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 bingo games within the territorial limits of the Village
of Chester, subject to the provisions of this chapter, Article 14-H of the
General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive Law, the rules and regulations
of the State Bingo Control Commission and the following restrictions:
A. No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than a licensee under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General
Municipal Law 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 Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law shall purchase 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 another authorized organization.
D. The entire net proceeds of any game of bingo 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 $250 in any
single game of bingo.
F. No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
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 this chapter shall constitute and be punishable
as a misdemeanor.
J. Limited period bingo shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the Commission.
This chapter shall not become operative or effective unless and until
it shall have been submitted at a general or special election and approved
by a vote of the majority of the qualified electors of the Village of Chester
voting on a proposition, which proposition shall state:
PROPOSITION
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Shall Local Law No. 1 of 1974, adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Chester on September 9, 1974, entitled "A LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZING
THE CONDUCT OF THE GAME OF BINGO WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF CHESTER," be approved?
and which proposition shall be submitted at a special election to be held
on December 9, 1974, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 477,
478, 479 and 496 of the General Municipal Law, the Municipal Home Rule Law,
the Election Law and other applicable provisions of law.
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