§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 […]
§47-21-13. Compensation for Concession Operator; Concession Operated by Charitable or Public Service Organization
A licensee may allow any person to operate concessions in conjunction with raffle occasions, and to be compensated for such operation, in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The licensee organization is one which meets or holds functions other than raffle occasions on a regular basis; (b) The concession to be operated at the raffle […]
§47-21-15. Payment of Reasonable Expenses From Proceeds; Net Proceeds Disbursement
(a) The reasonable, necessary and actual expenses incurred in connection with the conduct of raffle occasions, not to exceed 40 percent of the gross proceeds collected during a license period, may be paid out of the gross proceeds of the conduct of the raffle, including, but not limited to: (1) Rent paid for the use […]
§47-21-16. Records; Commissioner Audit
Any licensee which holds a raffle occasion as provided by this article shall maintain a separate account and separate book-keeping procedure for its raffle operations: Provided, That nothing in this article restricts a licensee from transferring moneys in the account from a raffle occasion to an account created under section sixteen, article twenty of this […]
§47-21-17. Advertising
A licensee may advertise its raffle occasions in a manner reasonably necessary to promote the occasion.
§47-21-1. Legislative Intent
The Legislature, in recognition of the need charitable and public service organizations have for a practicable way of raising funds, declares its intent to grant the privilege of holding raffles to those organizations which qualify as provided in this article.
§47-21-2. Definitions
For purposes of this article, unless specified otherwise: (a) “Charitable or public service activity or endeavor” means any bona fide activity or endeavor which directly benefits a number of people by: (1) Contributing to educational or religious purposes;
§47-21-3. Authorizing the Conduct of Certain Raffles Without a License
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this article to the contrary, any charitable or public service organization which has been in existence in this state for at least one year is hereby authorized to conduct raffles without compliance with the licensing provisions of this article: Provided, That any prize awarded in any single raffle at a […]