Authorizes housing authorities to operate bingo games; adds guests invited by residents of any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, housing authority, retirement community, or other group residential complex or facility to the scope of application; allows games to be conducted two days per week; makes related provisions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2606
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 22, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- 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 the operation
of bingo games
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause (B) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
2 sion 2 of section 495-a of the general municipal law, as amended by
3 chapter 470 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 (B) within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, housing
5 authority, retirement community, or other group residential complex or
6 facility where (I) [sponsored by the operator of or an association
7 related to such complex, community or facility, (II)] such games are
8 conducted solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation of its
9 residents and guests invited by such residents, [(III)] (II) no player
10 or other person furnishes anything of more than one dollar in value per
11 game for the opportunity to participate, [(IV)] (III) the value of the
12 prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game or a total of one
13 hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, [(V)] (IV) such games are not
14 conducted on more than one day per week and not more than [thirty times]
15 two days during any calendar [year] week, and [(VI)] (V) no person
16 [other than an employee or volunteer of such complex, community or
17 facility conducts or assists] is paid to conduct or assist in conducting
18 the game or games.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04571-01-1
