Bill Text: NY S02440 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance for charitable purposes; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to operate games of chance; authorizes conducting of games of chance on Sundays; expands advertising of games of chance; eases certain restrictions on the conducting of bingo games for charitable purposes; expands the frequency upon which bingo games may be held; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to conduct bingo games; authorizes the conducting of bingo games on Sundays; expands advertising of bingo games.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-02-26 - referred to racing and wagering [S02440 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S02440-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2440 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 17, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KLEIN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the conducting of games of chance and bingo by certain organizations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 14 of section 186 of the general munici- 2 pal law, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978 and 3 subdivision 14 as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 2011, are 4 amended and a new subdivision 4-a is added to read as follows: 5 4. "Authorized organization" shall mean and include any bona fide 6 religious or charitable organization or bona fide educational, fraternal 7 or service organization or bona fide organization of veterans [or], 8 volunteer [firemen] FIREFIGHTERS OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS, which 9 by its charter, certificate of incorporation, constitution, or act of 10 the legislature, shall have among its dominant purposes one or more of 11 the lawful purposes as defined in this article, provided that each shall 12 operate without profit to its members, and provided that each such 13 organization has engaged in serving one or more of the lawful purposes 14 as defined in this article for a period of three years [immediatley] 15 IMMEDIATELY prior to applying for a license under this article. 16 No organization shall be deemed an authorized organization which is 17 formed primarily for the purpose of conducting games of chance and which 18 does not devote at least seventy-five percent of its activities to other 19 than conducting games of chance. No political party shall be deemed an 20 authorized organization. 21 4-A. "AUXILIARY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZA- 22 TION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS AUXILIARY TO AN AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION 23 LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; OR A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZA- 24 TION OR ASSOCIATION OF WHICH AN AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION LICENSED PURSU- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00917-01-3 S. 2440 2 1 ANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS AN AUXILIARY; OR A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGAN- 2 IZATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH AN AUTHORIZED 3 ORGANIZATION LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE BY BEING, WITH IT, AUXIL- 4 IARY TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION. 5 14. "One occasion" shall mean the successive operations of any one 6 single type of game of chance which results in the awarding of a series 7 of prizes amounting to five hundred dollars or four hundred dollars 8 during any one license period, in accordance with the provisions of 9 subdivision eight of section one hundred eighty-nine of this article, as 10 the case may be. For purposes of the game of chance known as a merchan- 11 dise wheel or a raffle, "one occasion" shall mean the successive oper- 12 ations of any one such merchandise wheel or raffle for which the limit 13 on a series of prizes provided by subdivision six of section one hundred 14 eighty-nine of this article shall apply. For purposes of the game of 15 chance known as a bell jar, "one occasion" shall mean the successive 16 operation of any one such bell jar, seal card, event game, coin board, 17 or merchandise board which results in the awarding of a series of prizes 18 amounting to [three] TEN thousand dollars. For the purposes of the game 19 of chance known as raffle "one occasion" shall mean a calendar year 20 during which successive operations of such game are conducted. 21 S 2. Subdivisions 5, 6, 8 and 10 of section 189 of the general munici- 22 pal law, subdivisions 5 and 8 as amended by chapter 455 of the laws of 23 2012, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 302 of the laws of 2010 and 24 subdivision 10 as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are 25 amended to read as follows: 26 5. No single prize awarded by games of chance other than raffle shall 27 exceed the sum or value of [three] FOUR hundred dollars, except that for 28 merchandise wheels, no single prize shall exceed the sum or value of 29 [two] THREE hundred [fifty] dollars. No single prize awarded by raffle 30 shall exceed the sum or value of one hundred thousand dollars. No single 31 wager shall exceed six dollars and for bell jars, coin boards, or 32 merchandise boards, no single prize shall exceed five hundred dollars 33 provided, however, that such limitation shall not apply to the amount of 34 money or value paid by the participant in a raffle in return for a tick- 35 et or other receipt. For coin boards and merchandise boards, the value 36 of a prize shall be determined by its costs to the authorized organiza- 37 tion or, if donated, its fair market value. 38 6. No authorized organization shall award a series of prizes consist- 39 ing of cash or of merchandise with an aggregate value in excess of ten 40 thousand dollars during the successive operations of any one merchandise 41 wheel, [and three thousand dollars during the successive operations of 42 any] bell jar, coin board, or merchandise board. No series of prizes 43 awarded by raffle shall have an aggregate value in excess of five 44 hundred thousand dollars. For coin boards and merchandise boards, the 45 value of a prize shall be determined by its cost to the authorized 46 organization or, if donated, its fair market value. 47 8. Except for merchandise wheels and raffles, no series of prizes on 48 any one occasion shall aggregate more than [four] FIVE hundred dollars 49 when the licensed authorized organization conducts five single types of 50 games of chance during any one license period. Except for merchandise 51 wheels, raffles and bell jars, no series of prizes on any one occasion 52 shall aggregate more than five hundred dollars when the licensed author- 53 ized organization conducts less than five single types of games of 54 chance, exclusive of merchandise wheels, raffles and bell jars, during 55 any one license period. No authorized organization shall award by raffle S. 2440 3 1 prizes with an aggregate value in excess of two million dollars during 2 any one license period. 3 10. No person except a bona fide member of the licensed authorized 4 organization OR AN AUXILIARY MEMBER OF SUCH ORGANIZATION shall partic- 5 ipate in the management of such games[; no person except a bona fide 6 member of the licensed authorized organization, its auxiliary or affil- 7 iated organization, shall participate in the operation of such game, as 8 set forth in section one hundred ninety-five-c of this article]. 9 S 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 190 of the general 10 municipal law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 (b) In each application there shall be designated not less than [four] 13 THREE bona fide members of the applicant organization under whom the 14 game or games of chance will be managed and to the application shall be 15 appended a statement executed by the members so designated, that they 16 will be responsible for the management of such games in accordance with 17 the terms of the license, the rules and regulations of the board, this 18 article and the applicable local laws or ordinances. 19 S 4. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 190-a of the general 20 municipal law, as amended by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended 21 to read as follows: 22 (a) For the purposes of this section, "authorized organization" shall 23 mean and include any bona fide religious or charitable organization or 24 bona fide educational, fraternal or service organization or bona fide 25 organization of veterans [or], volunteer [firefighter] FIREFIGHTERS OR 26 VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS, which by its charter, certificate of incor- 27 poration, constitution, or act of the legislature, shall have among its 28 dominant purposes one or more of the lawful purposes as defined in this 29 article, provided that each shall operate without profit to its members, 30 and provided that each such organization has engaged in serving one or 31 more of the lawful purposes as defined in this article for a period of 32 three years immediately prior to being granted the filing requirement 33 exemption contained in subdivision one of this section. 34 S 5. Subdivision 3 of section 190-a of the general municipal law, as 35 added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 36 3. No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted to play, 37 operate or assist in any raffle conducted pursuant to this section; 38 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A MEMBER OR AUXILIARY MEMBER OVER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN 39 YEARS, BUT UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ASSIST 40 IN ANY RAFFLE CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, IF ACCOMPANIED BY AN 41 ADULT. 42 S 6. Subdivision 3 of section 194 of the general municipal law, as 43 amended by chapter 550 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as 44 follows: 45 3. [Service of alcoholic beverages.] Subject to the applicable 46 provisions of the alcoholic beverage control law, beer AND WINE may be 47 offered for sale during the conduct of games of chance on games of 48 chance premises as such premises are defined in subdivision nineteen of 49 section one hundred eighty-six of this article; provided, however, that 50 nothing herein shall be construed to limit the offering for sale of any 51 other alcoholic beverage in areas other than the games of chance prem- 52 ises or the sale of any other alcoholic beverage in premises where only 53 the games of chance known as bell jar or raffles are conducted. 54 S 7. Section 195 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 55 461 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: S. 2440 4 1 S 195. Sunday; conduct of games on. Except as provided in section one 2 hundred ninety-five-b of this article, [no] games of chance [shall] MAY 3 be conducted under any license issued under this article on the first 4 day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, unless it 5 shall be otherwise provided in the license issued for the conducting 6 thereof, pursuant to the provisions of a local law or an ordinance duly 7 adopted by the governing body of the municipality wherein the license is 8 issued, [authorizing] PROHIBITING the conduct of games of chance under 9 this article on that day [only between the hours of noon and midnight]. 10 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section no games of 11 chance shall be conducted on Easter Sunday or Christmas Day. 12 S 8. Section 195-a of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 13 574 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 14 S 195-a. Participation by persons under eighteen. No person under the 15 age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or games of 16 chance conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article. 17 Persons under the age of eighteen years may be permitted to attend games 18 of chance at the discretion of the games of chance licensee. No person 19 under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to operate any game 20 of chance conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article or 21 to assist therein; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A MEMBER OR AUXILIARY MEMBER 22 WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS AND WHO IS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE 23 OR OLDER SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ASSIST IN THE OPERATION OF ANY GAME OF 24 CHANCE IF ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. 25 S 9. Section 195-b of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 26 252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: 27 S 195-b. Frequency of games. No game or games of chance, shall be 28 conducted under any license issued under this article more often than 29 [twelve] EIGHTEEN times in any calendar year. No particular premises 30 shall be used for the conduct of games of chance on more than twenty- 31 four license periods during any one calendar year. Games shall be 32 conducted only between the hours of noon and midnight on SUNDAY, Monday, 33 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and only between the hours of noon on 34 Friday and two A.M. Saturday, and only between the hours of noon on 35 Saturday and two A.M. Sunday. The two A.M. closing period shall also 36 apply to a legal holiday. The above restrictions shall not apply when 37 only the games of chance known as bell jar and/or raffle are conducted. 38 S 10. Section 195-c of the general municipal law, as amended by chap- 39 ter 252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows: 40 S 195-c. [1.] Persons operating games; equipment; expenses; compen- 41 sation. 1. No person shall operate any game of chance under any license 42 issued under this article except a bona fide member OR AUXILIARY MEMBER 43 of the authorized organization to which the license is issued[, or a 44 bona fide member of an organization or association which is an auxiliary 45 to the licensee or a bona fide member of an organization or association 46 of which such licensee is an auxiliary or a bona fide member of an 47 organization or association which is affiliated with the licensee by 48 being, with it, auxiliary to another organization or association]. Noth- 49 ing herein shall be construed to limit the number of games of chance 50 licensees for whom such persons may operate games of chance nor to 51 prevent non-members from assisting the licensee in any activity other 52 than managing or operating games. No game of chance shall be conducted 53 with any equipment except such as shall be owned or leased by the 54 authorized organization so licensed or used without payment of any 55 compensation therefor by the licensee. However, in no event shall bell 56 jar tickets be transferred from one authorized organization to another, S. 2440 5 1 with or without payment of any compensation thereof. The head or heads 2 of the authorized organization shall upon request certify, under oath, 3 that the persons operating any game of chance are bona fide OR AUXILIARY 4 members of such authorized organization, auxiliary or affiliated organ- 5 ization. Upon request by an officer or the department any such person 6 involved in such games of chance shall certify that he or she has no 7 criminal record. No items of expense shall be incurred or paid in 8 connection with the conducting of any game of chance pursuant to any 9 license issued under this article except those that are reasonable and 10 are necessarily expended for games of chance supplies and equipment, 11 prizes, security personnel, stated rental if any, bookkeeping or 12 accounting services according to a schedule of compensation prescribed 13 by the board, janitorial services and utility supplies if any, and 14 license fees, and the cost of bus transportation, if authorized by such 15 clerk or department. No commission, salary, compensation[,] OR reward 16 [or recompense] shall be paid or given to any person for the sale or 17 assisting with the sale of raffle tickets. 18 2. For the purpose of the sale of tickets for the game of raffle, the 19 term "operate" shall not include the sale of such tickets by persons of 20 lineal or collateral consanguinity to members of an authorized organiza- 21 tion licensed to conduct a raffle. 22 S 11. Section 195-e of the general municipal law, as amended by chap- 23 ter 94 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows: 24 S 195-e. Advertising games. A licensee may advertise the conduct of 25 games of chance to the general public by means of newspaper, circular, 26 handbill [and], poster, ELECTRONIC MAIL, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND 27 GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION BROADCASTS, and by one sign not exceeding 28 sixty square feet in area, which may be displayed on or adjacent to the 29 premises owned or occupied by a licensed authorized organization, and 30 when an organization is licensed to conduct games of chance on premises 31 of an authorized games of chance lessor, one additional such sign may be 32 displayed on or adjacent to the premises in which the games are to be 33 conducted. Additional signs may be displayed upon any fire fighting 34 equipment belonging to any licensed authorized organization which is a 35 volunteer fire company, or upon any equipment of a first aid or rescue 36 squad, OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY in and throughout the community 37 served by such volunteer fire company or such first aid or rescue squad, 38 OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY, as the case may be. All advertisements 39 shall be limited to the description of such event as "Games of chance" 40 or "Las Vegas Night", the name of the authorized organization conducting 41 such games, the license number of the authorized organization as 42 assigned by the clerk or department and the date, location and time of 43 the event. 44 S 12. Subdivisions 10 and 11-a of section 476 of the general municipal 45 law, subdivision 10 as amended by chapter 364 of the laws of 1968 and 46 subdivision 11-a as added by chapter 160 of the laws of 1994, are 47 amended and a new subdivision 4-a is added to read as follows: 48 4-A. "AUXILIARY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZA- 49 TION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS AUXILIARY TO AN AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION 50 LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; OR A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZA- 51 TION OR ASSOCIATION OF WHICH AN AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION LICENSED PURSU- 52 ANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS AN AUXILIARY; OR A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGAN- 53 IZATION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH AN AUTHORIZED 54 ORGANIZATION LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE BY BEING, WITH IT, AUXIL- 55 IARY TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION. S. 2440 6 1 10. "Limited period bingo" shall mean the conduct of bingo by a 2 licensed authorized organization, for a period of not more than [seven] 3 TEN of [twelve] FOURTEEN consecutive days in any one year, at a 4 festival, bazaar, carnival or similar function conducted by such 5 licensed authorized organization. No authorized organization licensed to 6 conduct limited period bingo shall be otherwise eligible to conduct 7 bingo pursuant to this article in the same year. 8 11-a. "Early bird" shall mean a bingo game which is played as a 9 special game, conducted not more than [twice] THREE TIMES during a bingo 10 occasion, in which prizes are awarded based upon a percentage not to 11 exceed seventy-five percent of the sum of money received from the sale 12 of the early bird cards and which is neither subject to the prize limits 13 imposed by subdivisions five and six of section four hundred seventy- 14 nine and paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section four hundred eight- 15 y-one, nor the special game opportunity charge limit imposed by section 16 four hundred eighty-nine of this article. The percentage shall be speci- 17 fied both in the application for bingo license and the license. Not more 18 than [one dollar] TWO DOLLARS shall be charged per card with the total 19 amount collected from the sale of the early bird cards and the prize for 20 each game to be announced before the commencement of each game. 21 S 13. Subdivisions 3 and 7 of section 479 of the general municipal 22 law, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 1998 and 23 subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 814 of the laws of 1964, are amended 24 to read as follows: 25 3. No authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this 26 article shall purchase, lease, or receive any supplies or equipment 27 specifically designed or adapted for use in the conduct of bingo games 28 from other than a supplier licensed under [the bingo control law] ARTI- 29 CLE NINETEEN-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW or from another authorized organiza- 30 tion. 31 7. No person except a bona fide member OR AUXILIARY MEMBER of any such 32 organization shall participate in the management or operation of such 33 game. 34 S 14. Subdivision 3 of section 481 of the general municipal law, as 35 amended by chapter 284 of the laws of 1969, is amended to read as 36 follows: 37 3. No license shall be issued under this article which shall be effec- 38 tive for a period of more than one year. In the case of limited period 39 bingo, no license shall be issued authorizing the conduct of such games 40 on more than [two] THREE occasions in any one day nor shall any license 41 be issued under this article which shall be effective for a period of 42 more than [seven] TEN of [twelve] FOURTEEN consecutive days in any one 43 year. No license for the conduct of limited period bingo shall be issued 44 in cities having a population of one million or more. 45 S 15. Subdivision 1 of section 483 of the general municipal law, as 46 amended by chapter 438 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as 47 follows: 48 1. [Eeach] EACH license to conduct bingo shall be in such form as 49 shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the 50 control commission, and shall contain a statement of the name and 51 address of the licensee, of the names and addresses of the member or 52 members of the licensee under whom the games will be conducted, of the 53 place or places where and the date or dates and time or times when such 54 games are to be conducted and of the specific purposes to which the 55 entire net proceeds of such games are to be devoted; if any prize or 56 prizes are to be offered and given in cash, a statement of the amounts S. 2440 7 1 of the prizes authorized so to be offered and given; and any other 2 information which may be required by said rules and regulations to be 3 contained therein, and each license issued for the conduct of any game 4 shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where same is to be 5 conducted at all times during the conduct thereof. 6 S 16. Section 485 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 7 438 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: 8 S 485. Sunday; conduct of games on. [No games] GAMES of bingo [shall] 9 MAY be conducted under any license issued under this article on the 10 first day of the week, commonly known as [designated as] Sunday, unless 11 it shall be otherwise provided in the license issued for the holding, 12 operating and conducting thereof, pursuant to the provisions of a local 13 law or an ordinance duly adopted by the governing body of the munici- 14 pality issuing the license, [authorizing] PROHIBITING the conduct of 15 bingo under this article on that day. 16 S 17. Section 486 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 17 438 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: 18 S 486. Participation by persons under eighteen. No person under the 19 age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or games of 20 bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article unless 21 accompanied by an adult. No person under the age of eighteen years shall 22 be permitted to conduct or assist in the conduct of any game of bingo 23 conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article; PROVIDED, 24 HOWEVER, THAT A MEMBER OR AUXILIARY MEMBER WHO IS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGH- 25 TEEN YEARS AND WHO IS SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL BE PERMITTED 26 TO ASSIST IN THE CONDUCT OF ANY GAME OF BINGO IF ACCOMPANIED BY AN 27 ADULT. 28 S 18. Section 487 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 29 72 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows: 30 S 487. Frequency of game; sale of alcoholic beverages. No game or 31 games of bingo, except limited period bingo, shall be conducted under 32 any license issued under this article more often than on [eighteen] 33 TWENTY-SEVEN days in any three successive calendar months. No game or 34 games of limited period bingo shall be conducted between the hours of 35 twelve midnight postmeridian and noon, and no more than sixty games may 36 be conducted on any single occasion of limited period bingo. No game or 37 games of bingo shall be conducted in any room or outdoor area where 38 alcoholic beverages are sold, served or consumed during the progress of 39 the game or games. 40 S 19. Subdivision 1 of section 488 of the general municipal law, as 41 amended by chapter 337 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as 42 follows: 43 1. No person shall hold, operate or conduct any game of bingo under 44 any license issued under this article except a bona fide member OR 45 AUXILIARY MEMBER of the authorized organization to which the license is 46 issued[, and]. FURTHERMORE, no person shall assist in the holding, oper- 47 ating or conducting of any game of bingo under such license except such 48 a bona fide member or [a bona fide] AUXILIARY member [of an organization 49 or association which is an auxiliary to the licensee or a bona fide 50 member of an organization or association of which such licensee is an 51 auxiliary or a bona fide member of an organization or association which 52 is affiliated with the licensee by being, with it, auxiliary to another 53 organization or association and except bookkeepers or accountants as 54 hereinafter provided]. Provided, however, any person may assist the 55 licensed organization in any activity related to the game of bingo which 56 does not actually involve the holding, conducting, managing or operating S. 2440 8 1 of such game of bingo. No game of bingo shall be conducted with any 2 equipment except such as shall be owned absolutely or leased by the 3 authorized organization so licensed or used without payment of any 4 compensation therefor by the licensee. Lease terms and conditions shall 5 be subject to rules and regulations promulgated by the board. This arti- 6 cle shall not be construed to authorize or permit an authorized organ- 7 ization to engage in the business of leasing bingo supplies or equip- 8 ment. No items of expense shall be incurred or paid in connection with 9 the conducting of any game of bingo pursuant to any license issued under 10 this article, except those that are reasonable and are necessarily 11 expended for bingo supplies and equipment, prizes, stated rental if any, 12 bookkeeping or accounting services according to a schedule of compen- 13 sation prescribed by the commission, janitorial services and utility 14 supplies if any, and license fees, and the cost of bus transportation, 15 if authorized by the control commission. 16 S 20. Section 490 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 17 99 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: 18 S 490. Advertising of bingo games. A licensee may advertise the 19 conduct of an occasion of bingo to the general public by means of news- 20 paper, radio, circular, handbill [and], poster, ELECTRONIC MAIL, ELEC- 21 TRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS TELEVISION BROADCASTS, and 22 by one sign not exceeding sixty square feet in area, which may be 23 displayed on or adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by a licensed 24 authorized organization, and when an organization is licensed to conduct 25 bingo occasions on the premises of another licensed authorized organiza- 26 tion or of a licensed commercial lessor, one additional such sign may be 27 displayed on or adjacent to the premises in which the occasions are to 28 be conducted. Additional signs may be displayed upon any firefighting 29 equipment belonging to any licensed authorized organization which is a 30 volunteer fire company, or upon any equipment of a first aid or rescue 31 squad, OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY in and throughout the community 32 served by such volunteer fire company or such first aid or rescue squad, 33 OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE COMPANY, as the case may be. All advertisements 34 shall be limited to the description of such event as "bingo", the name 35 of the licensed authorized organization conducting such occasions, the 36 license number of the authorized organization as assigned by the clerk 37 and the date, location and time of the bingo occasion. 38 S 21. Subdivision 1 of section 491 of the general municipal law, as 39 amended by chapter 667 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as 40 follows: 41 1. Within [seven] TEN days after the conclusion of any occasion of 42 bingo, the authorized organization which conducted the same, and its 43 members who were in charge thereof, and when applicable the authorized 44 organization which rented its premises therefor, shall each furnish to 45 the clerk of the municipality a statement subscribed by the member in 46 charge and affirmed by him OR HER as true, under the penalties of perju- 47 ry, showing the amount of the gross receipts derived therefrom and each 48 item of expense incurred, or paid, and each item of expenditure made or 49 to be made, the name and address of each person to whom each such item 50 has been paid, or is to be paid, with a detailed description of the 51 merchandise purchased or the services rendered therefor, the net 52 proceeds derived from such game or rental, as the case may be, and the 53 use to which such proceeds have been or are to be applied and a list of 54 prizes offered and given, with the respective values thereof, and it 55 shall be the duty of each licensee to maintain and keep such books and 56 records as may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of each such S. 2440 9 1 statement and within fifteen days after the end of each calendar quarter 2 during which there has been any occasion of bingo, a summary statement 3 of such information, in form prescribed by the state, shall be furnished 4 in the same manner to the [state racing and wagering] board. 5 S 22. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 6 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.