Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
A charitable organization that has
previously been licensed to conduct charitable bingo games shall apply for a
license in accordance with Chapter 2915. of the Revised Code and shall provide
the following information with its bingo license application:
(A)
The charitable
organization shall provide the following information regarding charitable
distributions:
(1)
The name of each and every recipient;
(2)
The complete
address of each recipient;
(3)
The amount of
proceeds donated to each recipient;
(4)
The net proceeds
available for charitable purposes;
(5)
The total
charitable distributions made.
(B)
The charitable
organization shall provide the following information from all bingo conducted
as defined in division (O)(1) of section
2915.01 of
the Revised Code:
(1)
The total number of bingo sessions or games
conducted;
(2)
The average attendance at bingo, which figure shall be
derived by totaling the number of people who attended each and every session or
game and dividing that number by the total number of sessions or games
conducted;
(3)
Pursuant to division (C) of section
2915.10
of the Revised Code, the charitable organization shall deposit gross profits
from each bingo session or game into a separate and distinct checking account
devoted exclusively to the bingo session or game. For all such checking
accounts, the following information shall be provided:
(a)
The name and
address of each financial institution;
(b)
The type of
account;
(c)
The number of the account.
(4)
A statement of
the revenues generated during bingo conducted by the charitable organization,
which shall include:
(a)
The gross receipts from bingo as defined in division
(O)(1) of section
2915.01 of
the Revised Code;
(b)
The gross receipts from raffles;
(c)
The revenue from
the sale of supplies;
(d)
Any other revenue generated during
bingo.
(5)
A statement of all deductions from gross receipts and
revenues the expenses incurred in the conduct of bingo by the charitable
organization, which shall include:
(a)
The total prizes awarded for bingo as defined in
division (O)(1) of section
2915.01 of
the Revised Code;
(b)
The total prizes awarded from raffles;
(c)
The total amount
paid to security personnel;
(d)
The total amount
paid for rental of the bingo premises or total amount retained by the
charitable organization as consideration for the use of its own
premises;
(e)
The total amount paid for advertising
bingo;
(f)
The total amount paid for bingo
supplies;
(g)
The total amount paid for bingo
equipment;
(h)
The total amount paid for electronic bingo
aids;
(i)
The total amount paid for tables and
chairs;
(j)
The total amount paid for audit or accounting
services;
(k)
The total amount paid for safes and cash
registers;
(l)
The total amount paid for bank fees and service
charges;
(m)
The total amount paid for maintenance and operation of
the charitable organization's facilities;
(n)
The total amount
paid for the organization's bingo license fee;
(o)
The total amount
paid for real property taxes and assessments only for the parcel where bingo is
conducted.
(C)
A charitable
organization shall provide a statement of whether any of the following
information has changed in the preceding year, and if so, a written explanation
of each change:
(1)
The charitable organization's tax exempt
status;
(2)
The charitable organization's articles of incorporation
or other governing document;
(3)
The charitable
organization's charitable purpose or mission, or the manner in which the
charitable organization accomplishes its charitable purpose or
mission;
(4)
The parent organization of the charitable
organization;
(5)
The charitable organization's standing with its parent
organization.
(D)
A charitable organization other than a veteran's,
fraternal, or sporting organization shall provide the following information
regarding its conduct of instant bingo, including instant bingo conducted at a
bingo session and other than at a bingo session:
(1)
For each location
at which the organization conducts instant bingo during a bingo session, the
organization shall provide:
(a)
The total gross receipts for instant
bingo;
(b)
The total instant bingo prizes;
(c)
The total gross
profit from instant bingo;
(d)
The total amount
paid for instant bingo tickets;
(e)
The net profit
from the proceeds of the sale of instant bingo.
(2)
For each location
at which the organization conducts instant bingo other than at a bingo session,
the organization shall provide:
(a)
The address of the location;
(b)
The gross
receipts from instant bingo;
(c)
The total amount
of instant bingo prizes;
(d)
The gross profit from instant bingo;
(e)
The total amount
paid for instant bingo tickets;
(f)
The net profit
from the proceeds of the sale of instant bingo;
(g)
The expenses, as
defined in division (D) of section
2915.093
of the Revised Code, paid to the owner or lessor of the
location.
(E)
A veteran's,
fraternal, or sporting organization shall provide the following information
regarding its conduct of instant bingo, including instant bingo conducted at a
bingo session and other than at a bingo session:
(1)
The total gross
receipts for instant bingo from all locations;
(2)
The total instant
bingo prizes from all locations;
(3)
The gross profit
from instant bingo at all locations.
(4)
The total amount
paid for instant bingo tickets at all locations;
(5)
The net profit
from the proceeds of the sale of instant bingo at all
locations;
(6)
The total amount of the net profit from the proceeds of
the sale of instant bingo distributed pursuant to division (A)(1)(a) of section
2915.101
of the Revised Code, the name of each organization that received such
distributions, and the amount distributed to each organization;
(7)
The total amount
of the net profit from the proceeds of the sale of instant bingo distributed
pursuant to division (A)(1)(b) of section
2915.101
of the Revised Code, the name of each organization and purpose for which such
distributions were made, and the amount distributed to each organization and
for each purpose;
(F)
The charitable
organization shall, at the request of the attorney general, provide
documentation that proves continued charitable programming and the use of bingo
proceeds to fund such charitable programming.
