Nebraska Statutes 9-233. Licenses; classes; fees
(1) The department may issue an applicant organization one of the following classes of bingo licenses:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 9-233
- Bingo: shall mean that form of gambling in which:
(a) The winning numbers are determined by random selection from a pool of seventy-five or ninety numbered designators. See Nebraska Statutes 9-204
- Bingo occasion: shall mean a single gathering or session at which a bingo game or series of successive bingo games are played. See Nebraska Statutes 9-205
- Department: shall mean the Department of Revenue. See Nebraska Statutes 9-208
- Gross receipts: shall mean the total receipts received from admissions to the premises where bingo is conducted, when such admissions are directly related to the participation in bingo, and from the sale, rental, or use of all bingo cards. See Nebraska Statutes 9-210
- License: shall mean any license to conduct bingo as provided in section 9-233, any license for a utilization-of-funds member as provided in section 9-232. See Nebraska Statutes 9-212
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(a) A Class I license which shall include organizations with gross receipts from the conduct of bingo which are less than one hundred thousand dollars per twelve-month period commencing October 1 of each year or such other date as the department may prescribe by rule and regulation; or
(b) A Class II license which shall include organizations with gross receipts from the conduct of bingo equal to or greater than one hundred thousand dollars per twelve-month period commencing October 1 of each year or such other date as the department may prescribe by rule and regulation.
(2) For purposes of this section, when bingo occasions are conducted on a joint basis by two or more licensed organizations, the class of license required shall be determined based upon the combined gross receipts of all licensed organizations involved in the conduct of the bingo occasion.
(3) A biennial fee of thirty dollars shall be charged for a Class I license, and a biennial fee of one hundred dollars shall be charged for a Class II license.
(4) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to establish reporting requirements for each class of license issued.