20-77 Amend sections of General Off. to comply w/ state

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(b) (3) Conduct thc bingo game on p,'emises owned by the charitable organization, premises owned by another charitable,organization and leased from that charitable organization for a rental rate not in (~xcess of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) per bingo session, or premises leased from a person other than a charitable orgemization for a rental rate that is not more than is cus- tomary and .reasonable for premises that are similar in location, size and qu;ality but not in excess of two hundred fifty dolla'ts ($250.00) per bingo session. If the charitable organization leases from a person other than a .charitable organization the premises on which it conducts bingo games, the lessor of thc premises shall provide only the premises to the organization and shall not provide the organization with bingo game operators, security persormel, concessions or concession operators, bingo equipment or any other. type of service or equipment. A person who is not a charitable organization " shall not lease premises that he owns, leases or otherwise i.s empowered to lease to more than two charitable org~mizations per calendar week for cop- ducting bingo games on thc premises. (4) Display its bingo hcensc conspicuously at thc location where thc bingo game is conducted. (5) Conduct thc bingo game in accordance with the definition of bingo set forth in Section 517.01(s)(1). A charitable organization that conducts a bingo game shall not: (1) Pay any compensation to a bingo game operator for operating a bingo ga.me th~ is conducted by the charitable organization; ' (2) Pay consulting fees to any person for any services l~erformed in relation to the,.bingo ga{ne; (3) Pay concession fees to any person who provides refreshments to the partP- cipants In the bingo game; (4) Conduct more than two bingo sessions in any seven-day period; (5) Pay~ out more ttmn three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500) tn prizes during any bingo session that ts conducted by the charitable organization; (6) Conduct a bingo session after midnight of the day on which the bingo session was commenced. (c) Whoever violates subsection (a)(2) hereof shall be charged with a violation of Ohio R.C. 2915.09o whOever violates subsection (a)(1), (3), (4) or (b) hereof is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has previously been eonvic~d.of a violation of subsection (a)(1), (3), (4) or (bi hereof, a violation of such provision is a misdemeanor of the first degree. (ORC 2915.09) Section 10. That Section 517.07 of the General Offenses Code of the Cod±f ±ed Ord±nances ~of the C±ty of Lakewood is hereby enacted to read as follows: 517.07 BIN(;() IIEC()I{I)?~,. (a) A charitable organization that conducts a bingo session shall maint~qln the follOWing records for at least three; years from ti~e cktte on which the bingo session is conducted: .! (1) An itemized list of the gross receipts of each session; (2) An itemized list of all expenses otimr than prizes that are tneurred in conducting '~ the bingo session, the name of each person to.whom the expenses are paid, and a receipt for all of the expenses; (3) A list of all prizes awarded durh~g the bingo session conducted by the charitable organization and thc naru.', and address of all persons who are winners of prizes of one hundrc(l dollars ($100.00) or more in value; (4) An itemized list of tile charitable recipients of thc proceeds of the bingo session, inclu/ling thc name and address of each recipient to whom thc money is distributed; and if thc organization uses the proceeds of a bingo session for any purpose set set forth in Section 517.01(z), a list of each purpose and an itemized list of " each expenditure for each Fa~rposc. (5) The nmnber of persons who participate in any bingo session that is conducted by the charitable organization.