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6. B. No organization shall enter into a contract with, or otherwise • employ for compensation any person, firm, association, organization, partner- ship, or corporation of any classification whatsoever for the purpose of organizing, managing or conducting bingo games or raffles. C. No person, firm, association, organization, partnership, or corporation shall pay or receive for use of any premises devoted, in whole or in part, to the conduct of bingo games or raffles any consideration in excess of the current fair market rental value of such property. For purposes of this article, no fair market rental value consideration shall be based upon or determined by reference to a percentage of the proceeds derived from the operation of bingo games or raffles nor shall such consideration be based upon or determined by any reference to the number of people in attendance at such bingo games or raffles. Each day in violation of this subsection shall constitute a separate Class I misdemeanor as set forth in §17-19.10 of this code. D. No building or other premises shall be utilized in whole or in part for the purpose of conducting bingo games more frequently than two calendar days in any one calendar week; provided, however, that the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the playing of bingo pursuant to a special permit issued in accordance with §17-19.5 of this code. Nor shall the provisions of this subsection apply to any building or premises owned by an organization as defined in §17-19.1 of this code and qualified as a tax • exempt organization pursuant to §501-C of the Internal Revenue Code. E. No person, except a bona fide member of any such organization who shall have been a member of such organization for at least ninety days prior to such participation, shall participate in the management, operation or conduct of any bingo game or raffle, and no person shall receive any remunera- tion for participating in the management, operation or conduct of any such game or raffle, provided that the spouse of any such bona fide member or a firefighter or rescue squad member employed by a political subdivision with which the volunteer firefighter or rescue squad member is associated may participate in the operation and conduct of a bingo game or raffle if a bona fide member is present. F. No organization shall enter into any contract with or otherwise employ or compensate any member of that organization regarding the sale of bingo supplies or equipment. G. No organization shall award any prize money or any merchandise valued in excess of the following amounts: (i) no door prize shall exceed twenty-five dollars, (ii) no regular bingo or special bingo game shall exceed one hundred dollars, and (iii) no jackpot of any nature whatsoever shall exceed one thousand dollars. In no event shall any organization join • with any other organization in establishing or contributing to the maintenance of any jackpot. The award of any such prize money shall not be deemed to be part of any gaming contract within the purview of §11-14 of the Code of Virginia.