[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Glenville 5-1-1973
by L.L. No. 1-1973 (Ch. 6 of the 1966 Code), approved at
referendum 11-6-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 160.
Pursuant to Subdivision 2 of § 9 of Article I of the State
Constitution, it shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined
in § 476 of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining
the required license, to conduct bingo games within the territorial limits
of the Town of Glenville, subject to the provisions of this chapter, Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive Law, the
rules and regulations of the State Racing and Wagering Board and
the following restrictions:[1]
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.
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.
J.
Limited period bingo shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations of the Commission.
In addition to other fees provided by law, upon filing of the statement
of receipts after the conclusion of any occasion of bingo as provided by the
General Municipal Law § 491, the authorized organization furnishing
such statement of receipts shall pay to the Town Clerk, as an additional license
fee, a sum based on the reported net proceeds for the occasion covered by
such statement and determined in accordance with such schedule as shall be
established from time to time by the State Racing and Wagering Board, which
sum is now established by that Board as 3% of the reported net proceeds.
