Bill Text: NY A01413 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting firearms as prizes in any game of chance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to racing and wagering [A01413 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01413-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1413
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, STECK, M. G. MILLER, TAYLOR, ROZIC, VANEL,
          JAFFEE,  CRESPO,  DINOWITZ,  CARROLL,  DICKENS, ORTIZ, COLTON, MOSLEY,
          D'URSO,  GOTTFRIED,  BARRON,  RIVERA,  GLICK,  COOK,  BLAKE,   LAVINE,
          BICHOTTE,  HYNDMAN,  FAHY  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. DAVILA,
          HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wager-
          ing
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
          firearms as prizes in any game of chance
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 195-d  of  the  general  municipal
     2  law,  as  amended  by section 13 of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of
     3  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. With the exception of bell jars, coin boards, seal cards,  merchan-
     5  dise  boards  and  raffles,  every  winner shall be determined and every
     6  prize shall be awarded and delivered within the  same  calendar  day  as
     7  that  upon  which the game was played. No alcoholic beverage or firearm,
     8  as defined in section 265.00 of the penal law, shall be offered or given
     9  as a prize in any game of chance.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01807-01-9
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