The purpose of this local ordinance is to amend a local ordinance adopted
by the Town Board of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, dated November 13, 1958,
authorizing the conduct of bingo in such Town, to change the reference in
such local ordinance from Article 14-G of the General Municipal Law to Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law, as so renumbered by Chapter 438 of the
Laws of 1962, and to set forth therein the following additional amended and
renumbered restrictions concerning the conduct of the game of bingo by an
authorized organization in such Town, as required by Section 479 of the General
Municipal Law of the State of New York, as amended by Chapter 438 of the Laws
of 1962:
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 two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.) in any single game of bingo.
F. No series of prizes on any one (1) bingo occasion shall
aggregate more than one thousand dollars ($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. No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
shall conduct such game on Sunday night unless he or it has received prior
written consent by the Town Board of the Town of Islip to do so. Such consent
shall be noted in the license issued to any applicant wishing to conduct such
game on said evening.
[Added 1-25-72, effective 2-19-72]
J. The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful
violation of any provision of this local ordinance shall constitute and be
punishable as a misdemeanor.
This local ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after enactment
hereof as provided by Section 497 of the General Municipal Law (after due
publication and posting as provided by Section 133 of the Town Law).