Sec. 7-172. Qualifications for sponsorship of or participation in bazaar or raffle. Ticket sale.
Sec. 7-172. Qualifications for sponsorship of or participation in bazaar or raffle. Ticket sale. No bazaar or raffle may be promoted, operated or conducted in any
municipality after the adoption of the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive,
unless it is sponsored and conducted exclusively by (1) an officially recognized organization or association of veterans of any war in which the United States has been engaged,
(2) a church or religious organization, (3) a civic, service or social club, (4) a fraternal
or fraternal benefit society, (5) an educational or charitable organization, (6) an officially
recognized volunteer fire company, (7) a political party or town committee thereof, or
(8) a municipality acting through a committee designated to conduct a celebration of
the municipality's founding on its hundredth anniversary or any multiple thereof. Any
such sponsoring organization, except a committee designated pursuant to subdivision
(8) of this section, shall have been organized in good faith and actively functioning as
a nonprofit organization within the municipality that is to issue the permit for a period
of not less than six months prior to its application for a permit under the provisions of
said sections. The promotion and operation of a bazaar or raffle shall be confined solely to
the qualified members of the sponsoring organization, provided a committee designated
pursuant to subdivision (8) of this section may promote or operate through its members
and any officially appointed volunteers. No such member or officially appointed volunteer in the case of a raffle held pursuant to subdivision (8) of this section may receive
remuneration in any form for time or effort devoted to the promotion or operation of
the bazaar or raffle. No person under the age of eighteen years may promote, conduct,
operate or work at a bazaar or raffle and no person under the age of sixteen years may
sell or promote the sale of any raffle tickets, nor shall any sponsoring organization permit
any person under the age of eighteen to so promote, conduct or operate any bazaar or
raffle or any person under the age of sixteen to sell or promote the sale of such tickets.
Any sponsoring organization having received a permit from any municipality may sell
or promote the sale of such raffle tickets in that municipality and in any other town, city
or borough which has adopted the provisions of sections 7-170 to 7-186, inclusive. Such
organization may accept a credit card, debit card, check or cash as payment for a raffle
ticket. All funds derived from any bazaar or raffle shall be used exclusively for the
purpose stated in the application of the sponsoring organization as provided in section
7-173.
(1955, S. 293d; 1957, P.A. 284; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 9, 251; P.A. 81-73; P.A. 86-419, S. 3, 25; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17, S. 2, 59; P.A. 95-59, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-60, S. 1; P.A. 05-37, S. 1.)
History: 1972 acts changed age of majority to 18 and allowed political party or town committee to conduct bazaars and
raffles; P.A. 81-73 replaced the requirement that a sponsoring organization function within the state for a period of at least
three years with a requirement that it function within the municipality that is to issue the permit for at least three years;
P.A. 86-419 decreased the period of time a sponsoring organization shall be actively functioning as a nonprofit organization
from three years to one year; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-17 added Subdiv. (8) to authorize a municipal founding celebration
committee to sponsor and conduct a bazaar or raffle, exempted such committee from requirement that sponsoring organization be nonprofit, permitted such committee to promote or operate bazaars or raffles through its members and officially
appointed volunteers and prohibited officially appointed volunteers from receiving remuneration for time devoted to
operation of bazaars or raffles; P.A. 95-59 changed the length of time a sponsoring organization must be nonprofit within
the municipality issuing the permit from one year to six months, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 03-60 authorized organizations
to accept a credit card, debit card, check or cash as payment for a raffle ticket and made a technical change; P.A. 05-37
amended Subdiv. (3) to allow a social club to conduct bazaars and raffles, effective May 17, 2005.