563.908 – Requirements of raffles.
563.908 Requirements of raffles. (1) A raffle may not be conducted in this state unless any winner in the raffle is determined by a drawing with all tickets or calendars having an equal opportunity to win. (2) Except as provided under sub. (3), a qualified organization under s. 563.907 may not conduct a raffle unless […]
563.91 – Limit.
563.91 Limit. No qualified organization under s. 563.907 may conduct more than 365 raffles or more than one calendar raffle during a year. A raffle for which one or more drawings are held on one day at one location is one raffle for purposes of this section. History: 1977 c. 426; 1983 a. 222; 1989 […]
563.69 – Exemptions; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes.
563.69 Exemptions; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes. This subchapter does not apply to an organization listed under s. 563.11 (1) (b) to (d). History: 1989 a. 147; 1991 a. 269 s. 782jp; Stats. 1991 s. 563.69.
563.71 – Duties of the department of justice.
563.71 Duties of the department of justice. (1) Investigatory proceeding. (a) Whenever the attorney general files with a circuit or supplemental court commissioner a statement that the attorney general believes that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the commissioner shall issue a subpoena for any person requested or named by the attorney general. Mileage […]
563.72 – Inspection for enforcement.
563.72 Inspection for enforcement. Any peace officer or district attorney, within their respective jurisdictions, or an authorized employee of the department, may, at all reasonable hours, enter the premises where a bingo occasion is being conducted and examine the books, papers and records of the licensed organization to determine if all proper taxes or fees […]
563.73 – Penalties.
563.73 Penalties. (1) Whoever violates s. 563.51 (1), (8) to (10), (12), (15) or (26) may be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than 9 months or both. (2) Whoever violates any other provision of this chapter may be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or […]
563.80 – Gross receipts tax.
563.80 Gross receipts tax. (1) An occupational tax is imposed on those gross receipts of any licensed organization which are derived from the conduct of bingo, in the following amounts: (a) One percent of the first $30,000 in gross receipts received by a licensed organization during a year. (b) Two percent of the gross receipts […]
563.63 – Bingo account.
563.63 Bingo account. (1) Each licensed organization shall maintain one account which shall be designated as the “bingo account” and which shall be a regular or interest-bearing checking, share draft or negotiable order of withdrawal account from which canceled checks, share drafts or negotiable orders of withdrawal, or microfilm copies of any of them, may […]
563.64 – Bookkeeping and accounts.
563.64 Bookkeeping and accounts. (1) Each licensed organization shall maintain a single entry or double entry bookkeeping system for the purpose of recording all receipts and expenditures in connection with the conduct of bingo and the disbursement of profits derived therefrom. Such bookkeeping system shall consist of a columnar book maintained on a calendar or […]
563.65 – Proper and legitimate expenditures; reimbursement and waiver.
563.65 Proper and legitimate expenditures; reimbursement and waiver. If a financial audit of a licensed organization shows that an expenditure of bingo funds was not a proper and legitimate expenditure and the department requests that the licensed organization reimburse the appropriate bingo account in an amount equal to the amount so expended, the licensed organization […]