The purpose of this article is to amend an ordinance adopted by the
Town Board of the Town of Cornwall, Orange County, New York, in 1958, authorizing
the conduct of bingo in such town, to change the reference in such ordinance
from Article 14-G of the General Municipal Law to Article 14-H of the General
Municipal Law, as so renumbered by Chapter 438 of the Laws of 1962, and to
set forth therein the following additional amended and renumbered restrictions
concerning the conduct of the game of bingo by an authorized organization
in such town as required by § 479 of the General Municipal Law of
the State of New York as amended by Chapter 438 of the Laws of 1962.
For the purpose of effectively administering this article and the applicable
parts of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, known as the "Bingo Licensing
Law," and Article 19-B of the Executive Law, known as the "State Lottery Control
Law," each authorized organization qualifying for a license shall pay to the
Town Clerk $10 for each occasion upon which any games of chance are to be
conducted under such license.
[Adopted 2-14-1977 by L.L. No. 3-1977]
The Town Board finds 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, to be in
the public interest, and that the mandate of § 9 of Article 1 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 article is subject and subordinate to all the conditions and provisions
contained in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law and amendments thereto,
and to any and all rules and regulations and opinions adopted or to be adopted
by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.
The Town Clerk is hereby delegated the authority granted to the Town
Board by Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law, entitled "Local Option
for Conduct of Games of Chance by Certain Organizations," 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, association, corporation or organization other than
an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this article shall
be permitted to conduct games of chance within the territorial limits of the
Town of Cornwall.
This article shall be subject to a mandatory referendum pursuant to
the provisions of the General Municipal Law, Article 9-A, and the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York, which referendum shall be conducted
at a time to be determined by the Town Board, and if the voters qualified
to vote in the mandatory referendum approve games of chance, this article
shall become effective 30 days thereafter.