SB628,6,2423 b. On more than one day if the organization distributes tickets to purchasers
24only at the event at which the drawing will take place.
SB628,23 25Section 23. 563.92 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,7,10
1563.92 (2) The fee for a raffle license shall be $25 and shall be remitted with
2the application. A raffle license shall be valid for 12 months and may be renewed as
3provided in s. 563.98 (1g). The department shall issue the license within 30 days
4after the filing of an a complete application if the applicant qualifies under s. 563.90
5and has not exceeded the limits of s. 563.91. The department shall notify the
6applicant if the raffle license application is incomplete within 15 days after it is filed
7or the application shall be considered complete. A complete license application that
8is not denied within 30 days after its filing shall be considered approved.
All moneys
9received by the department under this subsection shall be credited to the
10appropriation account under s. 20.505 (8) (j).
SB628,24 11Section 24. 563.92 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,7,1512 563.92 (4) Proceedings to The department may conduct proceedings to suspend
13or revoke a an organization's license to conduct raffles shall be initiated by the
14department pursuant to the rules promulgated under s. 563.05 (4)
for failing to
15comply with the requirements of this subchapter
.
SB628,25 16Section 25. 563.925 of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,7,19 17563.925 Liability. (1) With respect to a raffle conducted under a Class A
18license, the department shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute
19regarding the ownership or sale of a share of a ticket under s. 563.93 (3i).
SB628,7,23 20(2) The department and the organization conducting a raffle under a Class B
21license shall not be held responsible or liable in any dispute regarding the ownership
22of a ticket if the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to another person to claim a
23prize on behalf of the purchaser under s. 563.935 (6) (a).
SB628,26 24Section 26. 563.93 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (1m), and 563.93
25(1m) (intro.), (e) and (f), as renumbered, are amended to read:
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1563.93 (1m) (intro.) All raffle tickets and all calendars shall be identical in form
2and include:
SB628,8,33 (e) The date, time, and place of the each drawing or drawings.
SB628,8,54 (f) A list of each prize to be awarded which that has a retail fair market value
5of $500 $1,000 or more.
SB628,27 6Section 27. 563.93 (1s) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (e) and
7amended to read:
SB628,8,128 563.93 (2g) (e) Each raffle ticket and each calendar sold by an organization
9shall include a separate
Print an identification number, printed on both the
10purchaser's and the organization's portion of the ticket or calendar ,. The tickets or
11calendars shall be
numbered consecutively in relation to the other tickets or
12calendars for the same drawing.
SB628,28 13Section 28. 563.93 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,29 14Section 29. 563.93 (2g) (intro.), (a), (b), (g) and (h) of the statutes are created
15to read:
SB628,8,1716 563.93 (2g) (intro.) An organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A raffle
17license shall do all of the following:
SB628,8,2018 (a) Prominently display, at each place where tickets may be purchased, a notice
19describing any state or federal law that imposes an age restriction on who may
20possess a prize that will be awarded in the raffle.
SB628,8,2321 (b) Make a good faith effort to award all of the prizes offered for a raffle. If the
22organization is unable to award a prize, it may hold the prize and use it for future
23fund-raising purposes.
SB628,8,2524 (g) Place the organization's portion of the ticket or calendar in the drawing
25container prior to the time of the drawing.
SB628,9,3
1(h) Retain the organization's portion of each ticket or calendar sold for one year
2after the date on which the drawing is held and provide any of these portions to the
3department upon request.
SB628,30 4Section 30. 563.93 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,31 5Section 31. 563.93 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,9,76 563.93 (2r) An organization that conducts a calendar raffle shall do all of the
7following:
SB628,9,98 (a) Print identical drawing dates and identical prize amounts for each drawing
9on every calendar sold.
SB628,9,1110 (b) After holding a drawing, replace the winning tickets into the container to
11allow the purchasers the chance to win again in subsequent drawings.
SB628,32 12Section 32. 563.93 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (1e) and amended
13to read:
SB628,9,1514 563.93 (1e) No person may sell a raffle ticket or calendar unless authorized by
15an organization with a Class A license.
SB628,33 16Section 33. 563.93 (3e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,9,1817 563.93 (3e) An organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A raffle license
18may not do any of the following:
SB628,9,2019 (a) Permit another organization or individual to use its license to conduct a
20raffle.
SB628,9,2121 (b) Resell a ticket or calendar.
SB628,34 22Section 34. 563.93 (3i) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,9,2423 563.93 (3i) An organization conducting a raffle under a Class A license may not
24sell equal shares of a ticket unless all of the following apply:
SB628,9,2525 (a) The organization does not sell more than 4 equal shares of one ticket.
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1(b) The organization does not offer a price discount to the purchaser of more
2than one share of a ticket.
SB628,10,43 (c) Each share of a ticket is identical in form to other shares and includes the
4organization's portion and the purchaser's portion.
SB628,10,65 (d) Each purchaser's portion of a share of a ticket includes all of the information
6required under subs. (1m) (a), (b), (c), (e), and (f) and (2g) (e).
SB628,10,107 (e) Each organization's portion of a share of a ticket includes the ticket
8identification number, an identification letter for each share of the ticket, and a place
9for the purchaser to enter the purchaser's name and address next to the share
10identification letter.
SB628,10,1211 (f) Each prize is in the form of cash or a number of items that is equally divisible
12by the maximum allowable number of shares of a ticket.
SB628,10,1413 (g) The organization directly delivers to each holder of a share of a winning
14ticket his or her share of the prize.
SB628,35 15Section 35. 563.93 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,10,1716 563.93 (3m) An organization that conducts a calendar raffle may not do any
17of the following:
SB628,10,1818 (a) Sell any calendars after holding the first drawing.
SB628,10,2019 (b) Change the dates of any drawings or the amounts of any prizes designated
20on the calendar after the first calendar is sold.
SB628,36 21Section 36. 563.93 (4) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (3e) (c) and
22amended to read:
SB628,10,2423 563.93 (3e) (c) Except as provided in par. (b), Offer tickets for a proposed raffle
24may not be offered for sale more than 270 days one year before the raffle drawing.
SB628,37 25Section 37. 563.93 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,38
1Section 38. 563.93 (4m) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (c) and
2amended to read:
SB628,11,63 563.93 (2g) (c) The organization that conducts a raffle under a Class A license
4shall provide
Provide the purchaser of a raffle ticket or calendar with the purchaser's
5portion of the ticket or calendar at the time of purchase or at any time before the raffle
6drawing, but need not provide it to the purchaser at the time of purchase.
SB628,39 7Section 39. 563.93 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (d) and
8amended to read:
SB628,11,99 563.93 (2g) (d) All Hold all raffle drawings shall be held in public.
SB628,40 10Section 40. 563.93 (6) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (3e) (d) and
11amended to read:
SB628,11,1312 563.93 (3e) (d) All prizes shall be awarded. The Require the purchaser of a
13ticket or calendar need not to be present at the drawing to win a prize.
SB628,41 14Section 41. 563.93 (7) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (2g) (f) and
15amended to read:
SB628,11,2116 563.93 (2g) (f) If a raffle drawing is canceled, the organization shall refund
17Refund the raffle drawing receipts to the ticket or calendar purchasers if a raffle
18drawing is canceled. The organization may not deduct from the refund a handling
19charge or other amount relating to the expense incurred in the sale of a ticket or
20calendar. The organization may not reclaim any prize awarded in a drawing that has
21already been held at the time a calendar raffle is canceled
.
SB628,42 22Section 42. 563.93 (8) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,43 23Section 43. 563.93 (9) of the statutes is renumbered 563.93 (3i) (h) and
24amended to read:
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1563.93 (3i) (h) If a person who holds a Class A license sells equal shares of a
2single ticket to one or more purchasers, the person shall, prior
The organization
3purchases, prior
to the a raffle drawing for which the shares were of tickets have been
4sold, purchase any unsold shares of the ticket that have not tickets of which one or
5more shares have
been sold.
SB628,44 6Section 44. 563.935 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,12,77 563.935 (1) All raffle tickets shall be identical in form.
SB628,45 8Section 45. 563.935 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,12,129 563.935 (1m) If state or federal law places an age restriction on who may
10possess any prize that will be awarded for a raffle, the organization conducting the
11raffle shall prominently display a notice describing the restriction at each place
12where tickets may be purchased.
SB628,46 13Section 46. 563.935 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,47 14Section 47. 563.935 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,12,1615 563.935 (4) No person may sell a raffle ticket unless authorized by an
16organization with a Class B license.
SB628,48 17Section 48. 563.935 (6) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,12,2418 563.935 (6) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the purchaser of a ticket must be
19present at the drawing to win a prize, unless the purchaser gives the ticket to another
20person who may claim the prize on behalf of the purchaser, but only if that other
21person is present at the drawing. If the purchaser of the ticket gives the ticket to
22another person to claim a prize on behalf of the purchaser, the organization
23conducting the raffle and the department shall not be held responsible or liable in
24any dispute regarding the ownership of the ticket.
SB628,49 25Section 49. 563.935 (10) (intro.) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,50
1Section 50. 563.935 (10) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 563.92 (1m) (c) 1.
2a. and amended to read:
SB628,13,53 563.92 (1m) (c) 1. a. More than one drawing is One or more drawings are held
4and one or more than one prize is prizes are awarded on the same date and at the
5same location.
SB628,51 6Section 51. 563.935 (10) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 563.92 (1m) (c) 1.
7b. and amended to read:
SB628,13,98 563.92 (1m) (c) 1. b. Drawings A drawing for each prize or group of prizes are
9is made from a container specific to each prize or group of prizes.
SB628,52 10Section 52. 563.935 (10) (c) of the statutes is renumbered 563.92 (1m) (c) 1.
11c. and amended to read:
SB628,13,1312 563.92 (1m) (c) 1. c. The raffle ticket purchaser places his or her ticket in the
13container of his or her choice.
SB628,53 14Section 53. 563.94 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,13,19 15563.94 Profits. All profits from raffles shall be used by the organization
16conducting the raffles to further the organization's purpose for existence and no
17salaries, fees or profit shall be paid to any other organization or individual in
18connection with the operation of a raffle. This section does not prohibit the printing
19of raffle tickets or calendars or the purchase of equipment or prizes for a raffle.
SB628,54 20Section 54. 563.95 of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,14,5 21563.95 Denial of application; hearing. Within 30 days after receiving
22written notification of a denial by the department of a license to conduct a raffle, an
23applicant may demand in writing a hearing before the department upon the
24applicant's qualifications and the merit of the application. At the hearing, the
25burden of proof shall be on the applicant to establish eligibility for a license.
If, after

1the hearing, the department enters an order denying the application, the order shall
2set forth in detail the reasons for the denial. Upon entry of such an order or upon
3expiration of the 30-day period during which a hearing may be demanded, the
4applicant's license fee shall be refunded. If the department approves the application,
5the department shall issue the license within 14 days after approval.
SB628,55 6Section 55. 563.97 of the statutes is renumbered 563.97 (1) and amended to
7read:
SB628,14,128 563.97 (1) Each organization licensed to conduct raffles shall maintain a list
9of the names and addresses of all persons winning prizes with a retail fair market
10value of $100 $600 or more, and the prizes won, for at least 12 months after each
11raffle is conducted. The list shall be available at reasonable times for public
12examination and shall be provided to the department upon request.
SB628,56 13Section 56. 563.97 (2) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,14,1614 563.97 (2) An organization licensed to conduct raffles shall keep an electronic
15or paper copy of its license that is available for any person to inspect upon request
16at the event during which a drawing is held.
SB628,57 17Section 57. 563.98 (1) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB628,14,2318 563.98 (1) (intro.) Each organization licensed under this subchapter shall, on
19or before the last day of the 12th month beginning after the date on which the license
20is issued and on or before that same date in each subsequent year, prepare and make
21available for inspection a
report containing the following information in writing to
22the department
regarding the raffles which that it has conducted during the previous
2312 months
:
SB628,58 24Section 58. 563.98 (1) (e) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,59 25Section 59. 563.98 (1c) of the statutes is repealed.
SB628,60
1Section 60. 563.98 (1e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB628,15,32 563.98 (1e) The department shall request a copy of a report prepared under
3sub. (1) only upon the receipt of a complaint regarding the conduct of a raffle.
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