Sec. 23. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a qualified organization may accept credit cards at an allowable activity for the purchase of:

(1) food and beverages;

(2) merchandise; and

(3) retail goods and services offered at a benefit auction.

     (b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a qualified organization may not accept credit cards or extend credit to a player for the purchase of:

(1) a chance to play any game of chance offered at an allowable activity; or

(2) licensed supplies.

     (c) A qualified organization, including a worker or volunteer ticket agent assisting the qualified organization, may accept payment by credit card for the purchase of a chance to enter a raffle or water race at an allowable event if the payment is made face to face and not on the Internet.

     (d) A qualified organization may accept payment by credit card for the purchase of a chance to enter an allowable event if the allowable event is conducted at a facility leased or owned by the capital improvement board of managers created by IC 36-10-9.

As added by P.L.58-2019, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.136-2022, SEC.2; P.L.114-2023, SEC.4.