Any sponsoring organization that holds, operates or conducts any bazaar or raffle, and its members who were in charge thereof, shall furnish to the municipal official, as defined in subsection (a) of section 7-181, a report 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 municipal official shall keep such report 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.
(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; P.A. 11-8, S. 5; 11-51, S. 182; P.A. 14-24, S. 4; P.A. 17-231, S. 13.)
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; P.A. 11-8 substituted “chief executive officer” for “first selectman” and made technical changes, effective May 24, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “executive director of the Division of Special Revenue” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Consumer Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-24 replaced provision re report to be furnished to chief of police or chief executive officer in duplicate with provision re report to be furnished to Commissioner of Consumer Protection, deleted provision re “Class No. 7” raffle report and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 17-231 substituted municipal official for Commissioner of Consumer Protection, substituted report for verified statement and made a conforming change, effective January 1, 2018.