This chapter shall be cited and may be referred to as the "Games of
Chance Licensing Law."
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority granted by Chapter
960, Laws of the State of New York, 1976, which amended the General Municipal
Law of the State of New York by adding a new article, Article 9-A, thereto.
This chapter shall be applicable to all territory within the limits
of the Town of Putnam Valley.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms used herein shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in General Municipal Law Article 9-A.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in Article
9-A of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining a license as provided for
thereunder and complying with all other rules and regulations, powers and
duties of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board and all other rules
and regulations as set forth in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law,
to conduct a game or games of chance in the territory of the Town of Putnam
Valley.
All games of chance shall be conducted in accordance with General Municipal
Law § 189.
An application for a license to conduct games of chance and authorized
games of chance lessor shall be in accordance with the requirements set forth
in § 190 of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
The investigation of applicants and matters to be determined, issuance
of the license, license fees and duration shall be in accordance with § 191
of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
Hearings and amendment of licenses shall be in accordance with § 192
of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
The control and supervision, suspension of licenses and inspection of
premises shall be in accordance with § 193 of Article 9-A of the
General Municipal Law.
Any person, association, corporation or organization who or which shall
make any material false statement in any application for any license authorized
to be issued under this chapter or in violation of any of the other terms
and conditions or other applicable provisions of said Article 9-A of the General
Municipal Law shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license
issued under this chapter, and shall be subject to any and all other penalties
set forth in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
The enforcement officer of the provisions of this chapter shall be the
chief law enforcement officer of the Town of Putnam Valley.
Except as provided in § 195-k of Article 9-A of the General
Municipal Law, the provisions of this chapter shall be inoperative unless
and until a proposition therefor submitted at a general or special election
in the Town of Putnam Valley shall be approved by a vote of the majority of
the qualified electors in the Town of Putnam Valley voting thereon.
This chapter may be amended from time to time or repealed by the Town
Board of the Town of Putnam Valley by a 2/3 vote of said Town Board, and such
amendment or repeal, as the case may be, may be effective and operative not
earlier than 30 days following the date of enactment of the local law affecting
such amendment or repeal, and the approval of a majority of electors of the
Town of Putnam Valley shall not be a condition prerequisite to the taking
effect of such local law.