§ 131.40 INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION.

   Any city official or employee having a duty to perform with reference to a bingo license and any police officer may inspect and examine the bingo records of any licensed organization upon 24 hours’ notice.

(Prior Code, § 3-8-11)

§ 131.41 USE OF BINGO RECEIPTS.

   No expense shall be incurred or amounts paid in connection with the conduct of bingo except those reasonably expended for bingo supplies and equipment, prizes, rent, or utilities used during the bingo occasion, bingo license fees, and compensation to persons lawfully hired to conduct or assist in conducting a bingo occasion.

(Prior Code, § 3-8-12)

§ 131.42 USE OF BINGO PROFITS.

   (A)   Profits from any bingo occasion shall be expended only as authorized by a resolution recorded in the official minutes at a regular meeting of the licensed organization and only for one or more of the following purposes:

      (1)   Benefitting persons by enhancing their opportunity for religious or education advancement, by relieving or protecting them from disease, suffering, or distress, by contributing to their physical well being, by assisting them in establishing themselves in life as worthy and useful citizens, or by increasing their comprehension of and devotion to the principles upon which this nation was founded;

      (2)   Initiating, performing, or fostering worthy public works or enabling or furthering the erection or maintenance of public structures;

      (3)   Lessening the burdens borne by government or voluntarily supporting, augmenting, or supplementing services which government would normally render to the people; or

      (4)   The improving, expanding, maintaining, or repairing of real property owned or leased by the licensed organization.

   (B)   Profits from bingo occasions shall not be expended for the erection or acquisition of any real property unless the City Council specifically authorizes the expenditures after finding that the property will be used exclusively for one or more of the purposes specified in this section.

(Prior Code, § 3-8-13)

§ 131.43 EXEMPTIONS.

   Bingo may be conducted without complying with the requirements of §§ 131.35(E) and (F) and 131.36 if conducted:

   (A)   In connection with the county fair conducted by the county agricultural society or in connection with a civic celebration recognized by resolution of the City Council, provided that bingo shall not be conducted for more than 12 days during any one county fair or recognized civic celebration; or

   (B)   By an organization that conducts fewer than five bingo occasions in any calendar year.

(Prior Code, § 3-8-14)

§ 131.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.

   (B)   Any person who violates any provision of §§ 131.01 through 131.16; M.S. §§ 609.75 through 609.763, inclusive, as they may be amended from time to time; or M.S. §§ 349.11 through 349.191, as they may be amended from time to time, or any rules promulgated under those sections, as they may be amended from time to time, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both, plus in either case the costs of prosecution. In addition, violations shall be reported to the Board and recommendation shall be made for suspension, revocation, or cancellation of an organization’s license.

(Prior Code, § 3-12-17)

   (C)   Any person violating any provision of §§ 131.30 through 131.43 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished not more than the maximum penalty for a misdemeanor as prescribed by state law.

(Prior Code, § 3-8-15)

(Ord. 358, passed 1-8-2001)