For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates, or requires, a different meaning.
BUSINESS. A voluntary organization composed of individuals and businesses who have joined together to advance the commercial, financial, industrial, and civic interests of a community.
CHARITABLE.
(1) An organization or institution organized and operated to benefit an indefinite number of the public.
(2) The service rendered to those eligible for benefits must also confer some benefit on the public.
EDUCATIONAL. An organization or institution organized and operated to provided systematic instruction in useful branches of learning by methods common to schools and institutions of learning which compare favorable in the scope and intensity with the course of study presented in tax-supported schools.
FRATERNAL. An organization or persons having a common interest, the primary interest of which is to both promote the welfare of its members and provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to lessen the burdens of government by caring for those that otherwise would be cared for by the government.
HARDSHIP. A non-profit fundraising organization that has not been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license that the county determines to be organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group or individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident, or disaster.
LABOR. An organization composed of workers organized with the objectives of betterment of the conditions of those engaged in such, pursuant to the development of a higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations.
NET PROCEEDS. The gross receipts from the conduct of raffles and poker runs, less reasonable sums expended for prizes, local license fees, and other reasonable operating expenses incurred as a result of operating a raffle or poker run.
NON-PROFIT. An organization or institution organized and conducted on a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit ensuring to anyone as a result of the operation.
RAFFLE. A form of lottery, as defined by § 28-2(b) of the Criminal Code of 1961 conducted by an organization licensed under the subchapter, in which:
(1) The player pays or agrees to pay something of value for a chance, presented and differentiated by a number or by a combination of numbers, or by some other medium, one or more of which chance is to be designated the winning chance; and
(2) The winning chance is to be determined through a drawing or by other method based on an element of chance by an act or set of acts on the party or persons conducting or connected with the lottery, except that the winning chance shall not be determined by the outcome of a publicly-exhibited sporting contest.
POKER RUN. An event organized by an organization licensed under this subchapter in which participants travel to multiple predetermined locations, including a key location, drawing a playing card or equivalent item at each location, in order to assemble a facsimile of a poker hand or other numeric score. POKER RUN includes dice runs, marble runs, or other events where the objective is to build the best hand or highest score by obtaining an item at each location.
RELIGIOUS. Any church, congregation, society, or organization founded for the purpose of religious worship.
VETERANS. An organization or association comprised of members of whom substantially all are individuals who are veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of which is to promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the general public in such a way as to confer a public benefit.
(Ord. passed 7-15-2014)