STATE OF NEW YORK
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5716
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to games of
chance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 189 of the general municipal law,
2 as amended by chapter 252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 13. No game of chance shall be conducted on other than the premises of
5 an authorized organization or an authorized games of chance lessor.
6 Nothing herein shall prohibit the sale of raffle tickets to the public
7 outside the premises of an authorized organization or an authorized
8 games of chance lessor; or in municipalities which have passed a local
9 law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with sections one hundred
10 eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this article approving the
11 conduct of games of chance that are located in the county in which the
12 municipality issuing the license is located and in the counties which
13 are contiguous to the county in which the municipality issuing the
14 raffle license is located, provided those municipalities have authorized
15 the licensee, in writing, to sell such raffle tickets therein and
16 provided, however, that no sale of raffle tickets shall be made more
17 than one hundred eighty days prior to the date scheduled for the occa-
18 sion at which the raffle will be conducted. The winner of any single
19 prize in a raffle shall not be required to be present at the time such
20 raffle is conducted. Premises may include any venue used to conduct the
21 customary and lawful activities of the authorized organization.
22 § 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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