Bill Text: NY A05716 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the premises on which games of chance may be conducted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to racing and wagering [A05716 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05716-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5716
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 14, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. CURRAN, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Racing and Wagering
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law,  in  relation  to  games  of
          chance
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 189 of the general municipal law,
     2  as amended by chapter 252 of the laws of 1998, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    13. No game of chance shall be conducted on other than the premises of
     5  an  authorized  organization  or  an  authorized games of chance lessor.
     6  Nothing herein shall prohibit the sale of raffle tickets to  the  public
     7  outside  the  premises  of  an  authorized organization or an authorized
     8  games of chance lessor; or in municipalities which have passed  a  local
     9  law,  ordinance  or  resolution  in accordance with sections one hundred
    10  eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this article approving  the
    11  conduct  of  games of chance that are located in the county in which the
    12  municipality issuing the license is located and in  the  counties  which
    13  are  contiguous  to  the  county  in  which the municipality issuing the
    14  raffle license is located, provided those municipalities have authorized
    15  the licensee, in writing,  to  sell  such  raffle  tickets  therein  and
    16  provided,  however,  that  no  sale of raffle tickets shall be made more
    17  than one hundred eighty days prior to the date scheduled for  the  occa-
    18  sion  at  which  the  raffle will be conducted. The winner of any single
    19  prize in a raffle shall not be required to be present at the  time  such
    20  raffle  is conducted. Premises may include any venue used to conduct the
    21  customary and lawful activities of the authorized organization.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08532-01-7
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