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AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 3 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF <br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1988, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 3-181, <br />3-185(a), 3-186(e), AND 3-187, THEREOF, PERTAINING TO BINGO <br />GAMES AND RAFFLES. <br /> <br /> BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, <br />Virginia: <br /> <br /> 1. That Sections 3-181, 3-185(a), 3-186(e), and 3-187 <br />of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1988, be <br />amended to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 3-181. State law adopted. <br /> <br /> There is hereby adopted by the City Council, for the <br />purpose of establishing rules and regulations for the conduct <br />of bingo games or raffles, Article 1.1, Chapter 8, Title 18.2, <br />Sections 18.2-340.1 through 18.2-340.14, of the Code of <br />Virginia and the same is hereby adopted as fully as if set out <br />at length herein and the provisions hereof shall be <br />controlling within the corporate limits of the city. <br /> <br />Section 3-185. Financial records and reports generally. <br /> <br /> (a) Complete records of all receipts and disbursements <br />from bingo games including instant bingo and special bingo and <br />raffles shall be kept and shall be filed annually under oath <br />with the city manager on such forms as may be provided <br />therefor. All such accounting shall be made on or before the <br />first day of December of each calendar year for which a permit <br />has been issued. Such accounting shall include a record of <br />the gross receipts or disbursements of the organization for <br />the year which commenced on the first day of October of the <br />previous year. Any organization whose gross receipts exceed <br />fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) during any calendar <br />quarter shall be required to file an additional accounting of <br />its receipts and disbursements during such quarter not later <br />than sixty (60) days following the last day of such quarter. <br /> <br />Section 3-186. Auditing of records and reports - Generally. <br /> <br /> (e) Any organization having annual gross receipts from <br />bingo games or raffles in excess of two hundred thousand <br />dollars ($200,000.00) as shown on its annual financial <br />report, shall attach to such report an opinion executed by a <br />licensed independent certified public accountant that: <br /> <br /> <br />