Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 13 - Gaming › Part 10 - CHARITABLE GAMING › Chapter 2 - LICENSING › Rule 13-10-2.3 - Application for a License to Conduct Charitable Bingo

Current through June 25, 2024
(a) An application to conduct charitable
				bingo must be submitted to the Commission upon forms prescribed and provided by
				the Commission. No application will be deemed received if the information is
				incomplete or illegible. Any such document will be returned to the
				applicant.
(b) Any license issued
				pursuant to these rules may be issued for a period not to exceed three (3)
				years.
(c) The application shall
				include the name of the charitable organization, address, current officers, all
				members of the board of directors, partners or principals of the charitable
				organization, the bingo supervisors and alternate supervisors, federal tax
				identification number, federal tax exemption certificate, a copy of any rental
				or lease agreements or contracts where bingo is to be conducted, where
				applicable, all proposed contracts between the charitable organization and/or
				the bingo location and any other entity for whatever service, product(s), etc.
				and any other applicable information. A list of bingo employees shall be
				submitted to the Commission prior to operation. The application shall include
				details outlining the financial support that the applicant intends to provide
				for the purpose for which the charitable organization is created. The details
				shall include an in depth description of the program services as well as the
				percentage of the bingo net adjusted gross receipts allocated to each program.
				The application shall include all expenses it expects to incur with respect to
				the operation of bingo. Failure to make material progress in meeting, on an
				annual basis, the requirements of the bingo plans submitted may be grounds to
				deny, suspend and/or revoke the license of the charitable organization.
(d) The application is not
				complete unless it is dated and signed by the proposed bingo supervisor and the
				head of the charitable organization, who shall be the president, chairman of
				the board of directors, or the chief executive officer or other duly elected
				head of the charitable organization, certifying the information contained in
				the application is true and correct to the best of their knowledge. It is the
				intent of this section that the legally responsible official of the applicant
				charitable organization shall sign in their representative capacity and the
				application shall contain all information and statements required by the
				Commission.
(e) All bingo games
				conducted must comply with all the requirements of these rules and to the
				requirements of the Charitable Bingo Law and such other laws and rules as may
				be applicable.
(f) The Commission
				will not accept statements of purpose provided to the Secretary of State that
				are so general and/or vague that the Commission cannot interpret what programs
				the charitable organization seeks to perform. The charitable organization will
				either be required to more specifically define its purpose or attach specific
				program descriptions with budget information included.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										97-33-55.