STATE OF NEW YORK
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6067
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 23, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, HAWLEY, MONTESANO, RAIA, BLANKENBUSH, OAKS,
DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McLAUGHLIN -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
religious and charitable organizations to accept personal checks as
payment for raffle tickets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 3-b and 20 of section 186 of the general
2 municipal law, subdivision 3-b as added by chapter 550 of the laws of
3 1994 and subdivision 20 as added by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are
4 amended to read as follows:
5 3-b. "Raffle" shall mean and include those games of chance in which a
6 participant pays money or by personal check, provided the raffle is held
7 by an authorized organization that is a bona fide religious or charita-
8 ble organization, in return for a ticket or other receipt and in which a
9 prize is awarded on the basis of a winning number or numbers, color or
10 colors, or symbol or symbols designated on the ticket or receipt, deter-
11 mined by chance as a result of a drawing from among those tickets or
12 receipts previously sold.
13 20. "Games of chance currency" shall mean legal tender or a form of
14 scrip or chip authorized by the board, any of which may be used at the
15 discretion of the games of chance licensee; provided, however, "games of
16 chance currency" shall also include personal checks as payment for
17 raffles when the games of chance licensee is a bona fide religious or
18 charitable organization.
19 § 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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