[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Amsterdam 6-10-1958
(approved at referendum 8-12-1958). Amendments noted where
applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 133.
[Amended 3-19-1963]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in Section
476 of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining the required
license to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the
City of Amsterdam, subject to the provisions of this chapter, 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 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 $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.
J.
The game of bingo may be held, operated and conducted,
under a license duly issued as provided by law, on the first day of the week,
commonly known and designated as "Sunday."
[Added 11-20-1973]
The provisions of this chapter shall remain inoperative unless and until
a proposition therefor is submitted at a special election to be held in conjunction
with the primary day election on Tuesday, August 12, 1958, in the City of
Amsterdam, and shall be approved by a vote of the majority of the qualified
electors in the City of Amsterdam voting thereon. Such submission to the people
of the City of Amsterdam for approval of this chapter shall be in accordance
with § C131 of the Charter of the City of Amsterdam (L.1911, c.
242, as amended) and such other provisions of law as may be applicable to
the adoption of an ordinance at a referendum. If approved, the effective date
of this chapter shall be September 1, 1958.
