5.28.010 Permitted for charitable purposes--Defined--Eligible organizations.

A. Bingo games for charitable purposes, when authorized by and conducted in accordance with Section 19, Article IV of the California Constitution and Section 326.5 of the Penal Code and with the provisions of this chapter, are permitted in the city.
B. "Bingo" means a game of chance in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card which conform to numbers or symbols selected at random.
C. Organizations exempted from the payment of the bank and corporate tax by Sections 23701(a), 23701(b), 23701(d), 23701(e), 23701(f), 23701(g) and 23701(l) of the Revenue and Taxation Code and mobile home park associations and senior citizen organizations, or such other charitable organizations as the state legislature may permit, are eligible to apply to the city for a license to conduct bingo games in the city. (Prior code § 14-119)