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Section 326.3 Of Chapter 9. Lotteries From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
326.3
. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) Nonprofit organizations provide important and essential educational, philanthropic, and social services to the people of the state.
(2) One of the great strengths of California is a vibrant nonprofit sector.
(3) Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations touch the lives of every Californian through service and employment.
(4) Many of these services would not be available if nonprofit organizations did not provide them.
(5) There is a need to provide methods of fundraising to nonprofit organizations to enable them to provide these essential services.
(6) Historically, many nonprofit organizations have used charitable bingo as one of their key fundraising strategies to promote the mission of the charity.
(7) Legislation is needed to provide greater revenues for nonprofit organizations to enable them to fulfill their charitable purposes, and especially to meet their increasing social service obligations.
(8) Legislation is also needed to clarify that existing law requires that all charitable bingo must be played using a tangible card and that the only permissible electronic devices to be used by charitable bingo players are card-minding devices.
(b) Neither the prohibition on gambling in this chapter nor in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to any remote caller bingo game that is played or conducted in a city, county, or city and county pursuant to an ordinance enacted under Section 19 of Article IV of the California Constitution, if the ordinance allows a remote caller bingo game to be played or conducted only in accordance with this section, including the following requirements:
(1) The game may be conducted only by the following organizations:
(A) An organization that is exempted from the payment of the taxes imposed under the Corporation Tax Law by Section 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, 23701k, 23701l, or 23701w of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(B) A mobilehome park association.
(C) A senior citizens' organization.
(D) Charitable organizations affiliated with a school district.
(2) The organization conducting the game shall have been incorporated or in existence for three years or more.
(3) The organization conducting the game shall be licensed pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 326.5.
(4) The receipts of the game shall be used only for charitable purposes. The organization conducting the game shall determine the disbursement of the net receipts of the game.
(5) The operation of bingo may not be the primary purpose for which the organization is organized.
(c) A city, county, or city and county may adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form to authorize remote caller bingo in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (b):
(1) Nonprofit organizations provide important and essential educational, philanthropic, and social services to the people of the state.
(2) One of the great strengths of California is a vibrant nonprofit sector.
(3) Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations touch the lives of every Californian through service and employment.
(4) Many of these services would not be available if nonprofit organizations did not provide them.
(5) There is a need to provide methods of fundraising to nonprofit organizations to enable them to provide these essential services.
(6) Historically, many nonprofit organizations have used charitable bingo as one of their key fundraising strategies to promote the mission of the charity.
(7) Legislation is needed to provide greater revenues for nonprofit organizations to enable them to fulfill their charitable purposes, and especially to meet their increasing social service obligations.
(8) Legislation is also needed to clarify that existing law requires that all charitable bingo must be played using a tangible card and that the only permissible electronic devices to be used by charitable bingo players are card-minding devices.
(b) Neither the prohibition on gambling in this chapter nor in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to any remote caller bingo game that is played or conducted in a city, county, or city and county pursuant to an ordinance enacted under Section 19 of Article IV of the California Constitution, if the ordinance allows a remote caller bingo game to be played or conducted only in accordance with this section, including the following requirements:
(1) The game may be conducted only by the following organizations:
(A) An organization that is exempted from the payment of the taxes imposed under the Corporation Tax Law by Section 23701a, 23701b, 23701d, 23701e, 23701f, 23701g, 23701k, 23701l, or 23701w of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(B) A mobilehome park association.
(C) A senior citizens' organization.
(D) Charitable organizations affiliated with a school district.
(2) The organization conducting the game shall have been incorporated or in existence for three years or more.
(3) The organization conducting the game shall be licensed pursuant to subdivision (l) of Section 326.5.
(4) The receipts of the game shall be used only for charitable purposes. The organization conducting the game shall determine the disbursement of the net receipts of the game.
(5) The operation of bingo may not be the primary purpose for which the organization is organized.
(c) A city, county, or city and county may adopt an ordinance in substantially the following form to authorize remote caller bingo in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (b):
