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(A) Location: Sales of raffle chances shall be only at locations designated in the license application and which are within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) Eligibility For License: Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational, veterans or business organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five (5) years immediately before making application for a license and which have had during the entire five (5) year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives.
(C) Duration Of License: Licenses shall permit the applicant to issue or sell raffle chances only for those dates stated in the license application, but in no event shall the period of sales exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. Each license is valid for one raffle only.
(D) Maximum Value Of Prizes:
1. The aggregate retail value of all prizes or merchandise awarded by a licensee in a single raffle shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00).
2. The retail value of each individual prize awarded by a licensee in a single raffle shall not exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00).
(E) Price Of Chances: The price charged for each raffle chance sold or issued shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). (Ord. 1248, 6-6-1989)
(A) No person, firm or corporation shall conduct a raffle without having first obtained a license therefor.
(B) Each application for a license shall be in writing upon forms provided by the city clerk of the city and shall contain the following:
1. Name and address of individual making application.
2. Name and address of organization applying for a license.
3. Approximate number of members of the organization and the length of existence of the organization.
4. Name and address of the raffle manager.
5. The location(s) at which raffle chances are to be sold or issued.
6. The time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued.
7. The maximum number of raffle chances to be sold.
8. The time of determination of winning chances.
9. The location(s) at which winning chances will be determined.
10. A sworn statement, signed by the presiding officer, and secretary, if there is one, of the organization attesting to the not for profit character of the organization, and attesting to the fact the organization is not otherwise ineligible to receive a license.
11. Such other information as the city clerk may require.
(C) Each application for a license shall be accompanied by payment of a fee of five dollars ($5.00).
(D) Application for licenses shall be submitted to the city clerk. The city clerk shall act to either issue or deny the license within five (5) working days. (Ord. 1248, 6-6-1989)
The following are ineligible for any license under this section 3-1-19:
(A) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(B) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(C) Any person who is not of good moral character;
(D) Any firm or corporation in which a person defined in subsection (A), (B), or (C) of this section has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(E) Any organization in which a person defined in subsection (A), (B), or (C) of this section is an officer, director, or employee, whether compensated or not;
(F) Any organization in which a person defined in subsection (A), (B), or (C) of this section is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle. (Ord. 1248, 6-6-1989)
All operations of, and the conduct of, raffles shall be under the supervision of a single raffle manager designated by the organization. At the time the application is submitted to the city clerk the manager shall give a fidelity bond in the amount of the maximum dollar amount of all raffle chances to be sold, as stated on the application, in favor of the organization conditioned upon his honesty in the performance of his duties.
The above bond requirement may be waived by the unanimous vote of the members of the organization. The occurrence of said unanimous vote shall be by affidavit of the organization's presiding officer, filed with the city clerk. (Ord. 1248, 6-6-1989)
(A) Each organization licensed to conduct raffles shall keep records of its gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds for each single gathering or occasion at which winning chances are determined. All deductions from gross receipts for each single gathering or occasion shall be documented with receipts or other records indicating the amount, a description of the purchased item or service or other reason for the deduction, and the recipient. The distribution of net proceeds shall be itemized as to payee, purpose, amount, and date of payment.
(B) Gross receipts from the operation of raffle programs shall be segregated from other revenues of the organization, including bingo gross receipts, if bingo games are also conducted by the same nonprofit organization pursuant to license therefor issued by the department of revenue of the state of Illinois, and placed in separate account. Each organization shall have separate records for its raffles. The person who accounts for gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds from the operation of raffles shall not be the same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
(C) Each organization licensed to conduct raffles shall report monthly to its membership, and to the city clerk its gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds from raffles, and the distribution of net proceeds itemized as required by this section.
(D) Records required by this section shall be preserved for three (3) years, and organizations shall make available their records relating to operation of raffles for public inspection at reasonable times and places. (Ord. 1248, 6-6-1989)
Any person, firm, corporation, society, association or organization that violates any provision of this section 3-1-19 shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (Ord. 1248, 6-6-1989)
Any license issued by the city of Canton that requires, by state statute or city ordinance, a criminal background check shall require the applicant to pay an additional fifty dollar ($50.00) fee for reimbursement cost to the state, the city of Canton and other agencies for administrative and processing of criminal background checks. Any license or permit issued by the city of Canton, pursuant to chapter 8, "Intoxicating Liquors", of this title, that requires, by state statute or city ordinance, a criminal background check shall require the applicant to pay an additional forty dollar ($40.00) fee for reimbursement cost to the state, the city of Canton and other agencies for administrative and processing of criminal background checks. This fee can be adjusted from time to time by the city council to reflect the reimbursement cost by resolution. (Ord. 1904, 4-18-2007)