[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Olive 5-19-1964,
approved at referendum 6-9-1964. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Pursuant to Subdivision 2 of § 9 of Article I of the State
Constitution 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 bingo games within the territorial limits
of the Town of Olive, subject to the provisions of this chapter, Article 14-H
of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive Law, the Rules
and Regulations of the State Bingo Control Commission and the following restrictions:
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than a licensee under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General
Municipal Law, 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 games 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 or 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 adapted 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.
G.
No person 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 shall constitute and be punishable
as a misdemeanor.
J.
No person licensed to sell bingo supplies or equipment,
or their agents, shall conduct, participate in or assist in the conduct of
bingo. Nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed distributor from selling,
offering for sale or explaining a product to an authorized organization or
installing or servicing bingo equipment upon the premises of a bingo game
licensee.[3]
A.
This chapter shall not become operative or effective
unless and until it shall have been submitted at a general or special election
and approved by a vote of the majority of the qualified electors of the Town
of Olive, voting on a proposition, which proposition shall state:
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Shall Ordinance No. 1 adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Olive
on the 19th day of May, 1964, which authorizes the conduct of bingo games
within the Town of Olive be approved?
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and which proposition shall be submitted at a special election to be
held on June 9, 1964, in accordance with the provisions of §§ 477,
478, 479 and 496 of the General Municipal Law (§ 130 of the Town
Law, the Election Law and other applicable provisions of law.)
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B.
The said special election shall be held at the Town Hall,
West Shokan, New York, in said town, and the polls for said election shall
open at the hour of 1:00 p.m. (daylight saving time) and shall close at the
hour of 7:00 p.m. (daylight saving time). The vote upon such proposition shall
be taken by ballot in the manner provided by law.
C.
The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give
notice of such special election in the manner provided by law and to cause
suitable ballots to be prepared for use at said election. The members of the
Town Board shall be Inspectors of Election at such special election.
