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§47-21-6. Limited Occasion License; Conditions on Holding of Raffles

Two or more organizations may hold a joint raffle occasion provided each participating organization has been granted a limited occasion raffle license for such jointly held occasion: Provided, That no licensee which holds an annual license may obtain more than one limited occasion license. A limited occasion license is valid only for the time period […]

§47-21-23. Filing of Copy of License; Application Open to Public Inspection

Whenever a license is granted pursuant to this article, the commissioner shall cause a copy of the license to be filed and recorded with the clerk of the county commission of the county in which the raffle occasions are to be held. A copy of the application shall be made available for public inspection in […]

§47-21-7. License Fee and Exemption From Taxes

(a) A license fee shall be paid to the Tax Commissioner for annual licenses in the amount of $500. A license fee shall be paid to the Tax Commissioner for a limited occasion license in the amount of $50. All revenue from said license fee shall be deposited in the special revenue account established under […]

§47-21-24. County Option Election

The county commission of any county is authorized to call a local option election for the purpose of determining the will of the voters as to whether the provisions of this article shall continue in effect in such county. A petition for a local option election shall be in the form specified in this section […]

§47-21-8. Information Required in Application

An application for a raffle license shall include the following information: (a) Name of the applicant and name and headquarter's address of any state or national organization of which the applicant is a local branch or lodge; (b) The address and telephone number of the applicant organization, if any, and if the applicant organization has […]

§47-21-9. Amendment of License

If circumstances beyond the control of the licensee organization prohibit it from holding any raffle occasion in accordance with the information provided by it in its license application form, the licensee organization may request approval by the commissioner to: modify the terms and conditions of its license.

§47-21-10. Licensee Rules and Regulations

Each licensee may adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with or in violation of the provisions of this article, or rules or regulations promulgated hereunder, to govern the conduct of raffle occasions. Any rules and regulations adopted by the licensee shall be made available for inspection at all raffle occasions held. Any such rules and […]

§47-21-11. Limits on Prizes Awarded — General Provisions

Prizes may be money, real or personal property or merchandise other than beer, wine, spirits or alcoholic liquor as defined in section five, article one, chapter sixty of this code. If the prizes are real or personal property or merchandise, the value assigned to them is their fair market value at the time of acquisition […]

§47-21-12. Compensation

(a) A licensee may pay a salary, the minimum of which is the federal minimum wage and the maximum of which is not more than one hundred and twenty percent of the state minimum wage to operators of charitable raffle games who are either: (1) Active members of the licensee organization and who have been […]