(A) No person, firm or corporation shall conduct raffles or chances without having first obtained a license therefore from the Office of the City Clerk.
(B) The application for license shall contain the following:
(1) The name of the applicant;
(2) The area or areas within the licensing authority in which raffle chances will be sold or issued;
(3) The time period during which raffle chances will be sold or issued;
(4) The time of determination of winning chances;
(5) The location or locations at which winning chances will be determined;
(6) A sworn statement signed by the presiding officer and the Secretary of the organization attesting to the fact that the applicant is of a type or character which makes it eligible for a license under this chapter and not ineligible for any of the reasons or causes hereinafter set forth;
(7) Maximum dollar amount of raffle tickets to be sold; and
(8) Other information as the City Clerk shall reasonably require to process the application.
(C) The exact form of application shall be established by the City Clerk consistent with this chapter.
(D) Each license is valid for one raffle only.
(E) Each application shall be accompanied by a bond of the raffle manager. All operation of and the conduct of raffles shall be under the supervision of a single raffles manager designated by the application. 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 applicant conditioned upon his or her honesty in the performance of his or her duties. Terms of the bond shall provide that notice shall be given in writing to the licensing authority not less than 30 days prior to its cancellation. The governing body of a local unit of government may waive this bond requirement by including a waiver provision in the license issued to an organization under this act, provided that a license containing the waiver provision shall be granted only by unanimous vote of the Board of Directors of the licensed organization. All bonds must be approved by the City Clerk or a deputy of his or her office.
(F) The city shall act on all applications within 30 days after they are submitted to the City Clerk’s office in proper form with all required bond, information and other documentation included therein, and upon recommendation of the City Clerk, and shall grant or deny the license.
(1980 Code, § 34.003) Penalty, see § 117.99