Bill Text: NY A00635 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Permits employees of authorized organizations to operate games of chance.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to racing and wagering [A00635 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00635-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                           635
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. STIRPE, BLANKENBUSH, CROUCH, DiPIETRO, FINCH,
          HAWLEY, RAIA -- 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
    22  affiliated with the licensee by being, with  it,  auxiliary  to  another
    23  organization  or association. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00542-01-9

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     1  the number of games of chance licensees for whom such persons may  oper-
     2  ate  games  of  chance  nor to prevent non-members or non-employees from
     3  assisting the licensee in any activity other than managing or  operating
     4  games.  No  game  of chance shall be conducted with any equipment except
     5  such as shall be owned or  leased  by  the  authorized  organization  so
     6  licensed  or  used  without  payment of any compensation therefor by the
     7  licensee. However, in no event shall bell  jar  tickets  be  transferred
     8  from  one authorized organization to another, with or without payment of
     9  any compensation thereof. The head or heads of the authorized  organiza-
    10  tion  shall upon request certify, under oath, that the persons operating
    11  any game of chance are bona fide members or employees of such authorized
    12  organization, auxiliary or affiliated organization. Upon request  by  an
    13  officer  or  the  department  any  such person involved in such games of
    14  chance shall certify that he or she has no criminal record. No items  of
    15  expense  shall  be incurred or paid in connection with the conducting of
    16  any game of chance pursuant to any license  issued  under  this  article
    17  except  those that are reasonable and are necessarily expended for games
    18  of chance supplies and equipment,  prizes,  security  personnel,  stated
    19  rental  if any, bookkeeping or accounting services according to a sched-
    20  ule of compensation prescribed by the  board,  janitorial  services  and
    21  utility supplies if any, and license fees, and the cost of bus transpor-
    22  tation,  if authorized by such clerk or department. No commission, sala-
    23  ry, compensation, reward or recompense shall be paid  or  given  to  any
    24  person other than an employee for the sale or assisting with the sale of
    25  raffle tickets.
    26    2.  For the purpose of the sale of tickets for the game of raffle, the
    27  term "operate" shall not include the sale of such tickets by persons  of
    28  lineal or collateral consanguinity to members of an authorized organiza-
    29  tion licensed to conduct a raffle.
    30    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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