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MINNESOTA STATUTES 2021 349.12 349.12 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 349.11 to 349.23 the terms in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2. Active member. "Active member" means a member: (1) who has paid all dues to the organization; (2) who is 18 years of age or older; (3) who has equal voting rights with all other members; (4) who has equal opportunity to be an elected officer; (5) who has equal right and responsibilities of attendance at the regularly scheduled meetings of the organization; (6) whose name and membership origination date appear with the member's knowledge and consent on a list of members of the organization; and (7) who has been a member of the organization for at least the most recent 90 days. Subd. 3. Affiliate. "Affiliate" is any person or entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control or ownership with a licensee of the board or any officer or director of a licensee of the board. Subd. 3a. Allowable expense. "Allowable expense" means the percentage of the total cost incurred by the organization in the purchase of any good, service, or other item which corresponds to the proportion of the total actual use of the good, service, or other item that is directly related to conduct of lawful gambling. Subd. 3b. Bar operation. "Bar operation" means a method of selling and redeeming disposable gambling equipment by an employee of the lessor within a leased premises which is licensed for the on -sale of alcoholic beverages. Subd. 3c. Bar bingo. "Bar bingo" is a bingo occasion conducted at a permitted premises in an area where on -sale intoxicating liquor or on -sale 3.2 percent malt beverages are sold and where a licensed organization conducts another form of lawful gambling and consents to the conduct of bar bingo on the premises. Bar bingo does not include bingo games linked to other permitted premises. Subd. 4. Bingo. "Bingo" means a game where each player has a bingo hard card, bingo paper sheet, or facsimile of a bingo paper sheet when used in conjunction with an electronic bingo device, for which a consideration has been paid, and played in accordance with this chapter and with rules of the board for the conduct of bingo. "Bingo" also includes a linked bingo game. Subd. 5. Bingo occasion. "Bingo occasion" means a single gathering or session at which a series of one or more successive bingo games is played. There is no limit on the number of games conducted during a bingo occasion. A bingo occasion must not last longer than eight consecutive hours, except that linked bingo games played on electronic bingo devices may be played during regular business hours of the permitted premises, and all play during this period is considered a bingo occasion for reporting purposes. For permitted premises where the primary business is bingo, regular business hours shall be defined as the hours between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. Subd. 6. Board. "Board" is the Gambling Control Board. Official Publication of the State of Minnesota Revisor of Statutes