Bill Text: NY S03917 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-08 - SIGNED CHAP.470 [S03917 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S03917-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3917--A Cal. No. 350 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 21, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager- ing -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08837-03-9S. 3917--A 2 1 value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game or a 2 total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, (III) such games 3 are not conducted on more than [fifteen days] one day per week and not 4 more than thirty times during any calendar year, (IV) no person other 5 than a bona fide active member of the organization, club or association 6 participates in the conduct of the games, and (V) no person is paid for 7 conducting or assisting in the conduct of the game or games. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.