Nebraska Statutes 9-304. Allowable expenses, defined
Allowable expenses shall mean:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 9-304
- Department: shall mean the Department of Revenue. See Nebraska Statutes 9-306
- Designated premises: shall mean one location selected by a licensed organization at which individual pickle cards may be sold as opportunities for participation in a lottery by the sale of pickle cards. See Nebraska Statutes 9-306.01
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- License: shall mean any license to conduct a lottery by the sale of pickle cards as provided in section Nebraska Statutes 9-310
- Licensed organization: shall mean a nonprofit organization or volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad licensed to conduct a lottery by the sale of pickle cards under the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act. See Nebraska Statutes 9-311
- Lottery by the sale of pickle cards: shall mean any gambling scheme in which participants pay or agree to pay something of value for a pickle card. See Nebraska Statutes 9-312
- Member: shall mean a person who has qualified for and been admitted to membership in a licensed organization pursuant to its bylaws, articles of incorporation, charter, rules, or other written statement for purposes other than conducting activities under the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act. See Nebraska Statutes 9-314
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Pickle card: shall mean any disposable card, board, or ticket which accords a person an opportunity to win a cash prize by opening, pulling, detaching, or otherwise removing one or more tabs from the card, board, or ticket to reveal a set of numbers, letters, symbols, or configurations, or any combination thereof, and shall include, but not be limited to, any card known as a pickle ticket, pickle, break-open, pull-tab, pull-tab board, punchboard, seal card, pull card, or any other similar card, board, or ticket which is included under this section, whether referred to by any other name. See Nebraska Statutes 9-315
- Sales agent: shall mean any person who markets, sells, or delivers any pickle card unit on behalf of a licensed organization to any licensed pickle card operator. See Nebraska Statutes 9-320
(1) All costs associated with the purchasing, printing, or manufacturing of any items to be used or distributed to participants;
(2) All office expenses;
(3) All promotional expenses;
(4) All salaries of persons employed to operate the lottery by the sale of pickle cards;
(5) Any rental or lease expense;
(6) Any fee paid to any person associated with the operation of any lottery by the sale of pickle cards, including any commission paid to a sales agent and any expense for which a sales agent is reimbursed;
(7) Any delivery or shipping charge incurred by a licensed organization in connection with the lottery by the sale of pickle cards;
(8) Any license fees paid to the department to license the organization, each utilization-of-funds member, and each sales agent and any pickle card dispensing device registration fees paid to the department to register devices utilized at the licensed organization’s designated premises or its bingo occasions; and
(9) Any pickle card dispensing device repairs or maintenance paid by the licensed organization.