Bill Text: NY A06067 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes religious and charitable organizations to accept personal checks as payment for raffle tickets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to racing and wagering [A06067 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06067-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6067
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 23, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. KOLB, HAWLEY, MONTESANO, RAIA, BLANKENBUSH, OAKS,
          DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McLAUGHLIN -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering
        AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
          religious and charitable organizations to accept  personal  checks  as
          payment for raffle tickets
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivisions 3-b and 20  of  section  186  of  the  general
     2  municipal  law,  subdivision  3-b as added by chapter 550 of the laws of
     3  1994 and subdivision 20 as added by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    3-b. "Raffle" shall mean and include those games of chance in which  a
     6  participant pays money or by personal check, provided the raffle is held
     7  by  an authorized organization that is a bona fide religious or charita-
     8  ble organization, in return for a ticket or other receipt and in which a
     9  prize is awarded on the basis of a winning number or numbers,  color  or
    10  colors, or symbol or symbols designated on the ticket or receipt, deter-
    11  mined  by  chance  as  a result of a drawing from among those tickets or
    12  receipts previously sold.
    13    20. "Games of chance currency" shall mean legal tender or  a  form  of
    14  scrip  or  chip authorized by the board, any of which may be used at the
    15  discretion of the games of chance licensee; provided, however, "games of
    16  chance currency" shall also  include  personal  checks  as  payment  for
    17  raffles  when  the  games of chance licensee is a bona fide religious or
    18  charitable organization.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10077-01-7