Bill Text: NY S08166 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the premises on which games of chance may be conducted; establishes that games of chance are not prohibited from being conducted on state-owned property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-07-08 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08166 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08166-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8166
                    IN SENATE
                                      July 8, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  the  premises
          on which games of chance may be conducted
          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  provided, however, nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit a game  of
     7  chance  from  being  conducted on state-owned property.   Nothing herein
     8  shall prohibit the sale of raffle tickets  to  the  public  outside  the
     9  premises  of an authorized organization or an authorized games of chance
    10  lessor; or in municipalities which have passed a local law, ordinance or
    11  resolution in accordance with sections one hundred eighty-seven and  one
    12  hundred  eighty-eight  of this article approving the conduct of games of
    13  chance that are located in the county in which the municipality  issuing
    14  the  license  is located and in the counties which are contiguous to the
    15  county in which the municipality issuing the raffle license is  located,
    16  provided  those municipalities have authorized the licensee, in writing,
    17  to sell such raffle tickets therein and provided, however, that no  sale
    18  of  raffle tickets shall be made more than one hundred eighty days prior
    19  to the date scheduled for the occasion  at  which  the  raffle  will  be
    20  conducted.  The  winner  of  any  single  prize in a raffle shall not be
    21  required to be present at the time such raffle is conducted.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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