[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village
of Bellerose 11-8-1976 by L.L. No. 12-1976.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Arcade games and amusements — See Ch. 112.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Bingo Licensing
Law."
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the
following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
Only bona fide religious, charitable or nonprofit organizations of
veterans, volunteer firemen and similar nonprofit organizations.
A specified game of chance commonly known as "bingo" or "lotto,"
in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols
selected at random.
The Bingo Control Commission of the State of New York and its successor
governmental institutions.
A license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, upon obtaining a
license therefor, as hereinafter provided, to conduct the game of bingo within
the territorial limits of the Village, subject to the provisions of the General
Municipal Law and the provisions of the State Lottery Control Law.
The conduct of bingo games authorized by this chapter shall be subject
to the following restrictions:
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization,
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of the
General Municipal Law, 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 participation
in the management or operation of any such game.
G.
No bingo game 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.
H.
No authorized organization licensed under the provisions
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.
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.
A.
Each applicant for a license shall file with the Clerk
of the Incorporated Village of Bellerose a written application therefor in
the form prescribed in the rules and regulations of the Control Commission,
duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated the following:
(1)
The name and address of the applicant, together with
sufficient facts relating to its incorporation and organization so as to enable
the governing body of the Village to determine whether or not it is a bona
fide authorized organization.
(2)
The names and addresses of its officers.
(3)
The specific kinds of games of chance intended to be
held, operated and conducted by the applicant and the place or places where
such games of chance are intended to be held, operated and conducted by the
applicant under the license applied for.
(4)
The items of expense intended to be incurred or paid
in connection with the holding, operating and conducting of such games of
chance and the names and addresses of the persons to whom and the purposes
for which they are to be paid.
(5)
The specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds
of such games of chance are to be devoted to and in what manner.
(6)
That no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense
will be paid to any person for holding, operating or conducting such game
or games of chance or for assisting therein, except as otherwise provided
in this chapter.
(7)
That no prize or aggregate of prizes will be offered
or given under such license for a value in excess of the sum or value authorized
to be offered or given by this chapter.
(8)
A description of all prizes to be offered and given in
all such games of chance to be held, operated and conducted under such license.
(9)
Such other information as may be prescribed by the Control
Commission.
B.
In each application there shall be designated an active
member or members of the applicant organization under whom the game or games
of chance described in the application are to be held, operated or conducted,
and to the application shall be appended a statement, executed by the applicant
and by the member or members so designated, that he or they will be responsible
for the holding, operation and conduct of such games of chance in accordance
with the terms of the license and the provisions of the rules and regulations
governing the holding, operation and conduct of such games of chance and in
accordance with the terms of the General Municipal Law, if such license is
granted.
C.
In the event that any premises upon which any such game
of chance is to be held, operated or conducted or which is to be used for
any other purpose in connection with the holding, operation or conducting
thereof is to be leased from any person, persons or corporation, a written
statement shall accompany the application, signed and verified under oath
by such person or persons or executed and verified under oath on behalf of
such corporation, stating his or its address and the amount of rent which
will be paid for such premises and that such lessor or lessors or, if a corporation,
all of its officers and each of its stockholders who hold 10% or more of its
stock issued and outstanding, are of good moral character and have not been
convicted of crime.
[Amended 12-9-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996]
Each applicant for a license for the holding, operation and conduct
of the specific kinds of games of chance applied for shall pay a license fee
in the amount established by the Board of Trustees, by duly adopted resolution,
for each occasion upon which any games of chance are to be conducted under
such license.
All of the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and
all of the rules and regulations promulgated by the Control Commission are
hereby adopted as a part of this chapter as though specifically set forth
herein.