[Adopted 11-7-1972 by L.L. No. 1-1972]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in the
General Municipal Law, Article 14-H, § 476, upon obtaining the required
license and upon paying in advance the required fee for each game, to conduct
the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of Union, including
on Sunday, subject to the provisions of this article, Article 14-H of the
General Municipal Law and 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 the 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 adopted 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 $1,000 in any
single game of bingo.
F. No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate
more than $3,000.
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 this article shall constitute and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
J. No person licensed to sell bingo supplies or equipment,
or his agents, shall conduct, participate in or assist in the conduct of bingo.
Nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed distributor from selling, offering
for sale or explaining a product to an authorized organization or installing
or servicing bingo equipment upon the premises of a bingo game licensee.
K. Limited period bingo shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and the rules
and regulations of the Bingo Control Commission.
This article and any license issued thereunder shall, in case of conflict,
be deemed automatically amended to conform to any future enactment by the
legislature of the State of New York of any new law or laws relating to any
part or parts of the subject matter of this article and of any amendments
to, recisions of or other changes in Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law of the State of New York and may
be amended by the Town Board as provided by law.
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation of
any provision of this article shall constitute and be punishable as a misdemeanor,
and the violator shall forfeit any license issued under this article and be
ineligible to apply for a license under this article for one year thereafter,
and any false statements in any applications or reports or violations of the
terms of any license issued hereunder or of the provisions of this article
or of any of the laws to which reference is made herein shall be deemed as
included.
[Adopted 6-5-1991 by L.L No. 8-1991]
This article is adopted pursuant to the authority of Article 9-A of
the General Municipal Law of the State of New York and shall be known as the
"Games of Chance Local Law of the Town of Union."
Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of § 188,
Subdivision 1, of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York and other
applicable provisions of law, it shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
upon obtaining a license therefor as provided in Article 9-A of said General
Municipal Law, to conduct games of chance within the Town of Union, subject
to the provisions of this article, the provisions of Article 9-A of said General
Municipal Law and the rules and regulations set forth by the New York State
Racing and Wagering Board. The conduct of games of chance shall be subject
to the restrictions imposed by § 189 of the General Municipal Law.
Games of chance may be commenced under any license issued pursuant to
this article on Sunday between the hours of 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight
only, except that the application for a license may request approval to conduct
such games of chance beyond 12:00 midnight if the following day is a legal
holiday. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no games
of chance shall be conducted on Easter Sunday, Christmas Day or New Year's
Eve.
The powers and duties set forth in Subdivisions 1 and 2 of § 194
of the General Municipal Law shall be exercised by the chief law enforcement
officer of the Town of Union.
The unauthorized conduct of games of chance and any willful violation
of any provision of this article shall constitute and be punishable as a misdemeanor,
and the violator shall forfeit any license issued under this article and be
ineligible to apply for a license under this article for one year thereafter,
and any false statements in any applications or reports or violations of the
terms of any license issued hereunder or of the provisions of this article
or of any of the laws to which reference is made herein shall be deemed as
included.