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366 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 9-201 to 9-266 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Bingo Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-202 Purpose and intent.
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(1) The purpose of the Nebraska Bingo Act is to protect the health and welfare of the public, to protect the economic welfare and interest in the fair play of bingo, to insure that the gross receipts derived from the conduct of bingo are accurately reported in order that their re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-203 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Bingo Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 9-204 to 9-225.02 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-204 Bingo, defined.
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(1) Bingo means that form of gambling in which: (a) The winning numbers or song titles, musical artists, or music genres are determined by random selection from a pool of seventy-five or ninety numbered designators or song titles, musical artists, or music genres; and (b) A playe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-204.01 Bingo card, defined.
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Bingo card means: (1) In the case of seventy-five-number bingo, a disposable paper bingo card, a facsimile of a bingo card electronically displayed on a bingo card monitoring device, or a reusable hard bingo card or shutter card, which has letters and numbers preprinted or predet…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-204.02 Bingo chairperson, defined.
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Bingo chairperson shall mean one individual member of a licensed organization who is designated as responsible for overseeing the organization's bingo activities.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-204.03 Bingo equipment, defined.
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Bingo equipment shall mean all devices, machines, and parts used in and which are an integral part of the conduct of bingo, including, but not limited to, bingo cards, disposable paper bingo cards, bingo balls, bingo blower devices, and computerized accounting systems.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-204.04 Bingo card monitoring device, defined.
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Bingo card monitoring device means a technological aid which allows a bingo player to automatically or manually enter bingo numbers or song titles, musical artists, or music genres as they are announced at a bingo occasion and which enters or otherwise conceals those numbers or s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-205 Bingo occasion, defined.
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Bingo occasion shall mean a single gathering or session at which a bingo game or series of successive bingo games are played.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-206 Bingo supplies, defined.
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Bingo supplies shall mean any items other than bingo equipment which may be used by a player to assist in the playing of bingo, including, but not limited to, daubers, chips, and glue sticks.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-207 Cancel, defined.
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Cancel shall mean to discontinue all rights and privileges to hold a license or permit for up to three years.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-207.01 Commercial lessor, defined.
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Commercial lessor shall mean a person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or organization which owns or is a lessee of premises which are offered for leasing to a licensed organization on which bingo is or will be conducted.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-208 Department, defined.
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Department shall mean the Department of Revenue.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-209 Distributor, defined.
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Distributor shall mean any person who purchases or otherwise obtains bingo equipment from a licensed manufacturer to sell, lease, distribute, or otherwise provide in this state to a licensed organization or licensed commercial lessor for use in a bingo occasion regulated by the N…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-209.01 Gaming manager, defined.
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Gaming manager shall mean any person who is licensed by a Class II bingo licensee to be responsible for the supervision and operation of all gaming activities authorized and regulated under Chapter 9 which are conducted at the bingo occasions of a Class II bingo licensee.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-209.02 Excursion or dinner train, defined.
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Excursion or dinner train shall mean a train which has all of its passengers board and depart from the same location and is operated for trips of short duration for sightseeing, dining, entertainment, or other recreational purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-210 Gross receipts, defined.
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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.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-211 Lawful purpose, defined.
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(1) Lawful purpose, for a licensed organization or a qualifying nonprofit organization making a donation of its profits derived from the conduct of bingo solely for its own organization, shall mean donating such profits for any activity which benefits and is conducted by the orga…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-212 License, defined.
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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 9-232.01, any manufacturer's license as provided in section 9-255.09, any distributor's license as provided in section 9-255.07, any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-213 Licensed organization, defined.
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Licensed organization shall mean a nonprofit organization or volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad licensed to conduct bingo under the Nebraska Bingo Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-214 Limited period bingo, defined.
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Limited period bingo shall mean a bingo occasion, authorized by the department to be conducted, which is in addition to a licensed organization's regularly scheduled bingo occasions.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-214.01 Manufacturer, defined.
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(1) Manufacturer shall mean any person who assembles, produces, makes, or prints any bingo equipment. (2) Manufacturer shall not mean or include a licensed distributor who places, finishes, or configures disposable paper bingo cards, which have been produced by a licensed manufac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-215 Member, defined.
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Member shall mean a person who has qualified for and been admitted to membership in a licensed organization pursuant to its bylaws, articles of incorporation, charter, rules, or other written statement for purposes other than conducting activities under the Nebraska Bingo Act. Me…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-215.01 Permit, defined.
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Permit shall mean a special event bingo permit as provided in section 9-230.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-216 Premises, defined.
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Premises shall mean a building, a distinct portion of a building, or a railroad coach car of an excursion or dinner train in which bingo is being played and shall not include any area of land surrounding the building or excursion or dinner train. No premises shall be subdivided t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-217 Profit, defined.
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Profit shall mean the gross receipts collected from one or more bingo games, less reasonable sums necessarily and actually expended for prizes, taxes, license and permit fees, bingo equipment, the cost of renting or leasing a premises for the conduct of bingo, and other allowable…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-217.01 Qualifying nonprofit organization, defined.
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(1) Qualifying nonprofit organization, for the purpose of special event bingo, shall mean a nonprofit organization: (a) Which holds a certificate of exemption under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code or the major activities of which, exclusive of conducting gaming activitie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-220 Revoke, defined.
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Revoke shall mean to permanently void and recall all rights and privileges of an organization or a person to obtain a license or a permit.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-224 Special event bingo, defined.
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Special event bingo shall mean the conduct of bingo as provided in section 9-230.01 by a qualifying nonprofit organization in conjunction with a special event.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-225 Suspend, defined.
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Suspend shall mean to cause a temporary interruption of all rights and privileges of a license or the renewal thereof and all rights and privileges to obtain a permit.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-225.01 Utilization-of-funds member, defined.
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Utilization-of-funds member shall mean a member of the organization who shall be responsible for the proper utilization of the gross receipts derived from the conduct of bingo by the licensed organization.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-225.02 Volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad, defined.
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Volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad shall mean a volunteer association or organization serving any city, village, county, township, or rural or suburban fire protection district in Nebraska by providing fire protection or emergency…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-226 Department; powers, functions, and duties.
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The department shall have the following powers, functions, and duties: (1) To issue licenses, temporary licenses, and permits; (2) To deny any license or permit application or renewal license application for cause. Cause for denial of an application or renewal of a license shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-226.01 Denial of application; procedure.
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(1) Before any application is denied pursuant to section 9-226, the department shall notify the applicant in writing by mail of the department's intention to deny the application and the reasons for the denial. Such notice shall inform the applicant of his or her right to request…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-226.02 Administrative fines; disposition; collection.
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(1) All money collected by the department as an administrative fine shall be remitted on a monthly basis to the State Treasurer for credit to the permanent school fund. (2) Any administrative fine levied under section 9-226 and unpaid shall constitute a debt to the State of Nebra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-227 Suspension of license or permit; limitation; procedure.
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(1) The Tax Commissioner may suspend any license or permit, except that no order to suspend any license or permit shall be issued unless the department determines that the licensee or permittee is not operating in accordance with the purposes and intent of the Nebraska Bingo Act,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-228 Hearing; required; when; notice.
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Before the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any rule or regulation, the suspension, revocation, or cancellation of any license or permit, or the levying of any administrative fine pursuant to section 9-226, the department shall set the matter for hearing. Such suspension, revoca…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-229 Proceeding before department; service; security; appeal.
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(1) A copy of the order or decision of the department in any proceeding before it, certified under the seal of the department, shall be served upon each party of record to the proceeding before the department. Service upon any attorney of record for any such party shall be deemed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-230 Operation without license; public nuisance; penalties.
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No person, except a licensed organization or qualifying nonprofit organization operating pursuant to the Nebraska Bingo Act, shall conduct any game of bingo for which a charge is made, and no person except a licensed organization shall award any prize with a value in excess of fi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-230.01 Special event bingo; permit; application; form; fee; issuance; restrictions.
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(1) A qualifying nonprofit organization may apply to the department for a permit to conduct a special event bingo in conjunction with a special event at which bingo is not the primary function. Such special event bingo shall be exempt from (a) the licensing requirements found in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-231 License; qualified applicants.
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(1) Any nonprofit organization holding a certificate of exemption under section 501(c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(5), (c)(8), (c)(10), or (c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code or any volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad may apply for a license …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-232.01 License; application; contents; restrictions on conduct of bingo; gaming manager license; fee; utilization-of-funds member; license.
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(1) Each organization applying for a license to conduct bingo shall file with the department an application on a form prescribed by the department. Each application shall include: (a) The name and address of the applicant organization; (b) Sufficient facts relating to the incorpo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-232.02 Licenses; renewal; procedure; fee.
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(1) All licenses to conduct bingo and licenses issued to utilization-of-funds members, gaming managers, or commercial lessors shall expire as provided in this section and may be renewed biennially. An application for license renewal shall be submitted at least forty-five days pri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-232.03 Limited period bingo; authorization.
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A licensed organization may request authorization from the department to conduct a limited period bingo. A licensed organization may conduct no more than four limited period bingos with an aggregate total of no more than twelve days in any twelve-month period commencing October 1…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-233 Licenses; classes; fees.
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(1) The department may issue an applicant organization one of the following classes of bingo licenses: (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 co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-237 Information; copies; with whom filed.
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A copy of all information filed with the department pursuant to section 9-232.01 shall also be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the bingo is to be conducted, and if the bingo is conducted within the limits of an incorporated city or village, a copy shall also be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-239 Bingo; taxation.
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(1) The department shall collect a state tax of three percent on the gross receipts received from the conducting of bingo within the state. The tax shall be remitted to the department. The department shall remit the tax to the State Treasurer for credit to the Charitable Gaming O…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-240 Tax; deficiency; interest; penalty.
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All deficiencies of the tax prescribed in subsection (1) of section 9-239 shall accrue interest and be subject to a penalty as provided for sales and use taxes in the Nebraska Revenue Act of 1967.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-241.01 Conduct of bingo; authorized location.
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A licensed organization shall conduct bingo only within the county in which the licensed organization has its principal office.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-241.02 Bingo occasion; restrictions; exceptions.
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(1) A licensed organization shall not hold more than ten bingo occasions per calendar month nor shall a licensed organization use any premises more than two times per calendar week for the conduct of bingo. (2) No bingo occasion, except for a limited period bingo or a special eve…