Bill Text: NY A04389 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4389 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases the maximum prize awards allowed in bingo games.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to racing and wagering [A04389 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04389-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4389
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Racing and Wagering
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to increasing the
         maximum prize awards allowed in bingo games
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 479 of the general munici-
    2  pal law, as amended by chapter 328 of the laws of 1994, are  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    5.  No  prize  shall  exceed  the sum or value of [one] THREE thousand
    5  dollars in any single game of bingo.
    6    6. No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate  more
    7  than [three] SIX thousand dollars.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08002-01-5