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WV Code § 47-20-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-18. Fraud; Penalties

In addition to any other offense set forth in this code, any person who or licensee which knowingly conducts or participates in a fraudulently or deceptively conducted bingo game with intent to defraud is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than $10,000, or imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one, nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 47-20-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-19. Obtaining License Fraudulently; Penalty

In addition to any other offense set forth in this code, any individual, association, organization or corporation which knowingly obtains or assists another in obtaining a bingo license under false, deceptive or fraudulent pretenses is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than $10,000.
WV Code § 47-20-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-20. Violation of Provisions; Penalties

Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this article other than sections eighteen and nineteen is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than $1,000. Any individual who knowingly violates the provisions of this article other than sections eighteen and nineteen is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon a second or subsequent conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 47-20-21 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-21. Proceeds of State Fair

The Legislature declares that the net proceeds of any bingo game which accrue to the West Virginia state fair are considered used for charitable or public service purposes as defined in section two of this article. Any proceeds allowed by the state fair board to be paid to or retained by persons who conduct bingo occasions at the state fair are deemed to be expenses incurred by the state fair board.
WV Code § 47-20-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-22. State Fair Bingo License; Rules and Regulations

The West Virginia state fair board may apply annually to the Tax Commissioner for a state fair bingo license to provide for the conduct of bingo occasions at the state fair. The license shall permit the state fair board to have one or more persons conduct bingo occasions at the state fair who have conducted bingo occasions on a regular basis for a least two years prior to the date of the state fair board's application. A license fee of $500 shall be paid to the Tax Commissioner for the state fair bingo license. The provisions of sections ten, eleven, twelve, fourteen, fifteen and twenty-eight of this article do not apply to a state fair bingo license. No state fair bingo license may be issued unless the application includes a copy of any lease or agreement entered into between the state fair board and the persons who are to conduct bingo occasions at the state fair. The state fair board may adopt reasonable rules and regulations, not inconsistent with or in violation of the provisions of this article, to govern the holding of bingo occasions at the state fair.
WV Code § 47-20-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-24. Filing of Reports

Each licensee holding an annual license shall file with the Tax Commissioner a quarterly and an annual financial report summarizing its bingo operations for the time period covered by the report. Each quarterly report shall be filed within twenty days after the end of the quarter which it covers. The annual report shall be filed within thirty days after the expiration of the license under which the operations covered by the report were held. The time period covered by the annual report is the full license year or, at the election of a licensee receiving state or federal funding, the most recently ended state or federal fiscal year.Each licensee holding a limited occasion license or state fair license shall file with the Tax Commissioner a financial report summarizing its bingo operations for the license period within thirty days after the expiration of the license under which the operations covered by the report are held. The report shall contain the name, address and social security number of any individual who receives, during the course of a bingo occasion, prizes, the aggregate value of which exceeds $100, and other information required by the commissioner: Provided, That any licensee failing to file the report when due is liable for a penalty of $25 for each month or fraction of a month during which the failure continues, the penalty not to exceed $100: Provided, however, That annual financial reports must contain either a compilation or review of the financial report by a certified or licensed public accountant, or may be audited by a certified or licensed public accountant, if a licensee's gross receipts exceed $50,000.
WV Code § 47-20-25 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-25. 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 bingo occasions are to be held. A copy of the application shall be made available for public inspection in the office of the commissioner.
WV Code § 47-20-27 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-27. Prohibited Acts by Convicted Individuals and Corporations

Any individual, organization, association or corporation convicted of any felony, or a misdemeanor for a gambling offense, is prohibited from directly or indirectly obtaining a bingo license, conducting a bingo game, operating a concession, or leasing or providing to a licensee organization any premises where bingo occasions may be held within ten years from said conviction.
WV Code § 47-20-28 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-28. Restrictions on Use of Bingo Equipment

A licensee may use only bingo equipment which it owns or which it borrows without compensation, or leases for a reasonable and customary amount, from another licensee.
WV Code § 47-20-28a (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-28a. Certain Operators of Bingo Games to Provide for Smoking and Nonsmoking Sections

Any bingo operator who distributes more than one hundred bingo cards or bingo sheets at any bingo occasion shall provide a smoking and nonsmoking section, if smoking is permitted.
WV Code § 47-20-29 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-29. Effective Date

The effective date of this article is August 15, 1981.
WV Code § 47-20-30 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 20. Charitable Bingo|§47-20-30. Severability

If, for any reason, any section, sentence, clause, phrase or provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect other sections, sentences, clauses, phrases or provisions or their application to any other person or circumstance, and to this end each and every article, section, sentence, clause, phrase or provision of this article is hereby declared to be severable.
WV Code § 47-21-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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.
WV Code § 47-21-3 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 raffle occasion may not exceed in value the sum of $4,000: Provided, however, That the cumulative gross proceeds derived from the conduct of raffle occasions by any such charitable or public service organization shall not exceed $15,000 during any calendar year: Provided further, That any such organization shall not be subject to the record keeping provisions of section sixteen of this article but shall maintain a separate accounting for the operation of raffles. All records required by this section shall be maintained for at least three calendar years and shall be available for reasonable inspection by the commissioner.
WV Code § 47-21-4 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§47-21-4. Who May Hold Raffles; Application for License; Licenses Not Transferable

(a) Except as provided in section three of this article, only persons, as defined in section two of this article, who are residents of this state and who are active members of any charitable or public service organization which has been in existence in this state for at least two years prior to filing an application for a raffle license issued pursuant to section five or six of this article may hold raffle occasions in accordance with the provisions of this article during the time it holds a valid license.(b) Application for a raffle license shall be made to the Tax Commissioner and shall be on a form supplied by him or her. The application shall contain the information required by section eight of this article and any other information which the commissioner considers necessary. No raffle may be held and no tickets may be sold pursuant to this article until the raffle application has been approved by the Tax Commissioner and the license has been received by the applicant: Provided, That no raffle occasion may be held and no raffle tickets may be sold until a sixty day filing period, which is that time period between the receipt of that application by the Tax Commissioner and the first raffle occasion, has expired: Provided, however, That the Tax Commissioner shall send the applicant its license within five days after the application is approved. If the sixty day filing period has expired and the application has not been denied and the raffle license has not been received by the applicant, the applicant may consider the application approved and begin to sell tickets for the raffle or hold the raffle occasion. The Tax Commissioner shall send the applicant its license within five days after the expiration of the filing period if the application has not been otherwise denied.(c) For purposes of this article, any application for an annual license or a limited occasion license received prior to the effective date of this article is considered filed on the effective date.(d) No raffle license issued pursuant to this article may be transferred.
WV Code § 47-21-5 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§47-21-5. Annual License; Conditions on Holding of Raffles

A charitable or public service organization or any of its auxiliaries or other organizations otherwise affiliated with it, may apply for an annual license. Only one license per year in the aggregate may be granted to a charitable or public service organization and all of its auxiliaries or other associations or organizations otherwise affiliated with it: Provided, That for purposes of this section, the various branches, chapters or lodges of any national association or organization or local churches of a nationally organized church are not considered affiliates or auxiliaries of each other. The commissioner shall by regulation provide for the manner for determining to which organization, whether the parent organization, an affiliate or an auxiliary, the one license allowed under this section is granted. An annual license is valid for one year from the date of issuance. No organizations may hold a joint raffle occasion under any annual licenses.A licensee shall display its annual raffle license conspicuously at the location where the raffle occasion is held.
WV Code § 47-21-6 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 specified in the application and entitles only the licensee to hold two raffle occasions during the time period so specified which may not exceed six months from the date of issuance of such limited occasion license.Subject to the limitations set forth in this section for charitable or public service organization having an annual license, a charitable or public service organization and all of its auxiliaries or other associations or organizations otherwise affiliated with it, may be granted only three limited occasion licenses per year in the aggregate. For purposes of this section the various branches, chapters or lodges of any national association or organization or local churches of a nationally organized church are not considered affiliates or auxiliaries of each other. The commissioner shall by regulation provide the manner for determining to which organization, whether the parent organization, an affiliate or an auxiliary, the three licenses allowed under this section are granted.A licensee shall display its limited occasion license conspicuously at the location where the raffle occasion is held.
WV Code § 47-21-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 the authority of section two-a, article nine, chapter eleven of this code and used to support the investigatory activities provided for in said section. The license fee imposed by this section is in lieu of all other license or franchise taxes or fees of this state and no county or municipality or other political subdivision of this state is empowered to impose a license or franchise tax or fee on any raffle or raffle occasion.(b) The gross proceeds derived from the conduct of a raffle occasion are exempt from state and local business and occupation taxes, income taxes, excise taxes and all special taxes. Any charitable or public service organization conducting a raffle occasion pursuant to the provisions of this article is exempt from payment of consumers sales and service taxes, use taxes and all other taxes on all purchases for use or consumption in the conduct of a raffle occasion and is exempt from collecting consumers sales taxes on any admission fees and sales of raffle tickets.
WV Code § 47-21-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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.
WV Code § 47-21-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 regulations adopted are a part of the records required to be kept by section sixteen of this article.
WV Code § 47-21-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 for the raffle or at the time of purchase.
WV Code § 47-21-12 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 active members in good standing for at least two years prior to the date of filing of the application for a charitable raffle license or the most recent filing of an application for renewal of the license; or(2) Employees of the licensee organization or its authorized auxiliary organization who are:(A) Residents of this state;(B) Residents of a state bordering this state if the county of his or her residence is contiguous to the county in this state in which the raffle operation is conducted; or(C) Residents of a bordering state who reside within thirty-five miles of the county in which the raffle operation is conducted.(b) If the licensee's gross receipts from raffle occasions equal or exceed $100,000 for the licensee's most recently filed annual financial report, a salary may be paid to not more than eight operators.(c) If the licensee's gross receipts from charitable raffle occasions are less than $100,000, but equal or exceed $50,000 for the licensee's most recently filed annual financial report, a salary may be paid to not more than five operators.(d) If the licensee's gross receipts from charitable raffle occasions are less than $50,000 for the licensee's most recently filed annual financial report, a salary may be paid to no more than three operators.(e) In the case of a licensee lawfully holding a charitable bingo occasion simultaneously with a charitable raffle occasion, the number of paid charitable raffle operator employees allowed under this limitation for charitable raffle licensees is in addition to the number of charitable bingo operator employees allowed under section twelve-a, article twenty of this chapter. Licensees holding simultaneous occasions shall pay bingo operators from the proceeds of bingo operations and shall pay raffle operators from the proceeds of raffle operations and the charitable bingo fund and the charitable raffle fund and payments from the funds may not be commingled.(f) For purposes of the limitations set forth in this section, the term "operator" or "bingo operator" or "raffle operator" do not include concession stand workers. Wages paid to concession workers may not exceed more than one hundred and twenty percent of the state minimum wage.
WV Code § 47-21-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 occasion is operated regularly at such meetings or functions;(c) The person which operates the concession at such regular meetings or functions is the same which operates the concession at the raffle occasion; and(d) The terms of the agreement under which the person operates the concession at the raffle occasion are the same terms under which the concession is operated at the regular meetings or functions: Provided, That a copy of such agreement is filed at the time the application is made and any changes thereto are filed within ten days of being made.In addition, any charitable or public service organization as defined by section two of this article may operate a concession at any raffle occasions held by a licensee: Provided, That the net proceeds it receives from that concession are used solely for the charitable or public service purposes of that organization.
WV Code § 47-21-16 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§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 chapter in an amount not to exceed the actual loss of the bingo occasion receiving the transfer: Provided, however, That money transferred shall be withdrawn only by checks having preprinted consecutive numbers and made payable to the account created under section sixteen, article twenty of this code. All records required by this article shall be maintained for at least three years and shall be open to the commissioner for reasonable inspection. Whenever the commissioner has reasonable cause to believe a licensee has violated any of the provisions of this article, he may perform or cause to be performed an audit of the licensee's books and records.
WV Code § 47-21-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§47-21-17. Advertising

A licensee may advertise its raffle occasions in a manner reasonably necessary to promote the occasion.
WV Code § 47-21-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§47-21-18. Fraud; Penalties

In addition to any other offense set forth in this code, any person who or licensee which knowingly conducts or participates in a fraudulently or deceptively conducted raffle with intent to defraud is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $10,000, or imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than one, nor more than five years, or both fined and imprisoned.
WV Code § 47-21-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade|Article 21. Charitable Raffles|§47-21-19. Obtaining License Fraudulently; Penalty

In addition to any other offense set forth in this code, any person who or licensee which knowingly obtains or assists another in obtaining a raffle license under false, deceptive or fraudulent pretenses is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than $10,000.