(a) The commission may license a person who is an authorized organization eligible for a license to conduct bingo if the person is:
(1) a religious society that has existed in this state for at least three years;
(2) a nonprofit organization:
(A) whose predominant activities are for the support of medical research or treatment programs; and
(B) that for at least three years:
(i) must have had a governing body or officers elected by a vote of members or by a vote of delegates elected by the members; or
(ii) must have been affiliated with a state or national organization organized to perform the same purposes as the nonprofit organization;
(3) a fraternal organization;
(4) a veterans organization that has existed in this state for at least three years;
(5) a volunteer fire department that has existed in this state for at least three years; or
(6) a volunteer emergency medical services provider that has existed in this state for at least three years.
(b) A fraternal organization:
(1) must have been organized in this state for at least three years;
(2) must have had during the three-year period a bona fide membership actively and continuously engaged as an organization in furthering its authorized purposes; and
(3) may not have authorized a person on behalf of its membership, governing body, or officers to support or oppose a particular candidate for public office by:
(A) making political speeches;
(B) passing out cards or other political literature;
(C) writing letters;
(D) signing or circulating petitions;
(E) making campaign contributions; or
(F) soliciting votes.