Illinois Administrative Code › Title 26 - ELECTIONS › Part 210 - RAFFLES CONDUCTED BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES › Section 210.10 - Licensing of Raffles Conducted by Political Committees

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) No raffle or other game of chance defined
			 in and authorized by Section
			 8.1 of the Raffles
			 Act [230
			 ILCS 15/8.1 ] (the Act) shall be conducted unless a
			 license has first been issued for such a purpose by the State Board of
			 Elections (Board).
b) "Political
			 committee" as used in this Part shall mean a political committee as defined by
			 Section 9-1.8 of the Election Code [10 ILCS
			 5/9-1.8].
c) No political committee, group,
			 association, or other entity shall receive a license to conduct a raffle unless
			 it is a political committee as defined by this Part and Section 9-1.8 of the
			 Election Code, and unless it meets all requirements of Section
			 8.1 of the
			 Act.
d) Application for a license
			 to conduct a raffle shall be made on forms provided by the Board and shall
			 supply, over the oath of the applicant, all information requested by the
			 application form. The form of the application is set out in Appendix
			 A.
e) Only the chairman or
			 treasurer of a political committee whose name is listed on the committee's D-1
			 statement at the time the application is filed shall sign the application for a
			 license to conduct a raffle.
f) An
			 officer of a political committee or an employee or person not otherwise
			 disqualified by the Act itself shall be deemed to be of good moral character if
			 he or she has never been convicted of an offense identified in Article 29 of
			 the Election Code; provided that if an officer, employee or person has been
			 convicted of such an offense he or she may nonetheless be deemed of good moral
			 character if at least one year has elapsed between the completion of any
			 sentence, including a sentence of probation, imposed upon such conviction and
			 the date the application is sent to the Board as noted upon the application
			 itself.
g) The information supplied
			 by the applicant, over his or her oath, if it is complete as to each and every
			 item of the application for which an answer is required, shall be deemed to be
			 presumptively correct and sufficient for the Board to issue a license to the
			 applicant to conduct a raffle.
h)
			 Any person who has grounds to believe a committee has violated the terms of the
			 Act or of its license may file a complaint before the State Board of Elections
			 to determine whether a license holder remains in compliance with the terms of
			 its license. The Board shall hear such a complaint under the provisions of 26
			 Ill. Adm. Code 125.Subpart C. The complainant shall prove its case before the
			 Board. Nothing in this Part prohibits the Board from filing a complaint, but
			 unless it does so, the Board shall not act as an advocate for the complainant.
			 Failure of a committee to abide by the Act and its license voids the license
			 whether or not a complaint is filed.
i) All receipts and/or expenditures for
			 raffles conducted under this Section and the Act shall be reported on the
			 report next required to be submitted by the committee after each separate
			 raffle under Article 9 of the Election Code and on such other reports as may be
			 required by that Article.