[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of Trustees of the Village
of Pleasantville 12-12-1994 by L.L. No. 4-1995.
(This law passed at referendum 3-21-1995.) Amendments noted
where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
An authorized organization as defined in Subdivision 4 of § 476
of the General Municipal Law.
A game of chance as defined in Subdivision 3 of § 476 of
the General Municipal Law.
A game of chance as defined in Subdivision 11-a of § 476
of the General Municipal Law.
The Village of Pleasantville, New York.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, upon obtaining a
license therefor, as provided in Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law,
to conduct the game of bingo or early bird bingo within the limits of the
Village of Pleasantville, subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions
of said Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and the provisions of the
State Bingo Control Law.[2]
Each applicant for a license shall file with the Village Clerk a written
application therefor in the form prescribed by the rules and regulations of
the State Racing and Wagering Board and in the manner provided by § 480
of the General Municipal Law.
In the event that the Village Board, after investigation as provided
in § 481 of the General Municipal Law, shall be satisfied that bingo
or early bird bingo is to be held, operated and conducted in accordance with
the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, the Village Board
of Trustees shall issue a license to the applicant for the holding, operating
and conducting of bingo and early bird bingo applied for upon payment of a
license fee as provided in § 481 of the General Municipal Law for
each occasion upon which any bingo game or early bird bingo game is to be
conducted under such license. No license for the holding, operation or conducting
of bingo or early bird bingo shall be effective for a period of more than
one year.
The following restrictions, in addition to any other restrictions imposed
by General Municipal Law § 479, shall apply to the conduct of bingo
games and early bird bingo games authorized by this chapter.
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization,
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law, shall be permitted to conduct such games.
B.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the
game.
C.
No single prize or series of prizes of any one occasion
shall exceed the value or sums as set forth in Article 14-H.
D.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any such game.
E.
No bingo game or early bird 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.
This chapter shall be deemed to include all of the provisions of Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law, except as otherwise provided in this chapter,
and any amendment to the provisions in such article to the extent that such
provisions and amending acts are otherwise applicable to bingo and early bird
bingo authorized under this chapter.
