(a) As an express requirement of the issuance of any permit to operate a game of chance or scheme of chance fund-raising event, each charitable organization’s representatives shall acknowledge that they may not knowingly permit any volunteer to work in any capacity at said event if any such volunteer worker has been convicted of a felony, has been convicted of any theft offense, or has been convicted of any criminal offense of gambling.
(b) No person shall work or volunteer to work in any capacity at a game of chance or scheme of chance fund-raising event for any charitable organization in the City where such person has previously been convicted of any felony, has been previously convicted of any theft offense, or has been previously convicted of any criminal offense of gambling.
(c) No person shall knowingly hire or arrange for any person to volunteer labor to be performed for any charitable organization’s game of chance or scheme of chance fundraiser event, where said volunteer worker or worker is a person who has previously been convicted of any felony, has been previously convicted of any theft offense, or has been previously convicted of any criminal offense of gambling.
(d) Penalty.
(1) Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree and shall be subject to a penalty of a mandatory fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) but not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or a jail sentence of sixty days. Upon a second conviction for the violation of subsection (b) hereof, or upon any subsequent conviction for a violation of subsection (b) hereof, the offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree and subject to a penalty of a mandatory fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) but not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) and/or a jail sentence of ninety days.
(2) Whoever violates subsection (c) hereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be subject to a penalty of a fine of up to two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) and/or a jail sentence of thirty days.
(Ord. 70-98. Passed 4-20-98.)