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Can I offer contests that involve a single game or event in North Dakota? What are the requirements?

Based on the information provided in the context documents, it is possible to offer contests that involve a single game or event in North Dakota. However, if the contest involves fishing, it must comply with the regulations outlined in NDAC Section 30-03-05.

To hold a fishing contest in North Dakota, the organization must be a nonprofit veterans, charitable, education, religious, and fraternal organizations, civic and service clubs, and public-spirited organizations [1.1]. The organization must submit an application for a permit to the game and fish director at least thirty days prior to the start of the contest [1.2]. The application must include the name of the sponsor, location of the waters where the contest is to be held, the dates of the contest, the number of participants expected for the contest, the amount of the entry fee, identification of the intended fishery conservation or public access project, a copy of the tournament regulations, and the name of a person or persons responsible for organizing and conducting the fishing contest [1.2].

The fishing contest must comply with the regulations outlined in NDAC Section 30-03-05-05, which includes providing boat launching and loading assistance to tournament participants and allowing fishing contests for all game and nongame fish, with the exception of paddlefish, pallid and shovelnose sturgeon, zander, and grass carp (white amur) [1.3].

The proceeds from the fishing contest must be allocated in a specific way. A minimum of seventy-five percent of any entry or participation fee paid by the contestants for fishing activities must be returned to the contestants as cash or merchandise [1.5]. A minimum of ten percent of the gross proceeds from entry or participation fees is required to be paid as a conservation fee [1.5]. Moneys for fishery conservation or public access projects must be allocated within ninety days after the completion of the tournament [1.5].

Within thirty days after completion of the fishing contest, the permittee shall submit a report to the game and fish director [1.6]. The report must include the number of contest participants, the quantity (number and total weight) and species of fish taken in the contest, the gross and net proceeds for the tournament, the percentage of the entry fees paid back to the participants as prizes, and suggested conservation projects for departmental approval [1.6].

If the contest does not comply with game and fish rules or regulations, or could be harmful to the fishing resource, or that public use facilities such as boat ramps, parking areas, campgrounds, and related facilities are inadequate to support the contest, or the committee or sponsors have failed to submit timely reports, permits may not be issued or may be revoked [1.7].

In summary, if the contest involves fishing, it must comply with the regulations outlined in NDAC Section 30-03-05. If the contest does not involve fishing, there are no specific regulations outlined in the context documents.

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North Dakota