Los Angeles Municipal Code Art. 4.5 Bingo

(Added By Ord. No. 149,992, Eff. 9/1/77.)

Section 44.50 Authority for Enactment. 44.51 License Required. 44.52 Authority to Issue License and Prescribe Rules and Regulations. 44.53 Regulation of Games. 44.54 Hearings Subpoenas. 44.55 Imposition of Bingo License Fees. 44.56 Licensing of Bingo Suppliers. 44.57 Purchase of Bingo Supplies or Equipment.

This Article is enacted pursuant to the authority contained in Article IV, Section 19 of the Constitution of the State of California and Section 326.5 of the Penal Code of the State of California.

It is unlawful to conduct or play a game of bingo in the City of Los Angeles without a valid bingo license issued pursuant to this article. (Amended by Ord. No. 154,612, Eff. 12/18/80.)

The Police Department shall have the authority, pursuant to this Article and applicable state law, to issue licenses for games of bingo by organizations exempted from the payment of the bank and corporation tax by Sections 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, and 23701l of the Revenue and Taxation Code and by mobilehome park associations and senior citizens organizations. (First Sentence Amended by Ord. No. 171,262, Eff. 10/4/96.) Said Department shall enforce the provisions of this article and shall have authority to promulgate and administer rules to implement the regulations of bingo in the City of Los Angeles. Such rules shall be submitted to and approved by the City Council.

(Amended by Ord. No. 181,289, Eff. 10/3/10.)

All bingo games, and all activities in connection therewith shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 326.3 and 326.5 of the Penal Code of the State of California, as amended from time to time.

(Added by Ord. No. 151,921, Eff. 3/4/79.)

(1) Any hearing conducted to determine whether a bingo license or bingo supplier license shall be revoked or suspended or an application therefor denied shall be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Section 102.10 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code. (Amended by Ord. No. 164,083, Eff. 11/6/88.)

(2) The Board of Police Commissioners, or any person designated thereby to conduct a hearing referred to in Subsection (1) of this section, is authorized and empowered to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence by subpoena at such hearing. The Board of Police Commissioners, or any person designated thereby to conduct such hearing, shall also obtain issuance and service of a subpoena upon written request of any party to the hearing. (First and Second Sentences Amended by Ord. No. 171,262, Eff. 10/4/96.) Such request shall be accompanied by an affidavit stating the name and address of any proposed witness and, in the event the attendance of such witness is sought in connection with the production of evidence, the exact nature of the evidence sought to be produced, the materiality of such evidence to the issues involved in the hearing and a statement that the witness has the desired things in their possession or control. The City Clerk, upon demand of the Board of Police Commissioners or person designated to conduct such hearing, shall issue a subpoena in the name of the City of Los Angeles directing the appearance of the witness and/or the production of the evidence at the time and place specified in the subpoena. (Last Sentence Amended by Ord. No. 171,262, Eff. 10/4/96.)

(Amended by Ord. No. 171,475, Eff. 2/13/97, Oper. 1/1/97.)

(1) A fifty dollar ($50) license fee shall be paid upon application for a bingo license or upon renewal thereof. In the event an application for license is denied, one-half of the fee shall be refundable to the applicant. A bingo license shall be valid for a period of one year. An additional fee for law enforcement and public safety costs incurred by the City shall be collected monthly by the City of Los Angeles. The fee shall be computed as follows: Each licensee shall pay a monthly fee equal to .922% (.00922) of the total amount paid out in bingo prizes for that month in excess of $2,000. The above fee shall be adjusted, if necessary, in order to recover the City’s administrative costs, and adopted in the same manner as provided in Section 12.37-I, 1 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code for establishing fees.

(2) A one hundred dollar ($100) license fee shall be paid upon application for a bingo suppliers license or upon annual renewal thereof.

(Added by Ord. No. 164,083, Eff. 11/6/88.)

(1) The Police Department shall have the authority to license businesses which provide bingo supplies or equipment to organizations licensed to play bingo in the City of Los Angeles and to promulgate and administer rules and regulations with respect to the licensing of such organizations. (First Sentence Amended by Ord. No. 171,262, Eff. 10/4/96.) Such rules shall be submitted to and approved by the City Council.

(2) No person shall engage in, conduct, manage or carry on the business of selling, or sell, bingo supplies or equipment to any organization licensed to play bingo in the City of Los Angeles without a license for such purpose issued by the Police Department. (Amended by Ord. No. 171,262, Eff. 10/4/96.)

(Added by Ord. No. 164,083, Eff. 11/6/88.)

No person shall purchase bingo supplies or equipment for use by an organization licensed to conduct bingo in the City of Los Angeles from any vendor not licensed pursuant to the provisions of Section 44.56 and applicable rules and regulations.