[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven 6-16-1987
by L.L. No. 7-1987. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000,
effective 1-24-2000]
The purpose of this chapter is to amend a local law adopted by the Town
Board of the Town of Brookhaven of the County of Suffolk, State of New York,
dated February 23, 1959, authorizing the conduct of bingo in such Town to
change the reference in such chapter 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 Town 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 and Chapter 328 of the Laws of 1994.
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[1] or from another authorized organization.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Executive Law § 430 et seq.
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 in any single game of bingo shall exceed the
amount as authorized pursuant to the provisions of § 479 of the
General Municipal Law.
[Amended 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000,
effective 1-24-2000]
F.
No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall exceed
the aggregate amount as authorized pursuant to the provisions of § 479
of the General Municipal Law.
[Amended 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000,
effective 1-24-2000]
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.
K.
The Town Clerk may issue a license to allow the game
of bingo to be conducted on any day of the week, including Sunday.
[Added 1-18-2000 by L.L. No. 2-2000,
effective 1-24-2000]
