Bill Text: NY A06693 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the premises on which games of chance may be conducted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to racing and wagering [A06693 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06693-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6693
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 24, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Racing and Wagering
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to games of
         chance
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 189 of the general municipal law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    13. No game of chance shall be conducted on other than the premises of
    5  an authorized organization or an  authorized  games  of  chance  lessor.
    6  Nothing  herein  shall prohibit the sale of raffle tickets to the public
    7  outside the premises of an  authorized  organization  or  an  authorized
    8  games  of  chance lessor; or in municipalities which have passed a local
    9  law, ordinance or resolution in accordance  with  sections  one  hundred
   10  eighty-seven  and one hundred eighty-eight of this article approving the
   11  conduct of games of chance that are located in the county in  which  the
   12  municipality  issuing  the  license is located and in the counties which
   13  are contiguous to the county  in  which  the  municipality  issuing  the
   14  raffle license is located, provided those municipalities have authorized
   15  the  licensee,  in  writing,  to  sell  such  raffle tickets therein and
   16  provided, however, that no sale of raffle tickets  shall  be  made  more
   17  than  one  hundred eighty days prior to the date scheduled for the occa-
   18  sion at which the raffle will be conducted. The  winner  of  any  single
   19  prize  in  a raffle shall not be required to be present at the time such
   20  raffle is conducted. PREMISES MAY INCLUDE ANY VENUE USED TO CONDUCT  THE
   21  CUSTOMARY AND LAWFUL ACTIVITIES OF THE AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION.
   22    S 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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