(A) Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans' organizations as defined in § 116.01, which operate without a profit to their members, which have been in existence continuously for a period of 5 years immediately before making application for a license, and which have had during that entire 5 year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives, or to a non-profit fund raising organization organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardships as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster.
(B) The following are ineligible for any license under this chapter:
(1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(2) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(3) Any person who is not of good moral character;
(4) Any firm or corporation in which a person defined in divisions (1) through (3) has a proprietary, equitable, or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(5) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (1) through (3) is an officer, director, or employee, whether compensated or not;
(6) Any organization in which a person defined in divisions (1) through (3) is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in the Illinois Raffles Act; and/or
(7) Any person convicted of or found guilty of a violation of this chapter, for a period of 1 year following the date of such conviction or finding of guilty, and any organization in which any such person is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in the Illinois Raffles Act.
(Ord. 2017-15, passed 9-26-2017)