[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Glens
Falls as Ch. 17 of the 1967 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined
by § 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 City of Glens Falls, subject to the
provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B
of the Executive Law 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[1] or from another authorized organization.
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 430 et seq. of the Executive
Law.
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 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.
Upon application to the City Clerk, any group licensed
to hold bingo games on a specific day of the week which is forced
or chooses to miss a regularly scheduled game because of a conflict
with a religious holiday shall be entitled to make up a maximum of
four such missed games on Sunday afternoons between 12:00 noon and
10:00 p.m. for a two-hour period. The City Clerk shall designate the
dates for the makeup games.
[Added 5-11-1982]
