Session of 1999
         
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5032
         
By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
         
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  9             A  PROPOSITION to amend article 15 of the constitution of the state of
10             Kansas by adding a new section thereto, authorizing the legislature to
11             regulate, license and tax the operation of raffles by certain bona fide
12             nonprofit organizations.
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14       Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the
15             members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Repre-
16             sentatives and two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and
17             qualified to the Senate concurring therein:
18                   Section  1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the
19       state of Kansas shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the state
20       for their approval or rejection: Article 15 of the constitution of the state
21       of Kansas is amended by adding a new section thereto to read as follows:
22       "§  3d. Regulation of raffles operated by certain organizations. Not-
23             withstanding the provisions of section 3 of article 15 of the consti-
24             tution of the state of Kansas, the legislature may regulate, license
25             and tax the management, operation and conduct of raffles by bona
26             fide nonprofit religious, charitable, fraternal, educational and vet-
27             erans' organizations. The legislature, by law, shall define raffle. No
28             such nonprofit organization shall contract with a professional raffle
29             or lottery vendor to operate such a raffle."
30                   Sec.  2. The following statement shall be printed on the ballot with
31       the amendment as a whole:
32             "Explanatory statement. The constitution currently prohibits the
33                   operation of lotteries except for a state-owned and operated lot-
34                   tery. A raffle is a lottery and is illegal under current law.
35                   "A vote for this proposition would permit the legislature to regulate,
36                   license and tax raffles managed, operated or conducted by bona
37                   fide religious, charitable, fraternal, educational and veterans'
38                   nonprofit organizations. This proposition would provide that the
39                   legislature would define, by law, a raffle.
40                   "A vote against this proposition would continue the current prohi-
41                   bition against such raffles."
42                   Sec.  3. This resolution, if approved by two-thirds of the members
43       elected (or appointed) and qualified to the House of Representatives and

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  1       two-thirds of the members elected (or appointed) and qualified to the
  2       Senate, shall be entered on the journals, together with the yeas and nays.
  3       The secretary of state shall cause this resolution to be published as pro-
  4       vided by law and shall cause the proposed amendment to be submitted
  5       to the electors of the state at the general election in the year 2000 unless
  6       a special election is called at a sooner date by concurrent resolution of
  7       the legislature, in which case it shall be submitted to the electors of the
  8       state at such special election.
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