2026 SESSION

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VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER

An Act to amend and reenact § 18.2-340.20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to charitable gaming; denial, suspension, or revocation of permit.

[H 1157]

Approved

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-340.20 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-340.20. Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit; hearings and appeals.

A. The Department may deny, suspend, or revoke the permit to conduct charitable gaming or the authorization to conduct electronic gaming of any organization found not to be in strict compliance with the provisions of this article and Department regulations. The action of the Department in denying, suspending, or revoking any permit to conduct charitable gaming or any authorization to conduct electronic gaming shall be subject to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.).

B. Except as provided in §§ 8.01-534, 18.2-340.25, 18.2-340.30, 18.2-340.30:2, and 18.2-340.36, no permit to conduct charitable gaming or authorization to conduct electronic gaming shall be denied, suspended, or revoked, and no charitable games or funds from charitable gaming operations shall be seized, except upon notice stating the proposed basis for such action and the time and place for the hearing. At the discretion of the Department, hearings may be conducted by hearing officers who shall be selected from the list prepared by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court. After a hearing on the issues, the Department may refuse to issue or may suspend or revoke any such permit or authorization if it determines that the organization has not complied with the provisions of this article or Department regulations.

C. Any person aggrieved by a refusal of the Department to issue any permit to conduct charitable gaming or authorization to conduct electronic gaming, the suspension or revocation of a such permit or authorization, or any other action of the Department may seek review of such action in accordance with Article 4 (§ 2.2-4025 et seq.) of the Administrative Process Act.