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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         3917--A
            Cal. No. 350
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 21, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
          ing  --  committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee
          on Rules -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third
          reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to  the  Assembly,  recalled,
          vote  reconsidered,  restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
        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
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08837-03-9
        S. 3917--A                          2
 
     1  value  of  the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game or a
     2  total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, (III) such games
     3  are not conducted on more than [fifteen days] one day per week  and  not
     4  more  than  thirty  times during any calendar year, (IV) no person other
     5  than a bona fide active member of the organization, club or  association
     6  participates  in the conduct of the games, and (V) no person is paid for
     7  conducting or assisting in the conduct of the game or games.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.