[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Elma 4-10-1958 by Ord. No. 5.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 86.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved by the voters at
a special election held 5-3-1958.
[Amended 9-4-1963]
It shall be lawful for an authorized organization, upon obtaining
a license therefor as provided in Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of
the Town of Elma, as now or as they may be hereafter established,
subject to the restrictions and provisions of:
[Amended 9-4-1963]
The following restrictions are placed upon the conduct of bingo
games as hereby authorized:
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.
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.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Elma shall cause to be investigated
the qualifications of each applicant for a license and the merits
of each application with due expedition after the filing of the application.
The Town Clerk shall deliver to the Town Board the application, together
with supporting documents therefor, and the report of the investigation
and his determination as to whether or not the requisite conditions
have been met by the applicant.
If the Town Clerk shall determine that the requisite conditions
have been met by the applicant and shall so advise the Town Board,
the Town Board may direct the Town Clerk to issue a license to the
applicant for the holding, operation and conduct of the specific kinds
of games of chance applied for upon payment of a license fee or fees
of $10 for each occasion upon which any games of chance are to be
conducted under the license, which fees are to be paid into the general
funds of the Town of Elma.
[Amended 6-3-1981]
On or before the 30th day of each month, the Supervisor of the
Town of Elma shall transmit to the State Comptroller a sum equal to
50% of all commercial lessor license fees and the sum of $7.50 per
occasion of all license fees for the conduct of bingo collected by
the Town pursuant to this chapter during the preceding calendar month.
