The Board of Trustees finds that the raising of funds for the promotion
of bona fide charitable, educational, scientific, health, religious and patriotic
causes and undertakings, where the beneficiaries are undetermined, is in the
public interest and that the mandate of § 9 of Article I of the
Constitution of the State of New York, as amended, should be carried out by
rigid regulations to prevent commercialized gambling, to prevent participation
by criminal and other undesirable elements and to prevent the diversion of
funds from the purposes herein authorized.
This chapter is subject and subordinate to all the conditions and provisions
contained in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law and amendments thereto
and any and all rules and regulations and opinions adopted or to be adopted
by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.
The Village Clerk is hereby delegated the authority granted to the Board
of Trustees by Article 9-A, Local Option for Conduct of Games of Chance by
Certain Organizations, of the General Municipal Law in relation to the issuance,
amendment and cancellation of licenses, the conduct of investigations and
hearings and the collection and transmission of fees.
No person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization, other than
an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this chapter,
shall be permitted to conduct games of chance within the territorial limits
of the Village of Chester.
This chapter shall not become operative or effective unless it shall
have been approved by a vote of the majority of the qualified electors of
the Village of Chester voting at a special election to be held on October
6, 1980 on a proposition which shall state:
PROPOSITION
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Shall Local Law No. 1 of 1980, adopted by the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Chester on August 6, 1980, entitled "ALL LOCAL LAW IN RELATION
TO THE CONDUCT OF GAMES OF CHANCE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF CHESTER, ORANGE COUNTY,
NEW YORK," be approved?
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