(a) Each organization licensed to conduct raffles and chances shall keep such records and shall also keep records of its gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds for each single gathering or occasion at which chances are determined. All deductions form gross receipts for each single gathering or occasion shall be documented with receipts or other records indicating the amount, a description or the purchased item or service or other reason for the deduction, and the recipient. The distribution of net proceeds shall be itemized as to payee, purpose amount, and date of payment.
(b) Gross receipts from the operation of raffles programs shall be segregated from other revenues of the organization, including bingo gross receipts, if bingo games are also conduced be the same nonprofit organization pursuant to license therefore issued by the Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois, and shall be placed in a separate account. Each organization shall have separate records of its raffles. The person who accounts for gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds from the operation of raffles shall not be the same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization.
(c) Each organization licensed to conduct raffles shall report promptly after the conclusion of each raffle to its membership, and to the Village of Richton Park, its gross receipts, expenses and net proceeds from raffles, and the distribution of net proceeds itemized as required in this Section.
(d) Records required by this Section shall be preserved three (3) years, and organizations shall make available their records relating to operation of raffles for public inspection at reasonable times and places.
(Ord. 1672. Passed 7-25-18; Ord. 1677. Passed 9-10-18.)