STATE OF NEW YORK
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2989
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 28, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- 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 requiring a
New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York State
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 195-n of the general municipal
2 law, as amended by chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 1. Distribution; manufacturers. [For business conducted in this state,
5 manufacturers licensed by the board to sell bell jar tickets shall sell
6 only such tickets to distributors licensed by the board] Bell jars manu-
7 factured with a board-approved legend may only be sold to board-licensed
8 distributor for resale within the state. Manufacturers of bell jar tick-
9 ets, seal cards, merchandise boards, and coin boards may submit samples,
10 artists' renderings, or color photocopies of proposed bell jar tickets,
11 seal cards, merchandise boards, coin boards, payout cards, and flares
12 for review and approval by the board. Within thirty days of receipt of
13 such sample or rendering, the board shall approve or deny such bell jar
14 tickets. Following approval of a rendering of a bell jar ticket, seal
15 card, merchandise board, or coin board by the board, the manufacturer
16 shall submit to the board a sample of the printed bell jar ticket, seal
17 card, merchandise board, coin board, payout card, and flare for such
18 game. Such sample shall be submitted prior to the sale of the game to
19 any licensed distributor for resale in this state. For coin boards and
20 merchandise boards, nothing herein shall require the submittal of actual
21 coins or merchandise as part of the approval process. Any licensed
22 manufacturer who [willfully] intentionally violates the provisions of
23 this section shall: (a) upon such first offense, have their license
24 suspended for a period of thirty days; (b) upon such second offense,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 participate in a hearing to be conducted by the board, and surrender
2 their license for such period as recommended by the board; and (c) upon
3 such third or subsequent offense, have their license suspended for a
4 period of one year and shall be guilty of a class E felony. Any unli-
5 censed manufacturer who violates the provisions of this section shall be
6 guilty of a class E felony.
7 § 2. Subdivision 3-a of section 186 of the general municipal law, as
8 amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
9 follows:
10 3-a. "Bell jars" shall mean and include those games in which a partic-
11 ipant shall draw a card from a jar, vending machine, or other suitable
12 device or container which contains numbers, colors or symbols that are
13 covered and which, when uncovered, may reveal that a prize shall be
14 awarded on the basis of a designated winning number, color or symbol or
15 combination of numbers, colors or symbols. Bell jars shall also include
16 seal cards, coin boards, event games, and merchandise boards. All bell
17 jars sold within this state shall be manufactured with a board-approved
18 legend on its face or reverse.
19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
20 ing the year in which it shall have become a law, provided, however,
21 that any rules and regulations necessary for the timely implementation
22 of this act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.
