No person, firm, or corporation shall conduct a raffle without having first obtained a license therefor pursuant to this chapter and the Illinois Raffles Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, political committees licensed to conduct a raffle from the State Board of Elections shall be exempt from the provisions of this chapter, and shall be permitted to engage in such activities as may be permitted by the terms of any such license so issued. Class A licenses shall be valid for 1 year from the date of issuance, and shall permit the holder thereof to conduct not more than 1 Class A raffle per month. Class B licenses shall be valid for 1 year from the date of issuance and shall permit the holder thereof to conduct not more than 4 Class B raffles per month. Class C licenses shall be valid for a period of 1 year, during which a Class C licensee shall be permitted to conduct not more than 1 Class C raffle at a given time, provided, however, that there shall otherwise be no limitation on the number of raffles that a Class C licensee may conduct during a given calendar year. A single applicant/licensee may apply for, and if otherwise eligible, simultaneously receive and hold Class A, Class B and Class C raffle licenses, but no applicant shall hold more than 1 license of any class at any given time.
(Ord. 2017-15, passed 9-26-2017)