A. No person shall engage in, conduct or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises within the city, the operation of a bingo game unless such game is conducted under the personal direction of a bingo manager, duly approved by the city manager and bonded pursuant to this chapter for each bingo game. The bingo manager shall be present on the premises during the operation of all bingo games.
B. The bingo manager shall be a nonsalaried, noncompensated member of the organization licensed to conduct bingo games. The bingo manager shall be responsible for the conduct of the bingo games and for the conduct of all bingo card/ticket salespersons, and shall file with the city a written statement verifying the bingo manager's understanding of the foregoing.
C. The applicant organization, whose games are to be directed by the bingo manager, shall file and thereafter maintain with the city clerk a good and sufficient bond in the aggregate sum of five thousand dollars, running to the city for the use and benefit of interested persons and parties, executed by the applicant as principal and two or more responsible sureties or a surety company authorized to do business in the state.
D. The bond shall be conditioned upon the strict compliance by the principal, the principal's agent(s) and employee(s), with the provisions of this chapter and Section 326.5 of the Penal Code, and the payment of any direct pecuniary loss sustained through any act of grand or petty theft or other wrongful act on the part of the principal, the principal's agent(s) or employee(s). The bond shall remain in force and effect for the entire period of the license. The sureties may cancel the bond by delivering thirty days' written notice to the city, but such cancellation shall not affect any liability incurred or accrued thereunder prior to the termination of said thirty-day period. Any person who sustains any injury covered by the bond may, in addition to any other remedy which such person may have, bring an action in the person's own name upon the bond for the recovery of any damage sustained by him/her. Immediately upon the recovery in any action on the bond, the bingo manager shall file a new bond.
E. The bond provided for in this section shall specify the person or persons who shall act as bingo manager of the principal.
F. In lieu of a bond, the applicant may assign to the city savings and loan certificates, or provide other such security as the city manager deems adequate.
G. If the city manager finds that a bond has been filed which meets the requirements of this section, and that the bingo manager is of good moral character and does not have a bad reputation for truth, honesty or integrity and has not engaged in any fraudulent transaction and intends to conduct the business fairly and honestly, then the city manager may approve the bingo manager. (Prior code § 14-123)