It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476
of Article 14-H the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining the required license,
conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of Highlands,
subject to the provisions of this article, Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law and 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. The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the
same.
C. No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $1,000.
D. No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate
more than $3,000.
E. No person except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
F. No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of such game.
G. The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful
violation of any provision of such local law or ordinance shall constitute
and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
[Adopted 3-14-1978 by L.L. No. 2-1978]
This article shall be known as the "Games of Chance Law of the Town
of Highlands, New York."
Authorized organizations may, upon the obtainment of a license from
the Town Clerk, conduct games of chance within the Town of Highlands 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
State Law and with the rules and regulations of the New York State Racing
and Wagering Board and of this article.
The conduct of games of chance authorized by this article shall be subject
to 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 games
of chance a hall or other premises for any consideration whatsoever, direct
or indirect, except as provided in § 190 of the General Municipal
Law.
B. No game of chance shall be held, operated or conduced
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 or receive any supplies or equipment specifically
designed or adapted for use in the conduct of games of chance from other than
a supplier licensed by the Board or from another authorized organization.
D. The entire net proceeds of any game of chance and of
any rental shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization
permitted to conduct the same.
E. No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $300 in any
operation or conducting of a single game of chance as provided in § 186
of the General Municipal Law. No single wager shall exceed $6.
F. No series of prizes on any one occasion of games of chance
shall aggregate more than $10,000 as provided in § 186 of the General
Municipal Law.
G. No person except a bona fide member of any such organization,
its auxiliary or affiliated organization, shall participate in the management
or operation of such game, as set forth in § 195-c of the General
Municipal Law.
H. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted
to play any game of chance or conduct or assist in the conducting of any game
of chance conducted pursuant to this article.
I. No game of chance shall be conducted under any license
issued more often than 12 times in any calendar year. Games shall be conducted
only between the hours of noon and midnight on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday and only between the hours of noon on Friday and 2:00 a.m. Saturday
and only between the hours of noon on Saturday and 2:00 a.m. Sunday. Games
of chance on Sunday may be conducted only between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and
midnight.
J. No games of chance shall be conducted on Easter Sunday,
Christmas Day or New Year's Eve.
K. No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any such game.
L. The unauthorized conduct of a game of chance shall constitute
and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
This article shall be deemed to include all of the provisions of Article
9-A of the General Municipal Law, except as otherwise provided in this article,
and any amendment to the provisions in such article to the extent such provisions
and amending acts are otherwise applicable to games of chance authorized under
this article.
Games of chance on the first day of the week, commonly known as "Sunday,"
may be conducted pursuant to this article and appropriate statute and regulations.
The police officers of the town shall exercise control over and supervision
of all games of chance conducted under an appropriately issued license. Such
police officers shall have all those powers and duties set forth in Article
9-A of the General Municipal Law.