[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Irvington 6-21-1971; approved by referendum 11-2-1971. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Any authorized organization, upon obtaining
a license therefor as provided in the Bingo Licensing Law, Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, may conduct
the game of bingo within the Village of Irvington, subject, however,
to the provisions of this chapter, of said Bingo Licensing Law and
of the New York State Lottery Control Law, §§ 430 through
439 of the Executive Law of the State of New York.
The conduct of bingo games authorized by this
chapter shall be subject to the following restrictions:
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than a licensee under the provisions of the Bingo Licensing
Law of the State of New York 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 game 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
of 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 adopted for use
in the conduct of bingo games from other than a supplier licensed
under the Bingo Control Law or from 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 persons 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 or of the Bingo Licensing
Law of the State of New York 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.
K.
Any and all other restrictions, requirements and limitations
imposed by the Bingo Licensing Law of the State of New York or any
other applicable laws, ordinances or regulations with respect to the
licensing, conduct and supervision of bingo games, the fees and statements
due in connection therewith and the provisions of this chapter shall
remain in full force and effect.
For the purpose of this chapter, the terms used
herein are defined as follows:
Any bona fide religious or charitable organization or bona
fide educational, fraternal, civic or service organization or bona
fide organization of veterans or volunteer firemen, which by its charter,
certificate of incorporation, constitution or act of the legislature
shall have among its dominant purposes one or more of the lawful purposes
as defined in this chapter, provided that each shall operate without
profit to its members, and provided that each such organization has
engaged in serving one or more of the lawful purposes as defined in
this chapter for a period of one year immediately prior to applying
for a license under this chapter.
Article 19-B of the Executive Law.
A specific game of chance, commonly known as bingo or lotto,
in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or
symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random.
The State Bingo Control Commission.
One or more of the following causes, deeds or activities:
Those which shall benefit needy or deserving
persons indefinite in number by enhancing their opportunity for religious
or educational advancement, by relieving them from disease, suffering
or distress, or by contributing to their physical well-being, by assisting
them in establishing themselves in life as worthy and useful citizens
or by increasing their comprehension of and devotion to the principles
upon which this nation was founded and enhancing their loyalty to
their governments.
Those which shall initiate, perform or foster
worthy public works or shall enable or further the erection or maintenance
of public structures.
Those which shall otherwise lessen the burdens
borne by government or which are voluntarily undertaken by an authorized
organization to augment or supplement services which government would
normally render to the people.
The conduct of bingo by a licensed authorized organization,
for a period of not more than seven of eight consecutive days in any
one year, at a festival, bazaar, carnival or similar function conducted
by such licensed authorized organization. No authorized organization
licensed to conduct limited-period bingo shall be otherwise eligible
to conduct bingo pursuant to this chapter in the same year.
