Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 563 - Bingo and raffle control.
563.15 - Issuance of license to conduct bingo.

563.15 Issuance of license to conduct bingo.
(1) After making the determinations under s. 563.14, the department shall either notify the applicant organization in writing why a license is not being issued or issue a license to such applicant organization authorizing it to conduct bingo at the times and places set forth in the license. Except as provided in sub. (1m), a license issued under this subsection shall be effective for one year from the first day of the month of the first occasion listed on the license and may be renewed annually, except that an applicant organization may request that the license expire on the first day of any month within the one-year licensure period.
(1m) A license issued under sub. (1) to an organization listed under s. 563.11 (1) (b) to (d) shall remain in effect unless it is canceled, suspended or revoked by the department or withdrawn by the organization.
(3) Each license, and all amendments thereto, shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where a bingo occasion is conducted and at all times during the conduct thereof so as to be easily readable by any patron of the bingo occasion.
History: 1973 c. 156; 1975 c. 99; 1979 c. 34 s. 2100 (45) (a); 1981 c. 162, 209, 391; 1989 a. 147; 1991 a. 39; 1991 a. 269 ss. 782dd to 782dp; Stats. 1991 s. 563.15; 1995 a. 27 s. 9123 (6pp); 1997 a. 27.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 563 - Bingo and raffle control.

563.02 - Purpose.

563.03 - Definitions.

563.04 - General duties of the department.

563.05 - Departmental duties; powers; prohibitions.

563.051 - Bingo and raffle security.

563.055 - Cancellation of license; reinstatement.

563.10 - Rules governing commingling of receipts prohibited.

563.11 - License to conduct bingo.

563.12 - Bingo license application.

563.13 - Affidavits and fees.

563.135 - Bingo license application; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes.

563.14 - Department determinations.

563.15 - Issuance of license to conduct bingo.

563.16 - Amendment of license to conduct bingo.

563.17 - Denial of application; hearing.

563.18 - Suspension or revocation.

563.21 - Supplier's license.

563.22 - Supplier's license application.

563.24 - Issuance of supplier's license.

563.25 - Supplier to notify department of changes.

563.26 - Maintenance of supplier's books and records.

563.27 - Persons not eligible for supplier's license.

563.28 - Suspension or restriction of a supplier's license for delinquent child support payments.

563.285 - Supplier's license and delinquent taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.

563.29 - Supplier prohibitions.

563.51 - Restrictions on the conduct of bingo.

563.52 - Limited period bingo.

563.53 - Special bingo games.

563.54 - Progressive jackpot bingo.

563.55 - Local ordinances.

563.61 - Report of bingo operations.

563.62 - Reports improperly filed.

563.63 - Bingo account.

563.64 - Bookkeeping and accounts.

563.65 - Proper and legitimate expenditures; reimbursement and waiver.

563.66 - Financial report to membership.

563.68 - Expenditure of bingo funds after cessation of bingo.

563.69 - Exemptions; community-based residential facilities, senior citizen community centers and adult family homes.

563.71 - Duties of the department of justice.

563.72 - Inspection for enforcement.

563.73 - Penalties.

563.80 - Gross receipts tax.

563.907 - Qualified organizations.

563.908 - Requirements of raffles.

563.91 - Limit.

563.92 - License.

563.925 - Liability.

563.93 - The conduct of raffles under a Class A license.

563.935 - The conduct of raffles under a Class B license.

563.94 - Profits.

563.95 - Denial of application; hearing.

563.97 - Records.

563.98 - Annual financial reports; renewals.

563.99 - Penalties.