Application requirements
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Every authorized organization desiring to apply for a license to conduct or desiring to assist in conducting games of chance shall register with the commission and secure an identification number before making any such application or assisting in the conduct of games of chance. An application for an identification number shall be made on a form, as prescribed by the commission. Any organization that possesses an identification number but has not been licensed to conduct games of chance for a period of one year must file with the commission a new form prior to making application for a games of chance license.
(b)This application for registration and identification number must be signed as follows: if a religious organization, by the priest or pastor, or the president or chairman of the commission of directors of the congregation if a synagogue or temple; if a charitable organization, by the president; if an organization of veterans, by the commander; if an organization of volunteer firemen, by the president. The legally responsible principal official of the applicant organization shall sign in his or her representative capacity.
(c)Notwithstanding the registration requirements set forth in this Part, an authorized organization may conduct a raffle without complying with such registration requirements, provided, that such organization shall derive net proceeds from raffles in an amount less than $5,000 during the conduct of one raffle and shall derive net proceeds from raffles in an amount less than $20,000 during one calendar year. Such organization must first determine that such organization is in fact an "authorized organization" in order to qualify for such an exemption. For the purposes of this subdivision, authorized organization means and includes any bona fide religious or charitable organization or bona fide educational, fraternal or service organization or bona fide organization of veterans or volunteer firefighters that by its charter, certificate of incorporation, constitution, or act of the Legislature, shall have among its dominant purposes one or more of the lawful purposes as defined in this Chapter for a period of three years immediately prior to being granted the registration requirement exemption. No organization shall be deemed an authorized organization that is formed primarily for the purpose of conducting games of chance and that does not devote at least 75 percent of its activities to other than conducting games of chance. No political party shall be deemed an authorized organization.