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In construing this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:

1. “Gross revenue or income of the business” is defined as the total sum of money received by a particular business or organization before any deductions on account of operational and maintenance expenses, and without any deduction on account of losses.

2. “Punchboards and pulltabs” should be given their usual and ordinary meaning, except that such definitions shall be deemed amended pursuant to any rules and regulations issued by the State Gambling Commission so as to be consistent therewith.

3. “Nonprofit or charitable organization” is defined as (a) any organization duly existing under the provisions of Chapters 24.12, 24.20, or 24.28 RCW, any agricultural fair authorized under the provisions of Chapters 15.76 or 36.37 RCW, or any nonprofit corporation duly existing under the provisions of Chapter 24.03 RCW for charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational, civic, patriotic, political, social, fraternal, athletic or agricultural purposes only, or any nonprofit organization, whether incorporated or otherwise, when found by the Washington State Gambling Commission to be organized and operating for one or more of the aforesaid purposes only, all of which in the opinion of the Washington State Gambling Commission have been organized and are operating primarily for the purposes other than the operation of gambling activities authorized under Chapter 394, Washington Laws, 1997; or (b) any corporation which has been incorporated under Title 36 U.S.C. and whose principal purposes are to furnish volunteer aid to members of the armed forces of the United States and also to carry on a system of national and international relief and to apply the same in mitigating the sufferings caused by pestilence, famine, fire, floods, and other national calamities and to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same. Such an organization must have been organized and continuously operating for at least twelve calendar months immediately preceding making application for any license to operate a gambling activity, or the operation of any gambling activity authorized by this chapter for which no license is required. It must have not less than fifteen bona fide active members each with the right to an equal vote in the election of the officers, or board members, if any, who determine the policies of the organization in order to receive a gambling license. An organization must demonstrate to the Washington State Gambling Commission that it has made significant progress toward the accomplishment of the purposes of the organization during the twelve consecutive month period preceding the date of application for a license or license renewal. The fact that contributions to an organization do not qualify for charitable contribution deduction purposes or that the organization is not otherwise exempt from payment of federal income taxes pursuant to the internal revenue code of 1954, as amended, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the organization is not a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization for purposes of this chapter. Any person, association or organization which pays its employees, including members, compensation other than is reasonable therefore under the local prevailing wage scale shall be deemed paying compensation based in part or whole upon receipts relating to gambling activities authorized under this chapter and shall not be a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization for the purposes of this chapter. (Ord. M-1465 § 2, 1973; Ord. M-3326, Amended, 11/03/1997)