(a) A municipality or qualified organization holding a permit to conduct an activity under this chapter may enter into a contract with an operator licensed under this chapter to conduct on behalf of the municipality or qualified organization those activities permitted under the authority of the permit.
(b) The contract between an authorizing permittee and an operator must include the amount and form of compensation to be paid to the operator, the term of the contract, the activities to be conducted by the operator on behalf of the permittee, the location where the activities are to be conducted, the name and address of the member in charge, and other provisions the department may require.
(c) A permittee may not contract with more than one operator at a time to conduct the same type of activity. For the purposes of this subsection, bingo games, raffles, lotteries, pull-tab games, ice classics, race classics, rain classics, goose classics, mercury classics, deep freeze classics, canned salmon classics, salmon classics, king salmon classics, dog mushers' contests, snow classics, snow machine classics, fish derbies, animal classics, crane classics, cabbage classics, big bull moose derbies, and contests of skill are each a different type of activity.
(d) A permittee shall submit by certified mail to the department for approval a copy of each contract with an operator with whom the permittee contracts to conduct activities subject to this chapter. The contract must meet the requirements of this section. The department shall approve or disapprove the contract. If the contract is disapproved, reasons for the disapproval shall be provided in writing to the permittee. Activities may not be conducted under the contract before the contract is approved. Subsequent amendments to an approved contract do not take effect until the amendments are approved by the department.