NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 407

HOUSE BILL 388

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE LIMITED OPERATION OF THE GAME OF BINGO IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. It is lawful for municipal fire departments, county fire departments, volunteer fire departments recognized by the Northampton County Commissioners, or any rescue squad recognized by the Northampton County Commissioners, and Ruritans and Lions Clubs, to operate the game of bingo in Northampton County. It is lawful for members of an auxiliary of any such department or rescue squad to operate the game of bingo in Northampton County.

Sec. 2. The gross proceeds obtained from the operation of the game of bingo, except for prize money, must go into the treasury of the organization operating the game of bingo. No organization shall pay salaries or commissions to persons operating the game of bingo.

Sec. 3. An organization may operate the game of bingo only one day per week and only for a maximum period of six hours on that day. Bingo may not be played on Sunday in Northampton County.

Sec. 4. The organizations permitted by Section 1 to operate the game of bingo which are not under the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act must submit annual audit reports to the Northampton County Commissioners for each budget year during which they operated the game of bingo.

Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of April, 1979.