2) that the bingo will be conducted and managed solely and personally by the regular members of the applicant without the assistance of gaming professionals; and
   3. (3) that no compensation or reward will be paid to any person for conducting or assisting in the conducting of the bingo.

Added by Acts 2002, c. 26, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2002. Amended by Acts 2013, c. 6, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 7, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013.

Formerly Art. 27, § 255A.