[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Monroe 4-1-1968 as Ch. 8, Art. I, of the 1968 Code. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 115.
[Amended 7-6-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
as defined in § 476 of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining
the required license, to conduct the game of bingo with the territorial
limits of the Village of Monroe, subject to the licensing procedure
and regulations set forth in Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law and provisions of the Bingo Control Law, Article 19-B of the Executive
Law or any rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to either article.
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization,
other than a licensee under the provisions of this chapter, 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 this chapter 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 $1,000 in
any single game of bingo.
[Amended 7-6-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
F.
No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall
aggregate more than $3,000.
[Amended 7-6-1999 by L.L. No. 3-1999]
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 any local law or ordinance shall constitute
and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
The authority of the Board of Trustees with
relation to the issuance, amendment and cancellation of licenses,
the conduct of investigations and hearings, the supervision of the
operation of the games and the collection and transmission of fees
may be delegated to an officer or officers of the village designated
by the Board of Trustees for that purpose.
