West Virginia Code § 47-21A-4

Who may hold online raffles; application for license; licenses not
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transferable.
(a) Except as provided in §47-21A-3 of this code, only persons who are residents of this state
and who are active members of any charitable or public service organization, or is employed,
or contracted, by an athletic department of an institution of higher education, which has
been in existence in this state for at least two years prior to filing an applicaetion for an
online raffle license issued pursuant to §47-21A-5 and §47-21A-6 of the code may hold online
raffle occasions in accordance with the provisions of this article and onrly during the time it
holds a valid license.
(b) A charitable or public service organization, or an institution of higher education, may
apply for an online raffle license to the Tax Commissioner antd the application shall be on a
form supplied by him or her. The application shall contain the information required by
§47-21A-8 of the code and any other information which the commissioner considers
necessary. An online raffle may not be held and online raffle tickets may not be sold
pursuant to this article until the online raffle application has been approved by the Tax
Commissioner and the license has been receivsed by the applicant: Provided, That an online
raffle occasion may not be held and online raffle tickets may not be sold until a 60-day filing
period, which is that time period between the receipt of that application by the Tax
Commissioner and the first online ragffle occasion, has expired: Provided, however, That the
Tax Commissioner shall send the applicant its license within five days after the application is
approved. If the 60-day filing peeriod has expired and the application has not been denied and
the online raffle license has not been received by the applicant, the applicant may consider
the application approveLd and begin to sell tickets for the online raffle or hold the online
raffle occasion. The Tax Commissioner shall send the applicant its license within five days
after the expiration o f the filing period if the application has not been otherwise denied.
(c) An online raffle license issued pursuant to this article may not be transferred.

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