Illinois Administrative Code › Title 86 - REVENUE › Part 432 - PULL TABS AND JAR GAMES ACT › Section 432.110 - Regular Licenses

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
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			 Eligibility. To be eligible for a regular license, an organization must have
			 been organized in Illinois. It must have been in existence continuously during
			 the entire five-year period preceding application, and during that period must
			 have had a bona fide membership engaged in carrying out its stated objectives
			 on a regular basis. The five year requirement shall be reduced to two years, as
			 applied to a local organization which is affiliated with and chartered by a
			 national organization which meets the five year requirement (Section 2 of the
			 Act). To be "chartered" by a national organization, an Illinois organization
			 must have a document issued by the national organization formally authorizing
			 the establishment of the Illinois organization. The organization must be
			 conducted on a not-for-profit basis with no personal profit inuring to anyone
			 as a result of the operation, and must fall within one of the following
			 categories:
1) Charitable Organization: an
			 organization organized and operated to benefit an indefinite number of the
			 public (Section
			 1.1 of the Act);
2) Educational Organization: an organization
			 organized and operated to provide systematic instruction in useful branches of
			 learning by methods common to schools and institutions of learning which
			 compare favorably in their scope and intensity with the course of study
			 presented in tax-supported schools (Section
			 1.1 of the Act). Public
			 schools and school districts are not eligible for regular licenses.
			 Organizations affiliated with public schools, such as booster clubs, may be
			 eligible if they fall within any of the other categories listed in this
			 Section;
3) Religious Organization:
			 any church, congregation, society or organization founded for thepurposeof
			 religious worship (Section
			 1.1 of the Act);
4) Fraternal Organization: an organization of
			 persons, including but not limited to ethnic organizations, having a common
			 interest, organized and operated exclusively to promote the welfare of its
			 members and to benefit the general public on a continuing and consistent basis
			 (Section
			 1.1 of the Act);
5) Veterans' Organization: an organization
			 comprised of members of which substantially all are individuals who are
			 veterans or spouses, widows, or widowers of veterans, the primary purpose of
			 which is to promote the welfare of its members and to provide assistance to the
			 general public in such a way as to confer a public benefit (Section
			 1.1 of the Act);
6) Labor Organization: an organization
			 composed of labor unions or workers organized with the objective of betterment
			 of the conditions of those engaged in such pursuit and the development of a
			 higher degree of efficiency in their respective occupations (Section
			 1.1 of the Act);
7) Youth Athletic Organization: an
			 organization having as its exclusive purpose the promotion and provision of
			 athletic activities for youth aged 18 and under (Section
			 1.1 of the Act). Marching
			 bands and drum and bugle corps are considered to promote and provide athletic
			 activities. A youth athletic organization otherwise eligible for a regular
			 license does not lose its eligibility because youths served by the organization
			 become nineteen while participating in an athletic activity with a season of
			 definite duration;
8) Senior
			 Citizens Organization: an organization or association comprised of members of
			 which substantially all are individuals who are 55 years of age or older, or
			 who are nearing the age of 55 and for whom opportunities for employment and
			 participation in community life are unavailable or severely limited and who, as
			 a result thereof, have difficulty in maintaining self-sufficiency and
			 contributing to the life of the community. The primary purpose of the
			 organization must be the promotion of the welfare of its members (Section
			 1.1 of the Act; Section
			 3.05 of the Illinois Act on the Aging [20 ILCS
			 105/1 ]).