§ 15-46. Summary suspension of license pending opportunity for hearing; misdemeanor to continue after suspension; revocation.

(a)

Whenever it appears to the sheriff that the licensee is conducting a bingo game in violation of any of the provisions of this article, the sheriff shall have the authority to immediately cease and desist any further operation of any bingo game.

(b)

Any person who continues to conduct a bingo game after any summary suspension thereof under subsection (a) shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(c)

The order issued under subsection (a) shall also notify the licensee that it shall have five (5) days from the date of such order to request a hearing to determine whether such license shall be revoked. Failure to request, in writing, such hearing before the sheriff within said five (5) day period shall result in a revocation of the license.

(d)

Upon such request by the licensee, whose license has been suspended under subsection (a), for a hearing to determine whether such license shall be revoked, the sheriff shall provide such hearing within ten (10) days after receipt of such request at which hearing the suspended licensee may appear before the sheriff for the purpose of presenting evidence why the license should not be revoked. No license shall be revoked under this section unless notice of the time and place of such hearing shall have first been given at least five (5) days before the hearing thereof by depositing in the United States Mail a notice directed to said suspended licensee at the address given in the application. The notice shall set forth a summary of the ground advanced as the basis of the suspension and revocation.

(e)

Any organization whose license is revoked under this section shall not conduct any bingo game in the county until such time as the board of supervisors, on appeal, determines to overrule the decision of the sheriff.

(Ord. No. 1784, § 2, 1-18-77)