Minnesota HF 278: Licensed veterans organizations authorized to use gross profits from lawful gambling for repair, maintenance, or improvement of real property.

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to lawful gambling; authorizing licensed veterans organizations to use​
1.3 gross profits from lawful gambling for repair, maintenance, or improvement of​
1.4 real property; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 349.12, subdivision 25.​
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 349.12, subdivision 25, is amended to read:​
1.7 Subd. 25.Lawful purpose.(a) "Lawful purpose" means one or more of the following:​
1.8 (1) any expenditure by or contribution to a 501(c)(3) or festival organization, as defined​
1.9 in subdivision 15c, provided that the organization and expenditure or contribution are in​
1.10 conformity with standards prescribed by the board under section 349.154, which standards​
1.11 must apply to both types of organizations in the same manner and to the same extent;​
1.12 (2) a contribution to or expenditure for goods and services for an individual or family​
1.13 suffering from poverty, homelessness, or disability, which is used to relieve the effects of​
1.14 that suffering;​
1.15 (3) a contribution to a program recognized by the Minnesota Department of Human​
1.16 Services for the education, prevention, or treatment of problem gambling;​
1.17 (4) a contribution to or expenditure on a public or private nonprofit educational institution​
1.18 registered with or accredited by this state or any other state;​
1.19 (5) a contribution to an individual, public or private nonprofit educational institution​
1.20 registered with or accredited by this state or any other state, or to a scholarship fund of a​
1.21 nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to award scholarships, for defraying the​
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State of Minnesota​
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES​
H. F. No. 278​
NINETY-THIRD SESSION​
Authored by Robbins; Anderson, P. E.; Knudsen; Bennett; Wiens and others​01/11/2023​
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State and Local Government Finance and Policy​

2.1 cost of education to individuals where the funds are awarded through an open and fair​
2.2 selection process;​
2.3 (6) activities by an organization or a government entity which recognize military service​
2.4 to the United States, the state of Minnesota, or a community, subject to rules of the board,​
2.5 provided that the rules must not include mileage reimbursements in the computation of the​
2.6 per diem reimbursement limit and must impose no aggregate annual limit on the amount of​
2.7 reasonable and necessary expenditures made to support:​
2.8 (i) members of a military marching or color guard unit for activities conducted within​
2.9 the state;​
2.10 (ii) members of an organization solely for services performed by the members at funeral​
2.11 services;​
2.12 (iii) members of military marching, color guard, or honor guard units may be reimbursed​
2.13 for participating in color guard, honor guard, or marching unit events within the state or​
2.14 states contiguous to Minnesota at a per participant rate of up to $50 per diem; or​
2.15 (iv) active military personnel and their immediate family members in need of support​
2.16 services;​
2.17 (7) recreational, community, and athletic facilities and activities, intended primarily for​
2.18 persons under age 21, provided that such facilities and activities do not discriminate on the​
2.19 basis of gender and the organization complies with section 349.154, subdivision 3a;​
2.20 (8) payment of local taxes authorized under this chapter, taxes imposed by the United​
2.21 States on receipts from lawful gambling, the taxes imposed by section 297E.02, subdivisions​
2.22 1, 5, and 6, and the tax imposed on unrelated business income by section 290.05, subdivision​
2.23 3;​
2.24 (9) payment of real estate taxes and assessments on permitted gambling premises owned​
2.25 by the licensed organization paying the taxes, or wholly leased by a licensed veterans​
2.26 organization under a national charter recognized under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal​
2.27 Revenue Code;​
2.28 (10) a contribution to the United States, this state or any of its political subdivisions, or​
2.29 any agency or instrumentality thereof other than a direct contribution to a law enforcement​
2.30 or prosecutorial agency;​
2.31 (11) a contribution to or expenditure by a nonprofit organization which is a church or​
2.32 body of communicants gathered in common membership for mutual support and edification​
2.33 in piety, worship, or religious observances;​
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3.1 (12) an expenditure for citizen monitoring of surface water quality by individuals or​
3.2 nongovernmental organizations that is consistent with section 115.06, subdivision 4, and​
3.3 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency guidance on monitoring procedures, quality assurance​
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