Nebraska Statutes 9-328. Licenses; renewal; application; requirements; classes; fees
(1) All licenses to conduct a lottery by the sale of pickle cards and licenses issued to utilization-of-funds members shall expire as provided in this section and may be renewed biennially. An application for license renewal shall be submitted to the department at least forty-five days prior to the expiration date of the license unless such application only pertains to the conduct of a lottery by the sale of pickle cards at a special function as provided in section 9-345.01.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 9-328
- Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Premises: shall mean a building or a distinct portion of a building and shall not include any area of land surrounding the building. See Nebraska Statutes 9-317.01
- 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
- Utilization-of-funds member: shall mean a member of the organization who shall be responsible for supervising the conduct of the lottery by the sale of pickle cards and for the proper utilization of the gross proceeds derived from the conduct of the lottery by the sale of pickle cards. See Nebraska Statutes 9-321.02
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2) A license to conduct a lottery by the sale of pickle cards issued to a nonprofit organization holding a certificate of exemption under section 501(c)(3) or (c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and any license issued to a utilization-of-funds member for such nonprofit organization shall expire on September 30 of each odd-numbered year or on such other date as the department may prescribe by rule and regulation.
(3) A license to conduct a lottery by the sale of pickle cards issued to a nonprofit organization holding a certificate of exemption under section 501(c)(5), (c)(7), (c)(8), (c)(10), or (c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code or any volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad and any license issued to a utilization-of-funds member for such nonprofit organization or volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad shall expire on September 30 of each even-numbered year or on such other date as the department may prescribe by rule and regulation.
(4) The department shall establish classes of licenses for licensed organizations based upon the manner in which the licensed organization intends to sell the pickle cards. The classes shall include:
(a) Class I licenses which shall include organizations which sell individual pickle cards only at the organization’s designated premises and at the organization’s licensed regularly scheduled bingo occasions pursuant to the Nebraska Bingo Act; and
(b) Class II licenses which shall include organizations which sell the pickle cards on the premises of one or more licensed pickle card operators.
A licensed organization holding a Class II license shall be required to market and deliver its pickle cards by a licensed sales agent.
(5) A biennial license fee of two hundred dollars shall be charged for each Class I license, three hundred dollars for each Class II license, and forty dollars for a license for each utilization-of-funds member.
(6) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations establishing reporting requirements for each class of license.