This article regulating the licensing of bingo
games shall be known as the "Bingo Ordinance."
This article shall be applicable to all territory
within the limits of the Town of Owego, except the Village of Owego.
[Amended 8-7-1963]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
namely, a bona fide religious, charitable or nonprofit organization
of veterans or volunteer firemen and similar nonprofit organizations,
upon obtaining a license therefor as provided by the General Municipal
Law, Article 14-H, and rules and regulations adopted by the State
Lottery Control Commission pursuant to the State Lottery Control Law, to conduct
the game or games of bingo in the territory of the Town of Owego.
[Amended 8-7-1963]
The Town Board of the Town of Owego may, pursuant
to § 498 of the General Municipal Law, delegate to an officer
or officers of such Town, designated by the Town Board for such purpose,
any of the authority granted to such governing body by said Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law in relation to the issuance, amendment
and cancellation of licenses, the conduct of investigations and hearings,
the supervision of the operation of the games and the collection and
transmission of fees.
[Amended 8-7-1963; 11-3-2021 by L.L. No. 2-2021]
The making of any false statement in any application
for a license or in any statement annexed thereto or any other violation
of the provisions of said Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law
or any violation of the terms of such a license shall be enforceable
in accordance with the provisions, requirements and limitations of
said Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and shall subject the
offender to forfeiture of license and shall render the offender ineligible
to apply for a license for one year thereafter, all pursuant to the
provisions of § 495 of the General Municipal Law.
[Adopted 8-16-1977 by L.L. No. 2-1977]
This article is enacted 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 Law of the Town of Owego."
The words and terms used in this article shall
have the same meanings as such words and terms are used in Article
9-A of the General Municipal Law, unless otherwise provided herein
or unless the context requires a different meaning. Specifically the
term "Town" means the Town of Owego, and "officer" means the Tioga
County Sheriff.