STATE OF NEW YORK
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6204
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 3, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 internet
sale of raffle tickets
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 13 of
2 section 189 of the general municipal law, as amended by section 11 of
3 part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 (2) is located in the county in which the municipality issuing the
6 raffle license is located or in a county that is contiguous to the coun-
7 ty in which the municipality issuing the raffle license is located
8 except that for the purposes of raffle tickets sold over the internet
9 the sale of such tickets shall be deemed to have occurred on the prem-
10 ises of the authorized organization or authorized games of chance
11 lessor;
12 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 190-a of the general municipal law, as
13 added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
14 4. No raffle shall be conducted pursuant to this section except within
15 a municipality in which the authorized organization is domiciled that
16 has passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with
17 sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this
18 article approving the conduct of games of chance, and in municipalities
19 which have passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance
20 with sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of
21 this article approving the conduct of games of chance that are located
22 within the county or contiguous to the county in which the organization
23 is domiciled. For the purposes of raffle tickets sold over the internet
24 the sale of such tickets shall be deemed to have occurred on the prem-
25 ises of the authorized organization or authorized games of chance
26 lessor.
27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05219-01-3
