[Amended 4-9-1987 by L.L. No. 4-1987]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476
of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining the required
license, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the
Town of Crawford, subject to the provisions of this Article, Article 14-H
of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive Law and the following restrictions:
A. No person, firm, association, corporation or organization,
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this
Article, shall be permitted to conduct such games.
B. No bingo game shall be held, operated or conducted on
or within any leased premises if rental under such lease is to be paid, wholly
or partly, on the basis of a percentage of the receipts or net profits derived
from the operation of such game.
C. The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the
same.
D. No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
E. No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
F. No person, except a bona fide member of any such organization,
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
G. No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any such game.
H. The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful
violation of any provision of any such local law or ordinance shall constitute
and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
I. The conduct of a bingo game pursuant to this Article
will be subject to all rules and regulations now or hereafter promulgated
by the Bingo Control Commission pursuant to Article 19-B of the Executive
Law.
This Article shall take effect 10 days after the date of the filing
with the Town Clerk of the certificate of the Election Inspectors, pursuant
to § 83 of the Town Law, indicating the approval by a majority of
the qualified electors of the Town voting on a proposition therefor submitted
at a special election held for that purpose.
[Adopted 7-8-1982 by L.L. No. 3-1982]
This Article is enacted pursuant to the authority of Article 9-A of
the General Municipal Law of the State of New York and shall be known as the
"Games of Chance Law of the Town of Crawford, New York."
Authorized organizations may, upon obtainment of license from the Town
Clerk of the Town of Crawford, conduct games of chance within the Town of
Crawford, as provided in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law and as provided
further in this Article. Such games of chance shall be conducted in accordance
with the General Municipal Law, Article 9-A, with the rules and regulations
of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board and with this Article.
The chief law enforcement officer of the Town of Crawford shall exercise
control over and supervision of all games of chance conducted under an appropriately
issued license. Such officer shall have all those powers and duties set forth
in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
This Article shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary
of State's office, following its approval at a referendum by a majority of
qualified voters thereon at a general election to be held November 2, 1982,
pursuant to the provisions of § 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.