No organization or association shall operate or conduct a raffle in the city without first obtaining a license and complying with this subchapter. An organization or association must be one of the following as defined in the Raffles and Poker Runs Act, 230 ILCS 15/0.01, as amended (hereinafter, in this chapter, the “Act”); religious; charitable; labor; fraternal; educational; veterans or non-profit fundraising organization. The religious; charitable; labor; fraternal; educational; or veterans organization must have been in existence continuously for five years immediately preceding the filing of the application for a raffle license and which have had during that entire five-year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objects, and be located in the city or substantially serve the residents of the city. A non-profit fundraising organization must be organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of illness, disability, accident or disaster. Association is a law enforcement agency or statewide association that represents law enforcement officials as provided for in § 9 of the Act.
(Ord. 2018-049, passed 9-25-2018)