The purpose of this chapter is to amend a local ordinance adopted by
the Village of Penn Yan, New York, authorizing the conduct of bingo in such
Village, 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 Village as required by § 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 other authorized organizations.
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.
This chapter shall not become operative or effective unless and until
it shall have been approved by a majority of the electors who are qualified
to vote for officers of the Village of Penn Yan voting on a proposition, which
proposition shall state: Shall the ordinance adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Penn Yan on June 6, 1958, which authorizes the conduct of
bingo games within the Village of Penn Yan, be approved?
The proposition shall be submitted at a special election to be held
on July 15, 1958, from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., in accordance with the provisions
of the Village Law, the Election Law and other provisions of law applicable.