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Statutes > Connecticut > Title7 > Chap098 > Sec7-182

      Sec. 7-182. Report re receipts, number and price of tickets sold, expenses, profit and list of prizes with a retail value of fifty dollars or more. Any sponsoring organization which holds, operates or conducts any bazaar or raffle, and its members who were in charge thereof, shall furnish to the chief of police of the municipality or to the first selectman, as the case may be, a verified statement, in duplicate, showing (1) the amount of the gross receipts derived from each bazaar or raffle, (2) in the case of a raffle, the number and price of tickets sold, (3) each item of expense incurred or paid, and each item of expenditure made or to be made and the name and address of each person to whom each such item has been or is to be paid, (4) the net profit derived from each bazaar or raffle and the uses to which the net profit has been or is to be applied and (5) a list of prizes of a retail value of fifty dollars or more offered or given with the amount paid for each prize purchased or the retail value for each prize donated and the names and addresses of the persons to whom the prizes were given. Such report shall be furnished during the next succeeding month. The chief of police or first selectman, as the case may be, shall forward the original copy of such report to the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue, who shall keep it on file and available for public inspection for a period of one year thereafter. The sponsoring organization shall maintain and keep any books and records that may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of such report, which books and records shall be preserved for at least one year from the date of such report and shall be available for inspection. Such report shall be certified to under penalty of false statement by the three persons designated in the permit application as being responsible for the bazaar or raffle. The report required pursuant to this section for a "Class No. 7" raffle authorized pursuant to section 7-175, shall be submitted to the executive director of the Division of Special Revenue during the next succeeding month following the final prize drawing.

      (1955, S. 303d; 1961, P.A. 115, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 61; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 81-276, S. 2; P.A. 86-419, S. 11, 25; P.A. 89-214, S. 11, 26; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17, S. 8, 59.)

      History: 1961 act provided 90-day instead of 30-day period for filing report and excepted "Class No. 4" permits from required certification of report by accountant; 1971 act substituted "false statement" for "perjury"; P.A. 77-614 substituted commissioner of public safety for commissioner of state police, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 81-276 required quarterly reports at specific times by organizations sponsoring bazaars rather than "within ninety days after the conclusion" of the bazaar or raffle; P.A. 86-419 substituted executive director of division of special revenue for commissioner of public safety, effective October 1, 1987; P.A. 89-214 required reports by sponsoring organizations "during the next succeeding month" rather than quarterly, required police chief or first selectman to forward original copy of report to executive director instead of duplicate and eliminated requirement that accountant certify report in the case of "Class No. 1", "Class No. 2" and "Class No. 3" permits; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17 required that report for a "Class No. 7" raffle be submitted to executive director of division of special revenue during next succeeding month following final prize drawing.