King City Municipal Code Ch. 5.40 Bingo Games

As used in this chapter, “bingo”

means a game of chance in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card which conform to numbers or symbols selected at random; provided, that it does not include any game not legally prohibited prior to the adoption of Section 326.5 of the Penal Code.

(Ord. 386 § 12, 1976)

Bingo games shall be allowed in the city pursuant to the terms of this chapter.

(Ord. 386 § 1, 1976)

Bingo games shall be only for the benefit of organizations excepted from the payment of the bank and corporation tax by Section 23701(d) of the Revenue and Taxation Code and a contribution or gift to which would be a charitable contribution under Section 170(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

(Ord. 386 § 2, 1976)

No person shall receive a profit, wage, or salary from any bingo game authorized by Section 19 of Article IV of the State Constitution and this chapter.

(Ord. 386 § 3, 1976)

No minor shall be allowed to participate in any bingo game.

(Ord. 386 § 4, 1976)

A nonprofit, charitable organization shall conduct a bingo game only on property owned or leased by it, and which property is used by such organization for an office or for performance of the purposes for which the organization is organized.

(Ord. 386 § 5, 1976)

All bingo games shall be open to the public, not just to the members of the nonprofit charitable organization.

(Ord. 386 § 6, 1976)

A bingo game shall be operated and staffed only by members of the nonprofit charitable organization which organized it. Such members shall not receive a profit, wage, or salary from any bingo game. Only the organization authorized to conduct a bingo game shall operate such game, or participate in the promotion, supervision or any other phase of such game.

(Ord. 386 § 7, 1976)

No individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity except the organization authorized by license to conduct a bingo game shall hold a financial interest in the conduct of such bingo game.

(Ord. 386 § 8, 1976)

All profits derived from a bingo game shall be kept in a special fund or account and shall not be commingled with any other fund or account.

(Ord. 386 § 9, 1976)

No person shall be allowed to participate in a bingo game unless the person is physically present at the time and place in which the bingo game is being conducted.

(Ord. 386 § 10, 1976)

The total value of prizes awarded during the conduct of any bingo games shall not exceed two hundred fifty dollars in cash or kind, or both, for each separate game which is held.

(Ord. 386 § 11, 1976)

No bingo game shall be conducted except pursuant to a license issued by the city council. Applications for such license shall be made upon forms supplied by the city clerk, and shall be filed with the clerk, and shall be for the period of twelve months. If the city council finds that the applicant does not qualify under the terms of this chapter, or that the conducting of bingo games at the particular location stated in the application will violate some other ordinance of the city, the city council shall deny the application.

(Ord. 386 § 13, 1976)

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate the provisions of Section 5.40.040 and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars.

(Ord. 386 § 14, 1976)

It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to violate any provision of this chapter, other than Section 5.40.040, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed six months or by a fine of not to exceed five hundred dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 386 § 15, 1976)

Any bingo game conducted or operated contrary to the terms and provisions of this chapter and/or any participation therein contrary to the provisions of this chapter is unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney of the city shall, upon order of the city council, immediately commence an action or proceeding for the abatement and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law.

(Ord. 386 § 16, 1976)