AP Wire | 02/13/2006 | Senate OKs removing raffle limit

AP Wire | 02/13/2006 | Senate OKs removing raffle limit: "Senate OKs removing raffle limit
JENNY MICHAEL
Associated Press

PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota charities and philanthropic groups should be able to raffle off more valuable prizes, legislators decided Monday.

The Senate State Affairs Committee sent a bill 7-2 to the Senate floor that would toss out the current $30,000 limit on the value of prizes that can be awarded in charity fundraisers.

HB1054, which was passed earlier by the House, would eliminate any caps on prizes for charitable raffles by religious, fraternal, veterans and political organizations."