Bill Text: NY A06212 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Limits the operation of certain bingo games run by retirement communities and social or charitable organizations to no more than 1 day per week and no more than 30 times per year.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2019-11-08 - SIGNED CHAP.470 [A06212 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06212-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6212--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. D. ROSENTHAL, HYNDMAN -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Racing and Wagering -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the  operation
          of certain bingo games

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Clauses (B) and (C) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
     2  subdivision 2 of section 495-a of the general municipal law, as  amended
     3  by chapter 441 of the laws of 2007, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (B)  within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, retire-
     5  ment community, or other group residential complex or facility where (I)
     6  sponsored by the operator of or an association related to such  complex,
     7  community  or  facility,  (II)  such  games are conducted solely for the
     8  purpose of amusement and recreation of its residents, (III) no player or
     9  other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to  partic-
    10  ipate, (IV) the value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any
    11  one  game  or  a total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day,
    12  (V) such games are not conducted on more than [fifteen days] one day per
    13  week and not more than thirty times during any calendar year,  and  (VI)
    14  no person other than an employee or volunteer of such complex, community
    15  or facility conducts or assists in conducting the game or games.
    16    (C) on behalf of any bona fide social, charitable, educational, recre-
    17  ational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit or age group organization,
    18  club  or  association solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation
    19  of its members or beneficiaries where (I)  no  player  or  other  person
    20  furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to participate, (II) the
    21  value  of  the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game or a
    22  total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, (III) such games
    23  are not conducted on more than [fifteen days] one day per week  and  not

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  more  than  thirty  times during any calendar year, (IV) no person other
     2  than a bona fide active member of the organization, club or  association
     3  participates  in the conduct of the games, and (V) no person is paid for
     4  conducting or assisting in the conduct of the game or games.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.