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AR Code § 23-114-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 2 - Administration|§ 23-114-203. Rulemaking authority

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may adopt rules to aid in the enforcement and administration of this chapter.
AR Code § 23-114-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 23-114-301. Authorized organization license

 The Department of Finance and Administration may license an entity that is an authorized organization.
AR Code § 23-114-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 23-114-302. License fees — Authorized organizations

 (a) An authorized organization license to conduct games of bingo and raffles may be issued to an authorized organization and is subject to renewal on an annual basis. The annual fee for this license shall be one hundred dollars ($100).  (b) In lieu of the annual license issued under subsection (a) of this section, an authorized organization, at its request, may be issued one (1) or more of the following temporary authorized organization licenses:  (1) A temporary license to conduct one (1) bingo session. The fee for this temporary license is twenty-five dollars ($25.00);  (2) A temporary license, to be known as a “Class I temporary raffle license”, to conduct one (1) raffle other than a raffle under subdivision (b)(3) of this section. The fee for this temporary license is twenty-five dollars ($25.00); and  (3) A temporary license, to be known as a “Class II temporary raffle license”, to conduct one (1) raffle in which the total prize package to be given away has been donated and has a total value of less than five thousand dollars ($5,000). The fee for this temporary license is ten dollars ($10.00).
AR Code § 23-114-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 23-114-303. License application — Authorized organizations

 (a) An applicant for an authorized organization license shall file a written verified application with the Department of Finance and Administration on a form prescribed by the department.  (b) The license application shall include:  (1) The name and address of the applicant;  (2) A designation and address of the premises intended to be used for a raffle or bingo session;  (3) The name and address of the person or persons within the authorized organization who will be responsible for organizing, conducting, and otherwise administering the raffle or bingo sessions;  (4) If the premises upon which a raffle or bingo session will be conducted has been leased by the authorized organization, a copy of the lease agreement; and  (5) A statement that the applicant complies with the conditions for eligibility for the license.    (c) The responsible person within an authorized organization shall meet the following requirements:  (1) The responsible person shall not have been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or no contest to:  (A) Any felony by any court in the State of Arkansas; or  (B) Any similar offense by a court in another state or of any similar offense by a military or federal court;    (2)  (A) In order to determine a responsible person's suitability to organize, conduct, and administer raffles and bingo sessions, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may require that the responsible person be fingerprinted and the fingerprints forwarded for a criminal background check through the Division of Arkansas State Police.  (B) After the completion of the criminal background check through the division, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the division to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check; and    (3) The responsible person shall sign a release that allows the division to release:  (A) An Arkansas noncriminal justice background check to the department; and  (B) A fingerprint card of the applicant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow a federal fingerprint-based background check to be performed.      (d)  (1) Before the renewal of an annual license, the licensed authorized organization shall report the following information:  (A) The amount of the total gross receipts derived from games of bingo and raffles;  (B) The net proceeds derived from games of bingo and raffles;  (C) The use to which the proceeds have been or are to be applied; and  (D) If requested by the secretary, a list of expenses paid or incurred.    (2) A licensed authorized organization shall maintain records to substantiate the contents of the report required by this subsection.
AR Code § 23-114-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 23-114-304. License application — Distributors and manufacturers

 (a) An applicant for a distributor license or a manufacturer license shall file a written verified application with the Department of Finance and Administration on a form prescribed by the department.  (b) The license application shall include:  (1) The name, address, and federal employer identification number of the applicant;  (2) The names and positions of the applicant's officers;  (3) The name and address of the person or persons who are responsible for the applicant's sales of bingo equipment; and  (4) A statement that the applicant complies with the conditions for eligibility for the license.    (c) The person or persons who are responsible for the applicant's sales of bingo equipment shall meet the following requirements:  (1) The person or persons shall not have been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or no contest to:  (A) Any felony by any court in the State of Arkansas; or  (B) Any similar offense by a court in another state or of any similar offense by a military or federal court;    (2)  (A) In order to determine the person's or persons' suitability to be involved in the sale of bingo equipment, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may require that the person or persons be fingerprinted and the fingerprints forwarded for a criminal background check through the division.  (B) After the completion of the criminal background check through the division, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the division to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check; and    (3) The person or persons responsible for an applicant's sales of bingo equipment shall sign a release that allows the division to release the following:  (A) An Arkansas noncriminal justice background check to the department; and  (B) A fingerprint card of the applicant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow a federal fingerprint-based background check to be performed.
AR Code § 23-114-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 23-114-305. Denial, suspension, or revocation of licenses

 (a) All proceedings for the suspension and revocation of the license issued to a manufacturer, a distributor, or an authorized organization under this chapter shall be before the Department of Finance and Administration.  (b) The department may deny an application for a license, or for the renewal of a license issued under this chapter if it determines that issuing the license would violate any provisions of this chapter.  (c) The proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq.
AR Code § 23-114-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 23-114-306. Display of license

 A licensed authorized organization shall conspicuously display a license issued under this chapter at the premises at which a raffle or a game of bingo is conducted at all times during the conduct of the raffle or the game of bingo.
AR Code § 23-114-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 23-114-307. Licenses and fees — Distributors and manufacturers

 (a) A distributor license may be issued to a distributor of bingo equipment and is subject to renewal on an annual basis. The annual fee for this license shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).  (b) A manufacturer license may be issued to a manufacturer of bingo equipment and is subject to renewal on an annual basis. The annual fee for this license shall be two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
AR Code § 23-114-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-401. Bingo premises — Sale of raffle tickets

 (a)  (1) Games of bingo shall not be conducted at more than one (1) premises on property owned or leased by a licensed authorized organization.  (2)  (A) No more than two (2) organizations may conduct bingo games at the same premises so long as that premises is owned or leased by a licensed authorized organization.  (B) No more than four (4) bingo sessions shall be conducted at the same premises during any one (1) calendar week.    (3) Games of bingo under this chapter shall not be conducted through any system that links the games of bingo or participants at one (1) premises location to any other premises or participants.  (4) All participants in games of bingo shall be physically present in person at the authorized premises in a single facility in order to play a game of bingo under this chapter.    (b)  (1) The conduct of raffles is not limited to property owned or leased by a licensed authorized organization, but shall be conducted pursuant to the rules of the Department of Finance and Administration.  (2) Raffle tickets may be sold:  (A) At the authorized premises of the licensed authorized organization; and  (B) Off the authorized premises of the licensed authorized organization if the tickets are sold by uncompensated volunteers of the licensed authorized organization.    (3) No raffle ticket shall be sold through the mail or through the Internet, email, fax, telephone, or any other electronic means.
AR Code § 23-114-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-402. Restrictions on premises and equipment providers

 A person shall not lease or otherwise make a premises or equipment available for conducting a raffle or a game of bingo for any direct or indirect consideration in excess of the bona fide reasonable fair market rental value of the premises or equipment, and no portion of the consideration for premises or equipment shall be based upon a percentage or specified portion of the revenue or profit from games of bingo or raffles conducted by a licensed authorized organization.
AR Code § 23-114-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-403. Compensation prohibited

 No person may be compensated for organizing, promoting, conducting, or otherwise administering a charitable raffle or bingo event. The functions of organizing, promoting, conducting, or otherwise administering a charitable raffle or bingo event shall be performed by volunteers from the charitable organization.
AR Code § 23-114-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-404. Admission to games of bingo

 (a) A person shall not be denied admission to a raffle or a game of bingo or the opportunity to participate in a raffle or a game of bingo because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, or disability or because the person is not a member of the licensed authorized organization conducting the raffle or game of bingo.  (b) No individual under eighteen (18) years of age may play a game of bingo or purchase raffle tickets from a licensed authorized organization.
AR Code § 23-114-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-405. Raffle and bingo records

 (a)  (1) A licensed authorized organization shall provide to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration at the time of application for license the address of its primary business office.  (2) If the licensed authorized organization maintains its raffle and bingo records at a location other than the primary business office, the licensed authorized organization shall provide the address of the location where the records are maintained.    (b) Bingo and raffle records shall be maintained in Arkansas in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices.
AR Code § 23-114-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-406. Gift certificates

 (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a licensed authorized organization from selling or redeeming a gift certificate that entitles the bearer of the certificate to participate in a raffle or play a game of bingo conducted by the licensed authorized organization.  (b) A licensed authorized organization that sells or redeems a gift certificate shall keep adequate records relating to the gift certificate.
AR Code § 23-114-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-407. Bingo sessions

 (a)  (1) A bingo session begins when the first game of bingo of the bingo session is commenced by calling the first bingo ball drawn.  (2) A licensed authorized organization may conduct one (1) bingo session per calendar day and shall not exceed two (2) bingo sessions during any one (1) calendar week.    (b) A bingo session shall not exceed five (5) consecutive hours during any one (1) twenty-four-hour calendar day.
AR Code § 23-114-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-408. Prizes

 (a) A bingo prize shall not have a value of more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for a single game.  (b) For the total prizes of all games of bingo, a licensed authorized organization shall not offer or award during a single bingo session prizes with an aggregate value of more than seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).  (c)  (1) A licensed authorized organization shall not award or offer to award a door prize with a value of more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per bingo session.  (2) The value of the door prize under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall not accrue against the bingo session prize limitation of seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).    (d)  (1) A bingo prize, other than cash, may be merchandise with a recognized wholesale cost not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).  (2) A copy of the receipt for merchandise under subdivision (d)(1) of this section shall be maintained in the licensed authorized organization's bingo records.    (e)  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (e)(2) of this section, the total value of raffle prizes in a calendar year shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).  (2) If the prizes were donated to the licensed authorized organization, the total value of raffle prizes in a calendar year shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), except as applicable to a temporary license to conduct a raffle under § 23-114-302(b)(3).    (f)  (1) A raffle prize shall not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) in cash.  (2) As used in this subsection, “cash” means coins, paper currency, or a negotiable instrument that represents and is readily convertible to coins or paper currency.
AR Code § 23-114-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 4 - Operation of Games of Bingo and Raffles|§ 23-114-409. Purchase of bingo equipment

 Licensed authorized organizations shall purchase bingo equipment only from distributors licensed under this chapter. Distributors that wish to sell bingo equipment to licensed authorized organizations within this state shall purchase bingo equipment only from manufacturers licensed under this chapter.
AR Code § 23-114-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 5 - Bingo And Raffle Accounts|§ 23-114-501. Bingo and raffle accounts

 (a)  (1) A licensed authorized organization with gross receipts from raffles or games of bingo in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) per month shall establish and maintain one (1) regular checking account designated as the bingo and raffle account.  (2) A licensed authorized organization may also maintain an interest-bearing savings account designated as the bingo and raffle savings account.    (b)  (1) A licensed authorized organization shall deposit into the bingo and raffle account all funds derived from the conduct of games of bingo and raffles, less the amount awarded as cash prizes. Except as provided by subdivision (b)(2) of this section, a deposit shall be made not later than the next business day after the day of the raffle or bingo session on which the receipts were obtained.  (2) A licensed authorized organization may deposit funds derived from the conduct of a raffle or games of bingo that are paid through a debit card transaction into the bingo fund not later than seventy-two (72) hours after the transaction.    (c)  (1) A licensed authorized organization may lend money from its general fund to its bingo and raffle account.  (2) Except as provided by this section, no other funds may be deposited into the bingo and raffle account.    (d) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a licensed authorized organization shall not commingle gross receipts derived from the conduct of games of bingo and raffles with other funds of the organization.  (e) Except as permitted, the licensed authorized organization shall not transfer gross receipts to another account maintained by the licensed authorized organization.  (f) A licensed authorized organization shall maintain all of its savings and checking accounts established under this section in a financial institution in this state.
AR Code § 23-114-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 5 - Bingo And Raffle Accounts|§ 23-114-502. Withdrawals from a bingo and raffle account

 (a)  (1) Funds from the bingo and raffle account shall be withdrawn by preprinted, consecutively numbered checks or withdrawal slips, signed by an authorized representative of the licensed authorized organization and made payable to a person.  (2) A check or withdrawal slip shall not be made payable to “cash”, “bearer”, or a fictitious payee.  (3) The nature of the payment made shall also be noted on the face of the check or withdrawal slip.    (b) The checks for the bingo and raffle account shall be imprinted with the words “Bingo and Raffle Account” and shall contain the licensed authorized organization's bingo and raffle license number on the face of each check.  (c) A licensed authorized organization shall keep and account for all checks and withdrawal slips, including voided checks and withdrawal slips.
AR Code § 23-114-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 23 - Public Utilities and Regulated Industries|Subtitle 4 - Miscellaneous Regulated Industries|Chapter 114 - Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act|Subchapter 5 - Bingo And Raffle Accounts|§ 23-114-503. Authorized uses of a bingo and raffle account

 (a) A licensed authorized organization may draw a check on the licensed authorized organization's bingo and raffle account only for:  (1) The payment of necessary and reasonable bona fide bingo-related and raffle-related expenses;  (2) The disbursement of net proceeds derived from the conduct of games of bingo or raffles to charitable purposes; or  (3) The transfer of net proceeds derived from the conduct of games of bingo or raffles to the licensed authorized organization's bingo and raffle savings account pending a disbursement to a charitable purpose.    (b) A licensed authorized organization shall make the disbursement of net proceeds on deposit in the bingo and raffle savings account to a charitable purpose by transferring the intended disbursement back into the licensed authorized organization's bingo and raffle account and then withdrawing an amount by a check drawn on the bingo and raffle account.