COLUMBIA -- The public will be able to speak up Sept. 30 on whether South Carolina should update its gaming laws to allow churches and nonprofit groups to hold charitable raffles.
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell has scheduled a two-hour hearing beginning at 6 p.m. to be held in the third-floor council chambers at North Charleston City Hall. The public will be invited to testify and offer opinions on the matter.
"The laws which prohibit charities from holding raffles in South Carolina are outdated, antiquated and unfair," McConnell said in a statement. "We allow anyone to play the Education Lottery, but the Lions Clubs cannot legally hold raffles in their local chapters to raise money to assist the young and the elderly to obtain hearing aids or glasses. It makes no sense to me that a person cannot raffle off a homemade quilt or cake in their church class to raise money for a mission trip without breaking state law."
Read more: http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/09/18/1700674/public-input-sought-on-updating.html#ixzz0zueVG8bc
Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell has scheduled a two-hour hearing beginning at 6 p.m. to be held in the third-floor council chambers at North Charleston City Hall. The public will be invited to testify and offer opinions on the matter.
"The laws which prohibit charities from holding raffles in South Carolina are outdated, antiquated and unfair," McConnell said in a statement. "We allow anyone to play the Education Lottery, but the Lions Clubs cannot legally hold raffles in their local chapters to raise money to assist the young and the elderly to obtain hearing aids or glasses. It makes no sense to me that a person cannot raffle off a homemade quilt or cake in their church class to raise money for a mission trip without breaking state law."
Read more: http://www.thesunnews.com/2010/09/18/1700674/public-input-sought-on-updating.html#ixzz0zueVG8bc
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