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ADDITIONS AND <br /> CHAPTER 62 <br /> RAFFLES <br /> l. DEFINITIONS. Whenever used in this Chapter, the word "Act" shall mean "An Act <br /> to provide for licensing and regulating certain games of chance and amending certain Acts herein <br /> named", Public Act 81-1365, as amended bv Public Act 101-109. Words and phrases used herein <br /> shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Act,unless the context clearly indicates some other <br /> meaning is intended. The word"organization"shall be construed to include an auxiliary or affiliate <br /> of a licensee. <br /> 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSES. The Finance Department shall have the authority to issue <br /> licenses for raffles, as defined in the Act, subject to the limitations stated in Section 3 hereof. <br /> (AMENDED, Ordinance No. 89-42, May 1, 1989) <br /> 3. APPLICATION FOR LICENSE. Licenses for raffles shall be issued only to bona <br /> fide religious,charitable, labor,business,fraternal,educational1 e�veteran's or other bona fide not- <br /> for-profit organizations which are located within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur and <br /> which operate without profit to their members and which have been in existence continuously for <br /> a period of five years immediately before applying for such license and have�during said period <br /> been ' engaged in carrying out their objects, or to a non-profit fundraising <br /> organization that the City Manager determines is organized for the sole purpose of providing <br /> financial assistance to an identified individual or group of individuals suffering extreme financial <br /> hardship as the result of an illness, disability, accident or disaster or to any law enforcement <br /> agencies and Statewide associations that represent law enforcement officials. Application shall be <br /> made in writing, no fewer than ten days before the intended sale of raffle chances, on forms <br />