1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1485, the fourth engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 3, line 26, delete "Gambling Control Board" and insert "commissioner of
1.3human services"
1.4Page 4, line 2, strike "and 4"
1.5Page 4, line 4, after "of" insert "paper"
1.6Page 4, line 6, after "for" insert "paper"
1.7Page 6, line 10, delete "July 1, 2012" and insert "for games sold by a licensed
1.8distributor after June 30, 2012"
1.9Page 7, line 32, after "device" insert "other than as an electronic pull-tab game
1.10defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 349.12, subdivision 12c"
1.11Page 7, line 33, delete "and"
1.12Page 8, line 2, delete the period and insert "; and"
1.13Page 8, after line 2, insert:
1.14"(h) has the capability to allow use by a player who is visually impaired."
1.15Page 8, line 17, after "device" insert "other than as an electronic linked bingo game
1.16played on a device defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 349.12, subdivision 12a"
1.17Page 8, line 25, delete "and"
1.18Page 8, line 26, delete the period and insert "; and"
1.19Page 8, after line 26, insert:
1.20"(k) has the capability to allow use by a player who is visually impaired."
1.21Page 10, after line 4, insert:

1.22    "Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 349.12, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
1.23    Subd. 25. Lawful purpose. (a) "Lawful purpose" means one or more of the
1.24following:
1.25    (1) any expenditure by or contribution to a 501(c)(3) or festival organization, as
1.26defined in subdivision 15a, provided that the organization and expenditure or contribution
1.27are in conformity with standards prescribed by the board under section 349.154, which
2.1standards must apply to both types of organizations in the same manner and to the same
2.2extent;
2.3    (2) a contribution to or expenditure for goods and services for an individual or
2.4family suffering from poverty, homelessness, or disability, which is used to relieve the
2.5effects of that suffering;
2.6    (3) a contribution to a program recognized by the Minnesota Department of Human
2.7Services for the education, prevention, or treatment of problem gambling;
2.8    (4) a contribution to or expenditure on a public or private nonprofit educational
2.9institution registered with or accredited by this state or any other state;
2.10    (5) a contribution to an individual, public or private nonprofit educational institution
2.11registered with or accredited by this state or any other state, or to a scholarship fund of a
2.12nonprofit organization whose primary mission is to award scholarships, for defraying the
2.13cost of education to individuals where the funds are awarded through an open and fair
2.14selection process;
2.15    (6) activities by an organization or a government entity which recognize military
2.16service to the United States, the state of Minnesota, or a community, subject to rules
2.17of the board, provided that the rules must not include mileage reimbursements in the
2.18computation of the per diem reimbursement limit and must impose no aggregate annual
2.19limit on the amount of reasonable and necessary expenditures made to support:
2.20    (i) members of a military marching or color guard unit for activities conducted
2.21within the state;
2.22    (ii) members of an organization solely for services performed by the members at
2.23funeral services;
2.24    (iii) members of military marching, color guard, or honor guard units may be
2.25reimbursed for participating in color guard, honor guard, or marching unit events within
2.26the state or states contiguous to Minnesota at a per participant rate of up to $35 per diem; or
2.27    (iv) active military personnel and their immediate family members in need of
2.28support services;
2.29    (7) recreational, community, and athletic facilities and activities intended primarily
2.30for persons under age 21, provided that such facilities and activities do not discriminate on
2.31the basis of gender and the organization complies with section 349.154, subdivision 3a;
2.32    (8) payment of local taxes authorized under this chapter, taxes imposed by the
2.33United States on receipts from lawful gambling, the taxes imposed by section 297E.02,
2.34subdivisions 1, 4, 5, and 6, and the tax imposed on unrelated business income by section
2.35290.05, subdivision 3 ;
3.1    (9) payment of real estate taxes and assessments on permitted gambling premises
3.2owned by the licensed organization paying the taxes, or wholly leased by a licensed
3.3veterans organization under a national charter recognized under section 501(c)(19) of the
3.4Internal Revenue Code;
3.5    (10) a contribution to the United States, this state or any of its political subdivisions,
3.6or any agency or instrumentality thereof other than a direct contribution to a law
3.7enforcement or prosecutorial agency;
3.8    (11) a contribution to or expenditure by a nonprofit organization which is a church
3.9or body of communicants gathered in common membership for mutual support and
3.10edification in piety, worship, or religious observances;
3.11    (12) an expenditure for citizen monitoring of surface water quality by individuals
3.12or nongovernmental organizations that is consistent with section 115.06, subdivision 4,
3.13and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency guidance on monitoring procedures, quality
3.14assurance protocols, and data management, provided that the resulting data is submitted
3.15to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for review and inclusion in the state water
3.16quality database;
3.17    (13) a contribution to or expenditure on projects or activities approved by the
3.18commissioner of natural resources for:
3.19    (i) wildlife management projects that benefit the public at large;
3.20    (ii) grant-in-aid trail maintenance and grooming established under sections 84.83
3.21and 84.927, and other trails open to public use, including purchase or lease of equipment
3.22for this purpose; and
3.23    (iii) supplies and materials for safety training and educational programs coordinated
3.24by the Department of Natural Resources, including the Enforcement Division;
3.25    (14) conducting nutritional programs, food shelves, and congregate dining programs
3.26primarily for persons who are age 62 or older or disabled;
3.27    (15) a contribution to a community arts organization, or an expenditure to sponsor
3.28arts programs in the community, including but not limited to visual, literary, performing,
3.29or musical arts;
3.30    (16) an expenditure by a licensed fraternal organization or a licensed veterans
3.31organization for payment of water, fuel for heating, electricity, and sewer costs for:
3.32    (i) up to 100 percent for a building wholly owned or wholly leased by and used as
3.33the primary headquarters of the licensed veteran or fraternal organization; or
3.34    (ii) a proportional amount subject to approval by the director and based on the
3.35portion of a building used as the primary headquarters of the licensed veteran or fraternal
3.36organization;
4.1    (17) expenditure by a licensed veterans organization of up to $5,000 in a calendar
4.2year in net costs to the organization for meals and other membership events, limited to
4.3members and spouses, held in recognition of military service. No more than $5,000 can be
4.4expended in total per calendar year under this clause by all licensed veterans organizations
4.5sharing the same veterans post home;
4.6    (18) payment of fees authorized under this chapter imposed by the state of Minnesota
4.7to conduct lawful gambling in Minnesota;
4.8    (19) a contribution or expenditure to honor an individual's humanitarian service
4.9as demonstrated through philanthropy or volunteerism to the United States, this state,
4.10or local community;
4.11    (20) a contribution by a licensed organization to another licensed organization with
4.12prior board approval, with the contribution designated to be used for one or more of the
4.13following lawful purposes under this section: clauses (1) to (7), (11) to (15), (19), and (25);
4.14    (21) an expenditure that is a contribution to a parent organization, if the parent
4.15organization: (i) has not provided to the contributing organization within one year of the
4.16contribution any money, grants, property, or other thing of value, and (ii) has received
4.17prior board approval for the contribution that will be used for a program that meets one or
4.18more of the lawful purposes under subdivision 7a;
4.19    (22) an expenditure for the repair, maintenance, or improvement of real property
4.20and capital assets owned by an organization, or for the replacement of a capital asset that
4.21can no longer be repaired, with a fiscal year limit of five percent of gross profits from
4.22the previous fiscal year, with no carryforward of unused allowances. The fiscal year is
4.23July 1 through June 30. Total expenditures for the fiscal year may not exceed the limit
4.24unless the board has specifically approved the expenditures that exceed the limit due to
4.25extenuating circumstances beyond the organization's control. An expansion of a building
4.26or bar-related expenditures are not allowed under this provision.
4.27    (i) The expenditure must be related to the portion of the real property or capital asset
4.28that must be made available for use free of any charge to other nonprofit organizations,
4.29community groups, or service groups, or is used for the organization's primary mission or
4.30headquarters.
4.31    (ii) An expenditure may be made to bring an existing building that the organization
4.32owns into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
4.33    (iii) An organization may apply the amount that is allowed under item (ii) to the
4.34erection or acquisition of a replacement building that is in compliance with the Americans
4.35with Disabilities Act if the board has specifically approved the amount. The cost of
5.1the erection or acquisition of a replacement building may not be made from gambling
5.2proceeds, except for the portion allowed under this item;
5.3    (23) an expenditure for the acquisition or improvement of a capital asset with a cost
5.4greater than $2,000, excluding real property, that will be used exclusively for lawful
5.5purposes under this section if the board has specifically approved the amount;
5.6    (24) an expenditure for the acquisition, erection, improvement, or expansion of real
5.7property, if the board has first specifically authorized the expenditure after finding that the
5.8real property will be used exclusively for lawful purpose under this section; or
5.9    (25) an expenditure, including a mortgage payment or other debt service payment,
5.10for the erection or acquisition of a comparable building to replace an organization-owned
5.11building that was destroyed or made uninhabitable by fire or catastrophe or to replace an
5.12organization-owned building that was taken or sold under an eminent domain proceeding.
5.13The expenditure may be only for that part of the replacement cost not reimbursed by
5.14insurance for the fire or catastrophe or compensation not received from a governmental
5.15unit under the eminent domain proceeding, if the board has first specifically authorized
5.16the expenditure.
5.17    (b) Expenditures authorized by the board under clauses (24) and (25) must be
5.1851 percent completed within two years of the date of board approval; otherwise the
5.19organization must reapply to the board for approval of the project. "Fifty-one percent
5.20completed" means that the work completed must represent at least 51 percent of the value
5.21of the project as documented by the contractor or vendor.
5.22    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), "lawful purpose" does not include:
5.23    (1) any expenditure made or incurred for the purpose of influencing the nomination
5.24or election of a candidate for public office or for the purpose of promoting or defeating a
5.25ballot question;
5.26    (2) any activity intended to influence an election or a governmental decision-making
5.27process;
5.28    (3) a contribution to a statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town by a
5.29licensed organization with the knowledge that the governmental unit intends to use the
5.30contribution for a pension or retirement fund; or
5.31    (4) a contribution to a 501(c)(3) organization or other entity with the intent or effect
5.32of not complying with lawful purpose restrictions or requirements."
5.33Page 33, line 9, delete "section 297E.02, subdivision 4, is" and insert "sections
5.34297E.02, subdivision 4; 349.15, subdivision 3; and 349.19, subdivision 2a, are"
5.35Page 33, line 10, delete "after July 1, 2012" and insert "by a licensed distributor after
5.36June 30, 2012, and the commissioner of revenue retains the authority to issue refunds
6.1under Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297E.02, subdivision 4, paragraph (d), for games
6.2sold before July 1, 2012"
6.3Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
6.4Amend the title accordingly