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Session Laws, 1984
Volume 759, Page 723   View pdf image
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HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                           723

application for the conducting of the licensed activities, file a
report under penalties of perjury certifying the following facts:

(i) That the authorized activities were
conducted at the time and place stated in the application by the
regular members of the organization personally without the
assistance of professionals, and that the member or members
conducting such activities do not regularly conduct any such
activities for any other organization.

(ii) That no cash prizes were offered, except
as authorized in paragraph (b)(3).

(iii) The amount and disposition of the cash
proceeds of the licensed activities.

(c) The license shall be issued under the following
conditions:

(1)  The Sheriff shall charge a license fee of $1 for
the issuance of each bingo license and a license fee of $10 for
each paddle wheel license and, each raffle license.

(2)  Upon request and authorization, a license to
operate paddle wheels also shall operate as a license to conduct
bingo games.

(3)  (i) The Sheriff may not issue to a single
organization more than 52 licenses for bingo games, 12 licenses
for raffles, ONLY ONE OF WHICH MAY BE FOR A RAFFLE WITH A CASH
PRIZE OF OVER $1,000, and 12 licenses for paddle wheels within 1
calendar year.

(ii) Except as provided in paragraph (4), not
more than one bingo license or paddle wheel license shall be
issued to a single organization in a single calendar week.

(4)  Licenses issued under this section to operate
paddle wheels or to conduct bingo games shall be valid for a
period of 24 consecutive hours. However, if the license is
issued for use in conjunction with and at the location of a
carnival, it shall be valid during carnival hours and for the
duration of the carnival, but in no event for longer than 14
consecutive days.

(5)  A license to conduct a raffle shall be valid
until the time of the drawing or drawings. All drawings for a
raffle shall be conducted within 1 calendar day; the day for the
drawing or drawings shall be specified on the application for the
license and on the license.

(6)  AN ORGANIZATION THAT CONDUCTS A RAFFLE FOR A CASH
PRIZE GREATER THAN $1,000 SHALL:

(I) POST A BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF THE CASH PRIZE
OFFERED; OR

 

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