(A) Raffle licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor, fraternal, educational, veterans', or other bona fide not-for-profit organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a raffle license and which have during that entire five-year period been engaged in carrying out their objects, or to a non-profit fund raising organization that the licensing authority determines is 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, or to any law enforcement agencies and associations that represent law enforcement officials.
(B) (1) Poker run licenses shall be issued only to bona fide religious, charitable, labor business, fraternal, educational, veterans', or other bona fide not-for-profit organizations that operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a poker run license and which have during that entire five-year period been engaged in carrying out their objects. Licenses for poker runs shall be issued for the following purposes: (1) providing financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident, or disaster or (2) to maintain the financial stability of the organization.
(2) Waiver of five-year requirement. The five-year requirement under divisions (A) and (B)(1) of this section, may be waived for a bona fide religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational, or veterans' organization that applies for a license to a raffle or poker run if the organization is a local organization that is affiliated with and chartered by a national or state organization that meets the five-year requirement.
(C) No person, firm or corporation shall conduct raffles or chances or poker runs without having first obtained a license therefor pursuant to this chapter.
(D) All applications for any raffle or chance or poker run shall be made prior to the holding of the raffle or chance or poker run and shall be made to the Will County Executive. The following form shall be used.
PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR RAFFLE LICENSE
Sponsoring Organization
Address Phone
Raffle Manager
Address Phone
Total value of all prizes to be awarded:
$ (Limit of $250,000)
Maximum value of any given prize:
$ (Limit of $250,000)
Maximum value of Boards of Education or their approved foundation’s house raffles (limit $750,000)
Price of Raffle Chance:
$ (Limit of $1,000)
Date(s) of sale of chances:
From:
To:
Date and time of drawing and determination of winner(s)
Location where winning chances will be determined :
It is understood that granting of this license entitles the licensee organization to conduct only the raffle described above.
I do solemnly swear, under penalty of perjury, that the above-named organization is a not-for- profit organization of the character described in the Will County Code of Ordinances.
President, Sponsoring Org.
Date
Secretary, Sponsoring Org.
Date
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( ) Receipt of $ Application and License Fee
County Executive Date
( ) Application Accepted
County Executive Date
( ) Application Rejected
County Executive Date
(Time Limit: For an individual license - 120 days for sale of chances
For an annual license - 365 days for sale of chances.)
PROPOSED APPLICATION
FOR POKER RUN
Sponsoring Organization
Address Phone
Poker Run Manager
Address Phone
Total value of all prizes to be awarded:
$ (Limit of $250,000)
Maximum value of any given prize:
$ (Limit of $250,000)
Date(s) and times of poker run:
From:
To:
Locations of Poker Run:
It is understood that granting of this license entitles the licensee organization to conduct only the poker run described above.
I do solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the above-named organization is a not-for-profit organization of the character described in the Will County Code of Ordinances.
President, Sponsoring Org.
Date
Secretary, Sponsoring Org.
Date
( ) Receipt of $ Application and License Fee
County Executive Date
( ) Application Accepted
County Executive Date
( ) Application Rejected
County Executive Date
(1980 Code, § 116.10) (Res. 81-179, adopted 9-24-1981; Ord. 05-501, adopted 11-17-2005; Ord. 21-442, adopted 12-16-2021) Penalty, see 116.99