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<br />r..Hon. Stat. ~ 349.17 subd. 7. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. ~ 340A.601. <br /> <br />A.G. Gp. 218.R (Sept. 26, <br />1978). <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. 9 349.18. <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. ~ 340AA10 subd. <br />10. <br /> <br />See Research Memo Public <br />Purpose Expenditures (LMC <br />215'1.1) <br /> <br />Minn. Stat. ~ 349.168 <br /> <br />2002 Minn. Laws Ch. 378 ~ 2. <br />amending Mi.nn. Stat. ~ <br />609.761. <br /> <br />Lawful Gambling <br /> <br />. $25 per occasion for bar bingo; and <br /> <br />. $25 per day for noon hour bingo. <br /> <br />The lease must also generally set forth all obligations between the city and <br />the organization. The city should consult the city attorney before agreeing to <br />lease space in a municipal liquor store to a gambling organization. <br /> <br />c. Authority of municipal liquor store <br /> <br />bartenders and other city employees <br /> <br />and officials to participate in the <br /> <br />conduct of gambling <br /> <br />Organizations that conduct lawful gambling may request that city employees <br />sell pull-tabs from behind the bar at a municipal liquor store. This <br />arrangement may be beneficial to both the organization and the municipality. <br />Whether city employees can lawfully participate in such activity is open to <br />debate. <br /> <br />The case can be made that municipal liquor store employees can sell pull- <br />tabs from behind the bar. State law allows on-sale municipal liquor stores to <br />sell any item that may lawfully be sold at an establishment with an on-sale <br />liquor license. In a 1978 opinion, the attorney general indicated that a city <br />may operate a liquor store in the same manner as a private proprietor. Since <br />employees of licensed, on-sale liquor stores may sell pull-tabs from behind <br />the bar, the argument can be made that city employees are also authorized to <br />sell pull-tabs from behind the bar. <br /> <br />However, the League of Minnesota Cities does not recommend allowing city <br />liquor store employees to sell pull-tabs. The city pays municipal employees <br />and provides for employment costs such as workers' compensation. If city <br />employees sell pull-tabs, they devote city paid time to the benefit of a private <br />organization and may be violating the constitutional requirement that all city <br />expenditures be for a public purpose. Cities should consult with their <br />attorneys before authorizing municipal liquor store employees to sell pull- <br />tabs. <br /> <br />If the city decides to allow liquor store employees to sell pull-tabs, it should <br />be aware that the gambling organization must also hire the employees and <br />that the employees must register on a form prescribed by the Board. <br />Registered employees must wear an identification card provided by the <br />Board whenever they conduct lawful gambling for compensation. <br /> <br />VIII. High school raffles <br /> <br />As of May 20, 2002, school districts and nonprofit orgarnzations created <br />primarily to support programs of the school district may conduct raffies if: <br /> <br />1. Raffle tickets are sold and drawing is conducted only at a high school <br />event sponsored by the school district; <br /> <br />15 <br />