A05644 Summary:
| BILL NO | A05644 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S04738 |
| SPONSOR | Santabarbara |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §486, Gen Muni L | |
| Permits participation in games of bingo by minors who are accompanied by an adult. | |
A05644 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5644 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to participation in games of bingo by minors 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 section 6 of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 § 486. Participation by persons under the age of eighteen. No person 5 under the age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or 6 games of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this arti- 7 cle unless accompanied by an adult. No person under the age of eighteen 8 years shall be permitted to conduct, operate or assist in the conduct of 9 any game of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued pursuant to 10 this article. Nothing in this section shall prevent a person sixteen 11 years of age or older from performing ancillary non-gaming activities 12 conducted in conjunction with any game of bingo conducted pursuant to 13 any license pursuant to this article. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02472-01-3