STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 4150 A. 6485
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
March 21, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing,
Gaming and Wagering
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to employees of
authorized organizations operating games of chance
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 189 of the general munic-
2 ipal law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are amended to
3 read as follows:
4 10. No person except a bona fide member or employee of the licensed
5 authorized organization shall participate in the management of such
6 games; no person except a bona fide member or employee of the licensed
7 authorized organization, its auxiliary or affiliated organization, shall
8 participate in the operation of such game, as set forth in section one
9 hundred ninety-five-c of this article.
10 11. No person other than an employee shall receive any remuneration
11 for participating in the management or operation of any such game.
12 § 2. Section 195-c of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter
13 252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
14 § 195-c. [1.] Persons operating games; equipment; expenses; compen-
15 sation. 1. No person shall operate any game of chance under any license
16 issued under this article except a bona fide member or employee of the
17 authorized organization to which the license is issued, or a bona fide
18 member or employee of an organization or association which is an auxil-
19 iary to the licensee or a bona fide member or employee of an organiza-
20 tion or association of which such licensee is an auxiliary or a bona
21 fide member or employee of an organization or association which is
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 affiliated with the licensee by being, with it, auxiliary to another
2 organization or association. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit
3 the number of games of chance licensees for whom such persons may oper-
4 ate games of chance nor to prevent non-members or non-employees from
5 assisting the licensee in any activity other than managing or operating
6 games. No game of chance shall be conducted with any equipment except
7 such as shall be owned or leased by the authorized organization so
8 licensed or used without payment of any compensation therefor by the
9 licensee. However, in no event shall bell jar tickets be transferred
10 from one authorized organization to another, with or without payment of
11 any compensation thereof. The head or heads of the authorized organiza-
12 tion shall upon request certify, under oath, that the persons operating
13 any game of chance are bona fide members or employees of such authorized
14 organization, auxiliary or affiliated organization. Upon request by an
15 officer or the department any such person involved in such games of
16 chance shall certify that he or she has no criminal record. No items of
17 expense shall be incurred or paid in connection with the conducting of
18 any game of chance pursuant to any license issued under this article
19 except those that are reasonable and are necessarily expended for games
20 of chance supplies and equipment, prizes, security personnel, stated
21 rental if any, bookkeeping or accounting services according to a sched-
22 ule of compensation prescribed by the board, janitorial services and
23 utility supplies if any, and license fees, and the cost of bus transpor-
24 tation, if authorized by such clerk or department. No commission, sala-
25 ry, compensation, reward or recompense shall be paid or given to any
26 person other than an employee for the sale or assisting with the sale of
27 raffle tickets.
28 2. For the purpose of the sale of tickets for the game of raffle, the
29 term "operate" shall not include the sale of such tickets by persons of
30 lineal or collateral consanguinity to members of an authorized organiza-
31 tion licensed to conduct a raffle.
32 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
