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Section 9. Reporting Requirements. Subdivision 1. Gross Receipts. Each organization licensed to operate gambling devices, bingo games or to conduct raffles shall keep records of its gross receipts, expenses and profits for each single gathering or occasion at which gambling devices, bingo games or raffles are conducted. All deductions from gross receipts for each single gathering or occasion shall be documented with receipts or other records indicating the amount, a description of the purchased item or service or other reason for the deduction, and the recipient. The distribution of profits shall be itemized as to payee, purpose, amount, and date of payment. Subdivision. 2. Separation of Funds. Gross receipts from the operation of bingo, gambling devices and the conduct of raffles shall be segregated from other revenues of the organization and placed in a separate account. The person who accounts for gross receipts, expenses and profits from the operation of bingo, gambling devices and the conduct of raffles shall not be the same person who accounts for other revenues of the organization. Subdivision 3. Monthly Reports. Each organization licensed to operate bingo, gambling devices or to conduct raffles shall report monthly to its membership, and to the city clerk, its gross receipts, expenses and profits from bingo, gambling devices or raffles, and the distribution of profits. The licensee shall preserve such records for three years. Section 10. Eligible Premises. Gambling devices and bingo shall be operated and raffles conducted by a licensed organization only upon premises which it owns or leases, except tickets for raffles may be soldoff the premises. Leases shall be in writing and shall be for a term of at least 12 months. No lease shall provide that rental payments be based on a percentage of the receipts. A copy of the lease shall be on file with the city clerk. Section 11. Prizes. Total prizes from the operationof paddle wheels and tip— boards awarded in any single day in which they are operated shall not exceed $500.00. Total prizes resulting from any single spin of a paddle wheel or from any single tipboard shall no exceed $100.00. There is no maximum prizes from the operation of a raffle or bingo. Total prizes awarded in any calender year by any organization shall not exceed $15,000.00. • Section 12. •Penalties. Subdivision 1. Criminal Penalty. Violation of any provision of this ordinance shall be a misdemeanor. A person convicted of violating any provision of this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500.00 or imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days, or both, plus in either case the costs of prosecution. Subdivision 2. Suspension and Revocation. Any license may be suspended or revoked for any violation of this ordinance. A license shall not be suspended or revoked until the procedural requirements of subdivision 3 have been complied with, provided that in cases where probable cause exists as to ordinance violation, the city may temporarily suspend upon servideof notice of the hearing provided for in subdivision 3. Such temporary suspension shall not extend for more than 2 weeks. Subdivision 3. Procedure. A license shall not be revoked under subdivision 2 until notice and an opportunity for a hearing have first been given to the licensee. The notice shall be personally served and shall state the ordinance provision reasonably believed to be violated. The notice shall also state that the licensee may demand a hearing on the matter, in which case the license Will not be suspended until after the hearing is held. If the licnesee requests a hearing, one shall be held on the matter by the city council at least one week after the date on which the request is made. If, as a result of the hearing, the city council finds that an ordinance violation exists, then the council may suspend or terminate the license.