563.04 General duties of the department. The department shall:
(2) Conduct hearings on the suspension or revocation of a license for violation of this chapter or any applicable rules promulgated under it.
(3) Promulgate rules under ch. 227 relating to the issuance, renewal, amendment, suspension, and revocation of bingo licenses and the conduct of bingo under this chapter.
(4) Approve and establish a standard set of bingo cards comprising a consecutively numbered series and prescribe by rule the manner in which such cards are to be reproduced and distributed to a licensed organization.
(5) Prescribe appropriate forms necessary to carry out this chapter.
(6) Issue, renew and amend licenses:
(a) To organizations to conduct bingo.
(b) To the member designated by the organization who is responsible for the gross receipts.
(7) Issue and renew licenses to suppliers of bingo supplies and equipment.
(8) Have power to temporarily suspend any license.
(10) Refer for investigation potential or actual violations of this chapter and rules promulgated under it to the district attorney of the county in which a bingo occasion will be or was held.
(13) Establish the style, content and format of all licenses issued under this chapter.
History: 1973 c. 156; 1979 c. 34 ss. 1000, 2100 (45) (a); 1989 a. 31, 147; 1991 a. 39; 1991 a. 269 ss. 780d to 781p; Stats. 1991 s. 563.04; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp); 1997 a. 27; 2001 a. 16; 2015 a. 6; 2017 a. 361.