STATE OF NEW YORK
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6265
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 6, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- 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 allowing alco-
holic beverages as prizes in any game of chance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 195-d of the general municipal law, as amended by
2 chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 195-d. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes;
4 award of prizes. A fee may be charged by any licensee for admission to
5 any game or games of chance conducted under any license issued under
6 this article. The clerk or department may in its discretion fix a mini-
7 mum fee. With the exception of bell jars, coin boards, seal cards,
8 merchandise boards, and raffles, every winner shall be determined and
9 every prize shall be awarded and delivered within the same calendar day
10 as that upon which the game was played. [No alcoholic beverage shall be
11 offered or given as a prize in any game of chance.]
12 § 2. Subdivision 3 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 3. No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted to play,
15 operate or assist in any raffle conducted pursuant to this section.
16 Where any such raffle awards a prize containing alcohol, no person under
17 the age of twenty-one shall be permitted to play, operate or assist in
18 such raffle conducted pursuant to this section.
19 § 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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