Bill Text: NY A03967 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires a New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2021-10-25 - tabled [A03967 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03967-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3967

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 29, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Racing and Wagering

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  requiring  a
          New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 195-n  of  the  general  municipal
     2  law,  as  amended by chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read
     3  as follows:
     4    1. Distribution; manufacturers. (a) For  business  conducted  in  this
     5  state,  manufacturers  licensed  by  the  board to sell bell jar tickets
     6  shall [sell] : (i) only sell such tickets to  distributors  licensed  by
     7  the  board;  (ii)  only sell such tickets that have been approved by the
     8  board; and (iii) are imprinted with an approved legend prescribed by the
     9  board in a manner prescribed by the board. Bell  jar  tickets  that  are
    10  banded  single-sided single-tabbed, double-sided single-tabbed or folded
    11  bell jar tickets are excluded  from  the  approved  legend  requirement.
    12  Manufacturers  of  bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, and
    13  coin boards may submit samples, artists' renderings, or  color  photoco-
    14  pies  of proposed bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, coin
    15  boards, payout cards, and flares for review and approval by  the  board.
    16  Within  thirty  days  of  receipt of such sample or rendering, the board
    17  shall approve or deny such bell jar tickets.  Following  approval  of  a
    18  rendering  of  a  bell jar ticket, seal card, merchandise board, or coin
    19  board by the board, the manufacturer shall submit to the board a  sample
    20  of  the  printed  bell  jar  ticket,  seal card, merchandise board, coin
    21  board, payout card, and flare  for  such  game.  Such  sample  shall  be
    22  submitted  prior to the sale of the game to any licensed distributor for
    23  resale in this state. For coin boards and  merchandise  boards,  nothing
    24  herein  shall  require  the  submittal of actual coins or merchandise as
    25  part of the approval process. (b) Any licensed manufacturer  who  [will-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08914-01-1

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     1  fully]  intentionally  violates  the  provisions  of this section shall:
     2  [(a)] (i) upon such first offense, have their license  suspended  for  a
     3  period  of thirty days; [(b)] (ii) upon such second offense, participate
     4  in  a  hearing to be conducted by the board, and surrender their license
     5  for such period as recommended by the board; and [(c)] (iii)  upon  such
     6  third  or  subsequent offense, have their license suspended for a period
     7  of one year and shall be guilty of a  class  E  felony.  Any  unlicensed
     8  manufacturer who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty
     9  of a class E felony.
    10    §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 195-o of the general municipal law, as
    11  amended by chapter 637 of the laws  of  1999,  is  amended  to  read  as
    12  follows:
    13    1.  Distribution; distributors. Any distributor licensed in accordance
    14  with section one hundred eighty-nine-a of  this  article  to  distribute
    15  bell  jar  tickets  shall  purchase  bell jar tickets only from licensed
    16  manufacturers and may manufacture coin  boards  and  merchandise  boards
    17  only  as  authorized  in  subdivision  one-a  of  this section. Licensed
    18  distributors who purchase bell jar tickets for resale in New York  state
    19  shall  only  purchase  and  resell  bell  jar  tickets imprinted with an
    20  approved legend prescribed by the board in a manner  prescribed  by  the
    21  board, or bell jar tickets that have been approved by the board that are
    22  banded  single-sided single-tabbed, double-sided single-tabbed or folded
    23  bell jar tickets. Licensed distributors of bell jar tickets  shall  sell
    24  such  tickets  only to not-for-profit, charitable or religious organiza-
    25  tions registered by the board. Any licensed distributor who  [willfully]
    26  intentionally  violates  the  provisions of this section shall: (a) upon
    27  such first offense, have their license suspended for a period of  thirty
    28  days;  (b)  upon  such  second  offense,  participate in a hearing to be
    29  conducted by the board, and surrender their license for such  period  as
    30  recommended by the board; and (c) upon such third or subsequent offense,
    31  have their license suspended for a period of one year and shall be guil-
    32  ty  of  a  class  E felony. Any unlicensed distributor who violates this
    33  section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
    34    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    35  ing  the  year  in  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
    36  tickets which are manufactured on or after such date.   Effective  imme-
    37  diately  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
    38  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
    39  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
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