Organizations exempted from payment of the California Bank and Corporations Tax by Sections 23701(a), 23701(b), 23701(d), 23701(e), 23701(f), 23701(g), 23701(i) of the Revenue and Taxation Code, mobile home park associations and senior citizens organizations shall be authorized to conduct bingo games within the unincorporated area of the county of Lassen subject to the conditions of § 236.5 of the Penal Code and this chapter.
(Ord. 443 § 2, 1980)
Any organization described in Section 5.14.010 desiring to conduct bingo games pursuant to this chapter shall make written application for a license therefor to the Lassen county sheriff upon such form as he may require, listing the names and addresses of all persons who will participate in the conduct and operation of the bingo game. The sheriff shall, upon payment of such license fee as the board of supervisors may from time to time set by resolution, make an investigation (which may include, without limitation, verification that each person to be listed upon the license is a qualified member of the applicant organization and has not been stricken from the list of participating persons upon any license issued by the sheriff) to determine that the applicant is eligible to receive or maintain such license, and upon a favorable determination thereof shall issue a license to conduct bingo games which shall list each person who will participate in the conduct and operation thereof, valid for one year from date of issue. The procedure for renewal of a license shall be identical to that upon application for an original license. In the event an application for a license is denied, one-half of the license fee paid shall be refunded.
(Ord. 443 § 2, 1980)
All bingo games authorized under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance therewith and subject to the provisions of Penal Code § 326.5.
(a) 
All such bingo games shall be conducted only upon property owned or leased by the conducting organization and used by such organization for an office or for performance of the purposes for which the organization is formed.
(b) 
All such bingo games shall be open to the public and not just to the members of the conducting organization, except that no minor shall be allowed to participate in any such bingo game.
(c) 
The conducting organization shall operate and staff such bingo game exclusively with its members, who shall not receive a profit, wage or salary therefrom.
(d) 
The conducting organization shall not cause or allow persons not listed upon its license to participate in the operation, promotion or supervision of any such game.
(e) 
The proceeds of such games shall be used only for charitable purposes.
(Ord. 443 § 2, 1980)
If any person listed upon a license shall be convicted of a violation of any provision of Penal Code § 326.5, the sheriff may, upon ten days notice to licensee, revoke the license of the organization which lists the name of the person so convicted; provided, that such organization may strike from its license the name of the offending member, who shall not thereafter participate in the conduct, operation or promotion of such bingo games. In the event a licensee organization shall violate any provision of Section 5.14.030, or lose the qualifications for eligibility as an authorized organization under Section 5.14.010, or in the event two or more listed participants on its license shall be convicted of a violation of Penal Code § 326.5, the sheriff shall give such licensee written notice of his intent to revoke such license at the expiration of ten days from the date of notice, and the reasons therefor. The licensee may, within the period, appear before the sheriff and show good cause why such license should not be revoked. If upon such showing the sheriff, in his sole discretion, is satisfied that the violation is not likely to reoccur, he may rescind his notice of intended revocation. If he is not so satisfied, he shall immediately revoke the license. No part of the license fee shall be refunded to a licensee whose license has been revoked.
(Ord. 443 § 2, 1980)