included in Chapter 389 H.F. 3840, the 1998 Omnibus Tax Bill, that was passed

overwhelmingly by the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota Senate on

Thursday, April 9, 1998 and signed into law by the Governor on Tuesday, April 21, 1998.

Among the key reasons were:

 (1) ACM's 25% lawful gambling tax reduction proposal changed the net receipts tax,

ideal gross tax, and combined receipts tax by an equal percentage so that all 1550 licensed

organizations would receive an identical tax reduction. This created the broadest base

possible for our grassroots lobbying campaign - the most effective way to lobby our

legislature.
 
 

 (2) The charitable gambling industry took advantage of its greatest asset - that is the

strength of our industry lies in the fact that our charitable gambling organizations and

companies represent approximately 500,000 people. The calls, letters, faxes, and/or

e-mails that were generated made legislators aware that this was an important issue to

their constituents and something needed to be done.
 
 

 (3) The strong commitment of several of our authors - Senators Jim Vickerman (Chair of

Local and Metropolitan Government Committee), Jim Metzen, Claire Robling, & Doug

Johnson (Chair of Committee on Taxes who asked to be an original co-author of our bill)

& Representatives Alice Johnson (Chair of Sales & Income Tax Division of Taxes

Committee), Bob Milbert, Roxann Daggett, & Ted Winter (House Majority Leader). They

all fought tenaciously on our behalf.
 
 

 (4) The fact that 3 of our authors were on the H.F. 3840 Omnibus Tax Bill Conference

Committee - Representative Ted Winter, & Senators Doug Johnson (Co-Chair) & Jim

Vickerman. Also, Representative Alice Johnson attended virtually every meeting.