Bill Text: NY A04623 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-11-25 - tabled [A04623 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04623-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4623
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Racing and Wagering
        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, and shall  only
     7  sell such tickets that have been approved by the board and are imprinted
     8  with  an  approved legend prescribed by the board in a manner prescribed
     9  by the board. Bell jar tickets  that  are  banded  single-sided  single-
    10  tabbed,  double-sided  single-tabbed  or  folded  bell  jar  tickets are
    11  excluded from the approved legend requirement. Manufacturers of bell jar
    12  tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards,  and  coin  boards  may  submit
    13  samples,  artists' renderings, or color photocopies of proposed bell jar
    14  tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, coin boards, payout cards,  and
    15  flares  for  review  and  approval  by  the board. Within thirty days of
    16  receipt of such sample or rendering, the board  shall  approve  or  deny
    17  such  bell  jar tickets. Following approval of a rendering of a bell jar
    18  ticket, seal card, merchandise board, or coin board by  the  board,  the
    19  manufacturer  shall submit to the board a sample of the printed bell jar
    20  ticket, seal card, merchandise board, coin board, payout card, and flare
    21  for such game. Such sample shall be submitted prior to the sale  of  the
    22  game  to  any  licensed  distributor  for resale in this state. For coin
    23  boards and merchandise boards, nothing herein shall require the  submit-
    24  tal  of actual coins or merchandise as part of the approval process. Any
    25  licensed  manufacturer  who  [willfully]  intentionally   violates   the
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  provisions  of  this  section  shall:  (a) upon such first offense, have
     2  their license suspended for a period  of  thirty  days;  (b)  upon  such
     3  second  offense,  participate in a hearing to be conducted by the board,
     4  and surrender their license for such period as recommended by the board;
     5  and  (c)  upon  such  third  or  subsequent  offense, have their license
     6  suspended for a period of one year and shall be  guilty  of  a  class  E
     7  felony.  Any unlicensed manufacturer who violates the provisions of this
     8  section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 195-o of the general municipal  law,  as
    10  amended  by  chapter  637  of  the  laws  of 1999, is amended to read as
    11  follows:
    12    1. Distribution; distributors. Any distributor licensed in  accordance
    13  with  section  one  hundred  eighty-nine-a of this article to distribute
    14  bell jar tickets shall purchase bell  jar  tickets  only  from  licensed
    15  manufacturers  and  may  manufacture  coin boards and merchandise boards
    16  only as authorized  in  subdivision  one-a  of  this  section.  Licensed
    17  distributors  who purchase bell jar tickets for resale in New York state
    18  shall only purchase and  resell  bell  jar  tickets  imprinted  with  an
    19  approved  legend  prescribed  by the board in a manner prescribed by the
    20  board, or bell jar tickets that have been approved by the board that are
    21  banded single-sided single-tabbed, double-sided single-tabbed or  folded
    22  bell  jar  tickets. Licensed distributors of bell jar tickets shall sell
    23  such tickets only to not-for-profit, charitable or  religious  organiza-
    24  tions  registered by the board. Any licensed distributor who [willfully]
    25  intentionally violates the provisions of this section  shall:  (a)  upon
    26  such  first offense, have their license suspended for a period of thirty
    27  days; (b) upon such second offense,  participate  in  a  hearing  to  be
    28  conducted  by  the board, and surrender their license for such period as
    29  recommended by the board; and (c) upon such third or subsequent offense,
    30  have their license suspended for a period of one year and shall be guil-
    31  ty of a class E felony. Any unlicensed  distributor  who  violates  this
    32  section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
    33    §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
    34  ing the year in which it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately
    35  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
    36  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
    37  authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.