This chapter is adopted 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 Local Law of the Village
of Delhi."
Authorized organizations may, upon the obtainment
of a license from Village Clerk, conduct games of chance within the
Village of Delhi as provided in Article 9-A of the General Municipal
Law and as provided further in this chapter. 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 this chapter.
The conduct of games of chance authorized by
this chapter shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by § 189
of the General Municipal Law.
This chapter shall be deemed to include all
of the provisions of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law, except
as otherwise provided in this chapter, and any amendment to the provisions
of such article to the extent such provisions and amending acts are
otherwise applicable to games of chance authorized under this chapter.
Games of chance on the first day of the week,
commonly known as Sunday, may not be conducted pursuant to this chapter
and appropriate state law and regulation.
The Chief of Police of the Village of Delhi
shall exercise control over and supervision of all games of chance
conducted under an appropriately issued license. The Chief shall have
all those powers and duties set forth in Subdivisions 1 and 2 of § 194
of the General Municipal Law.
In accordance with the provisions of § 188,
Subdivision 2, of the General Municipal Law and § 23, Subdivision
1, of the Municipal Home Rule Law, this chapter shall not become operative
or effective unless and until it shall have been approved at the next
general election held within the Village by the affirmative vote of
a majority of the qualified electors of the Village voting upon the
proposition.