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 Town of Fenton."
No other games of chance, other than those specified in §
89-3, shall be allowed.
Games of chance may be commenced under any license issued pursuant to
this chapter on a Sunday between the hours of 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight
only, except that the application for a license may request approval to conduct
such games of chance beyond midnight if the following day is a legal holiday.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no games of chance
shall be conducted on Easter Sunday, Christmas Day or New Year's Eve.
Pursuant to General Municipal Law § 190, Subdivision 3, certain
repeat authorized organizations may submit summary applications.
The powers and duties set forth in Subdivisions 1 and 2 of § 194
of the General Municipal Law shall be exercised by the Chief Law Enforcement
Officer of the County of Broome.
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 a general election held within the
town by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the
town voting upon the proposition.