§ 12-113. License qualification.

(a)

Licenses to operate raffles shall be granted only to bona fide non-profit religious, charitable, labor, business, fraternal, educational or veteran's organizations that operate without profit to their members, and which have been in existence continuously for a period of five years immediately before making application for a license and which have had during that entire five year period a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out their objects.

(b)

The following are ineligible for any license under this section:

(1)

Any person who has been convicted of a felony;

(2)

Any person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;

(3)

Any person who is not of good moral character;

(4)

Any firm or corporation in which a person described in subsections (b)(1), (2) or (3) of this section has a proprietary, equitable or credit interest, or in which such a person is active or employed;

(5)

Any organization in which a person defined in subsections (b)(1), (2) or (3) of this section is an officer, director, or employee, whether compensated or not;

(6)

Any organization in which a person defined in subsections (b)(1), (2) or (3) of this section is to participate in the management or operation of a raffle as defined in this division.

(Code 1993, § 12-5.4.2)