Bill Text: NY A06212 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limits the operation of certain bingo games run by retirement communities and social or charitable organizations to no more than 1 day per week and no more than 30 times per year.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-08 - SIGNED CHAP.470 [A06212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06212-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6212
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. D. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Racing and Wagering
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the  operation
          of certain bingo games
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Clauses (B) and (C) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
     2  subdivision 2 of section 495-a of the general municipal law, as  amended
     3  by chapter 441 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (B)  within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, retire-
     5  ment community, or other group residential complex or facility where (I)
     6  sponsored by the operator of or an association related to such  complex,
     7  community  or  facility,  (II)  such  games are conducted solely for the
     8  purpose of amusement and recreation of its residents, (III) no player or
     9  other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to  partic-
    10  ipate, (IV) the value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any
    11  one  game  or  a total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day,
    12  (V) such games are not conducted on more than [fifteen days  during  any
    13  calendar  year]  two  days  per  week,  and (VI) no person other than an
    14  employee or volunteer of such complex, community or facility conducts or
    15  assists in conducting the game or games.
    16    (C) on behalf of any bona fide social, charitable, educational, recre-
    17  ational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit or age group organization,
    18  club or association solely for the purpose of amusement  and  recreation
    19  of  its  members  or  beneficiaries  where (I) no player or other person
    20  furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to participate, (II) the
    21  value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game  or  a
    22  total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, (III) such games
    23  are  not  conducted on more than [fifteen days during any calendar year]
    24  two days per week, (IV) no person other than a bona fide  active  member
    25  of  the organization, club or association participates in the conduct of
    26  the games, and (V) no person is paid for conducting or assisting in  the
    27  conduct of the game or games.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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