[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Wales as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 5-5-1958]
[Amended 5-11-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
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 the game of bingo
within the territorial limits of the Town of Wales, subject to the
provisions of this article, Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law and the following restrictions:
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions
of this article shall be permitted to conduct such games.
B.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct
the same.
C.
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
D.
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
E.
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
F.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any such game.
G.
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful
violation of any provision of any such local law or ordinance shall
constitute and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
H.
It is hereby authorized to conduct games of bingo
on Sundays after 2:00 p.m. under the authority of § 485
of the General Municipal Law.
[Adopted 7-12-1990 by L.L. No. 1-1990]
This article shall be known and may be cited
as the "Games of Chance Law of the Town of Wales."
This article is enacted pursuant to the option
granted to the municipality by virtue of Article 9-A of the General
Municipal Law of the State of New York.
A.
The words and terms used in this article shall have
the same meanings as such words and terms used in Article 9-A of the
General Municipal Law, unless otherwise provided herein or the context
requires a different meaning.
The Town Board of the Town of Wales hereby provides
that it shall be lawful for any authorized organization, upon obtaining
a license therefore as provided in Article 9-A of the General Municipal
Law, to conduct games of chance within the territorial limits of the
Town of Wales, subject to the provisions of this article.
The fee payable to the Town Clerk upon issuance
of a license shall be in accordance with and as provided by law.
The conduct of games of chance on Sundays is
authorized, except as otherwise provided in Article 9-A of the General
Municipal Law.
