Bill Text: NY S05671 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-17 - PRINT NUMBER 5671A [S05671 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05671-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5671--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
         ing  -- recommitted to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering in
         accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said
         committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  -- committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       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] BELL JARS MANU-
    7  FACTURED WITH A BOARD-APPROVED LEGEND MAY ONLY BE SOLD TO BOARD-LICENSED
    8  DISTRIBUTOR FOR RESALE WITHIN THE STATE. Manufacturers of bell jar tick-
    9  ets, seal cards, merchandise boards, and coin boards may submit samples,
   10  artists'  renderings, or color photocopies of proposed bell jar tickets,
   11  seal cards, merchandise boards, coin boards, payout  cards,  and  flares
   12  for  review  and approval by the board. Within thirty days of receipt of
   13  such sample or rendering, the board shall approve or deny such bell  jar
   14  tickets.  Following  approval  of a rendering of a bell jar ticket, seal
   15  card, merchandise board, or coin board by the  board,  the  manufacturer
   16  shall  submit to the board a sample of the printed bell jar ticket, seal
   17  card, merchandise board, coin board, payout card,  and  flare  for  such
   18  game.  Such  sample  shall be submitted prior to the sale of the game to
   19  any licensed distributor for resale in this state. For coin  boards  and
   20  merchandise boards, nothing herein shall require the submittal of actual
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00941-02-0
       S. 5671--A                          2
    1  coins  or  merchandise  as  part  of  the approval process. Any licensed
    2  manufacturer who [willfully] INTENTIONALLY violates  the  provisions  of
    3  this  section  shall:  (a)  upon  such first offense, have their license
    4  suspended  for  a  period  of thirty days; (b) upon such second offense,
    5  participate in a hearing to be conducted by  the  board,  and  surrender
    6  their  license for such period as recommended by the board; and (c) upon
    7  such third or subsequent offense, have their  license  suspended  for  a
    8  period  of  one  year and shall be guilty of a class E felony. Any unli-
    9  censed manufacturer who violates the provisions of this section shall be
   10  guilty of a class E felony.
   11    S 2.  Subdivision 3-a of section 186 of the general municipal law,  as
   12  amended  by  chapter  337  of  the  laws  of 1998, is amended to read as
   13  follows:
   14    3-a. "Bell jars" shall mean and include those games in which a partic-
   15  ipant shall draw a card from a jar, vending machine, or  other  suitable
   16  device  or  container which contains numbers, colors or symbols that are
   17  covered and which, when uncovered, may reveal  that  a  prize  shall  be
   18  awarded  on the basis of a designated winning number, color or symbol or
   19  combination of numbers, colors or symbols. Bell jars shall also  include
   20  seal  cards,  coin  boards, and merchandise boards.   ALL BELL JARS SOLD
   21  WITHIN THE STATE SHALL BE MANUFACTURED WITH A BOARD-APPROVED  LEGEND  ON
   22  ITS FACE OR REVERSE.
   23    S  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   24  ing the year in which it shall have become  a  law,  provided,  however,
   25  that  any  rules and regulations necessary for the timely implementation
   26  of this act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.