§ 6-22. Certain organizations exempt from licensing and reporting requirements.

(a)

A bona fide senior citizen recreation club, upon application to the parish administrator, shall be exempt from the licensing and reporting procedure provided herein. A senior citizen recreation club for the purpose of this part shall be defined as an organization which is sanctioned by the local council on aging, is composed of a group of persons 60 years of age or older, and whose only function is to provide amusement and diversion for its members.

(b)

Any club, organization, group, or association which has a membership comprised exclusively of children enrolled in a public or private nonprofit elementary or secondary school in this state and which is approved to conduct activities in such school by the principal of such school in accordance with school board policy shall be exempt from the licensing and reporting procedures enumerated in this chapter for the conducting of raffles as a means of fundraising.

(c)

A charitable organization, upon application to the parish, shall be exempt from the licensing and reporting requirements provided in this chapter for the purpose of conducting a raffle as defined in this section; provided the parish finds, upon such application, that the charitable organization is conducting such raffle for the purpose of providing support to any elementary or secondary school in the parish or for other purposes of community support.

(d)

Any bona fide conservation organization, which is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) corporation, dedicated principally to the conservation of a specific species, genus, or family of game animal, including, but not limited to, the conservation of ducks, waterfowl generally, quail, and turkeys which is otherwise permitted by law to conduct charitable gaming shall be exempted from the licensing and reporting procedures enumerated in this chapter solely for conducting raffles as a means of fundraising.

(Code 1985, § 25-2(e); Ord. No. 2891, 8-12-1992)