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Senate Bill S4886

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes certain charitable organizations or corporations to increase the amount of prize money for games of chance or bingo

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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2009-S4886 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §435, Exec L; amd §479, Gen Muni L; add §3-b, Ben Ord L; add §116, N-PC L

2009-S4886 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes charitable organizations and not-for-profit corporations which are located within a fifty mile radius of the Indian gaming operation to increase the amount of prize money for games of chance or bingo to an amount that is consistent with or identical to amounts approved for Indian gaming.

2009-S4886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4886

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
  ing

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the general municipal law, the benev-
  olent  orders law, and the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation
  to authorizing certain licensed charitable  organizations  located  in
  certain counties to increase the value of certain prizes

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of  section  435  of  the  executive  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
  (J)  AUTHORIZE  CERTAIN  CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, LICENSED TO CONDUCT
GAMES UNDER THIS ARTICLE WHICH ARE LOCATED WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS OF
THE INDIAN GAMING OPERATION, TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF THE PRIZES.
  S 2. Section 479 of the general municipal law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
CHARITABLE  ORGANIZATION  LICENSED  UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE
SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE PRIZES OFFERED IF SUCH
ORGANIZATION IS LOCATED WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS OF THE INDIAN  GAMING
OPERATION.
  S  3. The benevolent orders law is amended by adding a new section 3-b
to read as follows:
  S 3-B. POWER TO INCREASE PRIZE AMOUNTS. ANY ORGANIZATION  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION THREE OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADI-
US OF AN OPERATION WHICH AUTHORIZES INDIAN GAMING, AND WHERE SUCH ORGAN-
IZATION  CONDUCTS  CERTAIN GAMES LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN-H
OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT
OF THE PRIZES FOR SUCH GAMES OF CHANCE OR BINGO.
  S 4. The not-for-profit corporation law is amended  by  adding  a  new
section 116 to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00713-01-9

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