[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Ramapo 10-15-1974. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be known and cited as the
"Bingo Ordinance of the Town of Ramapo."
It is resolved and ordained that 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 Ramapo, subject to the provisions of this chapter,
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 a licensee under the provisions of this chapter, shall
conduct such game or shall lease or otherwise make available for conducting
bingo a hall or other premises for any consideration whatsoever, direct
or indirect.
B.
No bingo games 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.
No authorized organization licensed under the provisions
of this chapter shall purchase, lease or receive any supplies or equipment
specifically designed or adapted for use in the conduct of bingo games
from other than a supplier licensed under the Bingo Control Law or
from another authorized organization.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
D.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct
the game.
E.
No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $1,000.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
F.
No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall
aggregate more than $3,000.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
G.
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
H.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any game of bingo.
I.
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful
violation of any provision of any local law or ordinance shall constitute
and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
J.
Bingo games may be held on any day of the week provided
for in the license issued hereunder.
K.
No person licensed to sell bingo supplies or equipment,
or his or her agents, shall conduct, participate in, or assist in
the conduct of bingo. Nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed distributor
from selling, offering for sale, or explaining a product to an authorized
organization, or installing or servicing bingo equipment, upon the
premises of a bingo game licensee.
[Added 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
L.
Limited period bingo shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and
the rules and regulations of the State Racing and Wagering Board.
[Added 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
[Amended 2-26-1975]
Any person, association or corporation who or
which shall commit any of the following offenses shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license issued under said Article
14-H for one year thereafter:
A.
Making any false statement in any application for
any license authorized to be issued under Article 14-H of the General
Municipal Law.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
B.
Paying or receiving, for the use of any premises for
conducting bingo, a rental in excess of the amount specified as the
permissible rent in the license provided for in Subdivision 2 of § 480
of the General Municipal Law.
C.
Failing to keep such books and records as shall fully
and truly record all transactions connected with the conducting of
bingo or the leasing of premises to be used for the conduct of bingo.
D.
Falsifying or making any false entry in any books
or records so far as they relate in any manner to the conduct of bingo,
to the disposition of the proceeds thereof and to the application
of the rents received by any authorized organization.
E.
Diverting or paying any portion of the net proceeds
of any game of bingo to any person, association or corporation, except
in furtherance of one or more of the lawful purposes defined in Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law.
[Amended 2-6-2012 by L.L.
No. 2-2012]
This chapter shall be effective:
A.
Upon the approval of the same by a majority of the
qualified electors of the Town of Ramapo voting on a proposition therefor
duly submitted at a special election held within the Town as provided
by law;[1] and
[1]
Editor's Note: This proposition was approved
11-5-1974 by a majority of the qualified electors.
B.
Upon publishing, posting or upon personal service
as provided in § 133 of the Town Law.
