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                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 19, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
         ing
       AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing
         age sixteen as the minimum age for assisting in  the  conduct  of  any
         game of bingo
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 486 of the general municipal  law,  as  amended  by
    2  chapter 438 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S  486.  Participation  by persons under eighteen. No person under the
    4  age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game  or  games  of
    5  bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article unless
    6  accompanied by an adult. No person under the age of eighteen years shall
    7  be  permitted to conduct [or assist in the conduct of] any game of bingo
    8  conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article.  NO  PERSON
    9  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  SIXTEEN  YEARS  SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ASSIST IN THE
   10  CONDUCT OF ANY GAME OF BINGO CONDUCTED PURSUANT  TO  ANY  LICENSE  UNDER
   11  THIS ARTICLE.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07141-01-5