Bill Text: NY S06204 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the internet sale of raffle tickets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-07 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06204 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S06204-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6204

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      April 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 the internet
          sale of raffle tickets

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraph  2  of  paragraph  (b)  of subdivision 13 of
     2  section 189 of the general municipal law, as amended by  section  11  of
     3  part  MM  of  chapter  59  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (2) is located in the county in which  the  municipality  issuing  the
     6  raffle license is located or in a county that is contiguous to the coun-
     7  ty  in  which  the  municipality  issuing  the raffle license is located
     8  except that for the purposes of raffle tickets sold  over  the  internet
     9  the  sale  of such tickets shall be deemed to have occurred on the prem-
    10  ises of the  authorized  organization  or  authorized  games  of  chance
    11  lessor;
    12    §  2.  Subdivision 4 of section 190-a of the general municipal law, as
    13  added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    14    4. No raffle shall be conducted pursuant to this section except within
    15  a municipality in which the authorized organization  is  domiciled  that
    16  has  passed  a  local  law,  ordinance  or resolution in accordance with
    17  sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight  of  this
    18  article  approving the conduct of games of chance, and in municipalities
    19  which have passed a local law, ordinance  or  resolution  in  accordance
    20  with  sections  one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of
    21  this article approving the conduct of games of chance that  are  located
    22  within  the county or contiguous to the county in which the organization
    23  is domiciled. For the purposes of raffle tickets sold over the  internet
    24  the  sale  of such tickets shall be deemed to have occurred on the prem-
    25  ises of the  authorized  organization  or  authorized  games  of  chance
    26  lessor.
    27    § 3. 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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