(1) No person shall sell, offer to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise furnish charitable gaming supplies or equipment unless the person is licensed by the department as a distributor. The department shall charge a license fee not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(2) No person shall sell, offer to sell, rent, lease, or otherwise furnish charitable gaming supplies and equipment unless the person is licensed by the department as a manufacturer. The department shall charge a license fee not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 238.530

  • Affiliate: means any corporation, partnership, association, or other business or professional entity or any natural person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with a licensed manufacturer, distributor, or charitable gaming facility. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Charitable gaming: means bingo, charity game tickets, raffles, and charity fundraising events conducted for fundraising purposes by charitable organizations licensed and regulated under the provisions of this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Charitable gaming facility: means the premises on which charitable gaming is conducted. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Charitable gaming supplies and equipment: means any material, device, apparatus, or paraphernalia customarily used in the conduct of charitable gaming, including bingo cards and paper, charity game tickets, and other apparatus or paraphernalia used in conducting games of chance at charity fundraising events subject to regulation under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Charitable organization: means a nonprofit entity organized for charitable, religious, educational, literary, civic, fraternal, or patriotic purposes. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Department: means the Department of Charitable Gaming within the Public
    Protection Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Distributor: means a person who sells, markets, leases, or otherwise furnishes to a charitable organization charitable gaming equipment or supplies, or both, used in the conduct of charitable gaming. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Immediate family: means :
    (a) Spouse and parents-in-law. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • 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
  • Manufacturer: means a person who assembles from raw materials or subparts any charitable gaming equipment or supplies used in the conduct of charitable gaming, including a person who converts, modifies, and adds to or removes parts from, charitable gaming equipment and supplies. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Net receipts: means adjusted gross receipts less all expenses, charges, fees, and deductions authorized under this chapter. See Kentucky Statutes 238.505
  • Owner: when applied to any animal, means any person having a property interest in such animal. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Sworn: includes "affirmed" in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) No person who is licensed as a charitable organization, and no owner, officer, employee, or member of the immediate family of an owner, officer, or employee of a licensed charitable gaming facility shall be eligible for licensure as a distributor or manufacturer. No affiliate of an owner, officer, or employee, or member of the immediate family of an owner, officer, or employee of a licensed charitable gaming facility shall be licensed as a distributor or manufacturer. No person who is a licensed wholesaler or distributor of alcoholic beverages shall be licensed as a distributor or manufacturer. No person who is licensed as a distributor shall be licensed as a manufacturer, and no person licensed as a manufacturer shall be licensed as a distributor.
(4) An applicant for a license as a manufacturer or distributor shall apply for license on forms provided by the department and shall submit as part of the application process the following:
(a) The full name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number of the applicant;
(b) If the applicant is a corporation or other business entity, the names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers of all officers and management personnel;
(c) The name, address, date of birth, and Social Security number of any individual who has ten percent (10%) or more financial interest in the applicant organization;
(d) Federal employer tax number;
(e) A sworn statement by the applicant or the appropriate officer that all information provided is true and correct and that the applicant agrees to comply with the applicable provisions of this chapter and all applicable administrative regulations promulgated thereunder;
(f) The name, address, and telephone number of a registered agent within the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, if the applicant is not a resident; and
(g) Any other information the department deems appropriate.
(5) Each licensed manufacturer and distributor shall maintain a complete set of records as may be required by the department to document all activities related to the sale, rental, lease, or furnishing of charitable gaming supplies and equipment in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. These records shall be available for inspection by the
department at reasonable times, and all records shall be maintained for a minimum of three (3) years. The department may require a licensed manufacturer and distributor to report on its activity, with the content and frequency of these reports to be prescribed by administrative regulation promulgated by the department.
(6) A distributor who does not receive payment in accordance with the terms of its sales or lease agreement from a licensed charitable organization within thirty (30) days of the delivery of charitable gaming supplies and equipment shall notify the department of the delinquency in writing in a form and manner prescribed by the department. A manufacturer who does not receive payment in full from a distributor within sixty (60) days of the delivery of charitable gaming supplies and equipment shall notify the department of the delinquency in writing in a form and manner prescribed by the department.
(7) A licensed manufacturer shall not sell charitable gaming supplies and equipment to any person not licensed as a distributor in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(8) A licensed distributor shall not sell charitable gaming supplies and equipment to any person not licensed as a distributor or a charitable organization in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, unless the organization is exempted from licensure under the provisions of this chapter.
(9) A licensed distributor shall not purchase charitable gaming supplies and equipment from any person not licensed as a manufacturer or distributor in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(10) No officer, owner, employee, or contractee of a licensed distributor or licensed manufacturer or their affiliates and no member of the immediate family of an owner, officer, employee, or contractee of a licensed distributor or licensed manufacturer or their affiliates, shall, with respect to a licensed charitable organization:
(a) Manage or otherwise be involved in the conduct of charitable gaming;
(b) Provide bookkeeping or other accounting services related to the conduct of charitable gaming;
(c) Handle any moneys generated in the conduct of charitable gaming;
(d) Advise a licensed charitable organization on the expenditure of net receipts;
(e) Provide transportation services in any manner to patrons of a charitable gaming activity;
(f) Provide advertisement or marketing services in any manner to a licensed charitable organization;
(g) Provide, coordinate, or solicit the services of personnel or volunteers in any manner;
(h) Provide training or consulting on the conduct of charitable gaming, except in connection with the use of its own equipment or supplies;
(i) Store its charitable gaming equipment or supplies in or on the premises of a licensed charitable gaming facility; or
(j) Donate or give any prize to be awarded in the conduct of charitable gaming.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 539, effective July 15, 2010. — Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 374, sec. 7, effective July 14, 2000. — Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch.
232, sec. 5, effective April 1, 1998. — Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 331, sec. 6, effective April 10, 1996. — Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 7, effective March 16,
1994.