(A) Licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, governmental or veterans' organizations as defined in § 112A.01 which operate without a profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which have had during that entire five year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objectives, or to a non-profit fund raising organization organized for the sole purpose of providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardships as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster.
(B) The following are ineligible for any license under this chapter:
(1) Any person who has been convicted of a felony;
(2) Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;
(3) Any person who is not of good moral character;
(4) Any firm or corporation in which a person defined in division (B)(1), (B)(2), or (B)(3) of this section has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;
(5) Any organization in which a person defined in division (B)(1), (B)(2) or (B)(3) of this section is an officer, director or employee, whether compensated or not;
(6) Any organization in which a person defined in division (B)(1), (B)(2) or (B)(3) of this section is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in the Illinois Raffles Act;
(7) Any person convicted of or found guilty of a violation of this chapter, for a period of one year following the date of such conviction or finding of guilty, and any organization in which any such person is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in the Illinois Raffles Act.
(Ord. 18-1460, passed 2-7-18)