Limits the operation of certain bingo games run by retirement communities and social or charitable organizations to no more than 1 day per week and no more than 30 times per year.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6212--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 4, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Racing and Wagering -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the operation
of certain bingo games
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clauses (B) and (C) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
2 subdivision 2 of section 495-a of the general municipal law, as amended
3 by chapter 441 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
4 (B) within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, retire-
5 ment community, or other group residential complex or facility where (I)
6 sponsored by the operator of or an association related to such complex,
7 community or facility, (II) such games are conducted solely for the
8 purpose of amusement and recreation of its residents, (III) no player or
9 other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to partic-
10 ipate, (IV) the value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any
11 one game or a total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day,
12 (V) such games are not conducted on more than [fifteen days] one day per
13 week and not more than thirty times during any calendar year, and (VI)
14 no person other than an employee or volunteer of such complex, community
15 or facility conducts or assists in conducting the game or games.
16 (C) on behalf of any bona fide social, charitable, educational, recre-
17 ational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit or age group organization,
18 club or association solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation
19 of its members or beneficiaries where (I) no player or other person
20 furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to participate, (II) the
21 value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game or a
22 total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, (III) such games
23 are not conducted on more than [fifteen days] one day per week and not
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 more than thirty times during any calendar year, (IV) no person other
2 than a bona fide active member of the organization, club or association
3 participates in the conduct of the games, and (V) no person is paid for
4 conducting or assisting in the conduct of the game or games.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
