Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Feb 21, 2012 |
print number 6297a |
Feb 21, 2012 |
amend and recommit to racing and wagering |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to racing and wagering |
Mar 11, 2011 |
referred to racing and wagering |
Assembly Bill A6297
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CUSICK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2011-A6297 - Details
2011-A6297 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6297 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to poker tourna- ments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 185 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: S 185. Short title; purpose of article. This article shall be known and may be cited as the games of chance licensing law. The legislature hereby declares that the raising of funds for the promotion of bona fide charitable, educational, scientific, health, religious and patriotic causes and undertakings, where the beneficiaries are undetermined, is in the public interest. It hereby finds that, as conducted prior to the enactment of this article, games of chance were the subject of exploita- tion by professional gamblers, promoters, and commercial interests, AND IT FINDS FURTHER THAT, ALTHOUGH ELEMENTS OF SKILL MAY BE INVOLVED, THE VARIOUS GAMES OF POKER, INCLUDING THE GAME KNOWN AS "TEXAS HOLD 'EM," ARE GAMES OF CHANCE THAT SHOULD BE REGULATED UNDER THIS ARTICLE. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature that all phases of the supervision, licensing and regulation of games of chance and of the conduct of games of chance, should be closely controlled and that the laws and regulations pertaining thereto should be strictly construed and rigidly enforced; that the conduct of the game and all attendant activ- ities should be so regulated and adequate controls so instituted as to discourage commercialization of gambling in all its forms, including the rental of commercial premises for games of chance, and to ensure a maxi- mum availability of the net proceeds of games of chance exclusively for application to the worthy causes and undertakings specified herein; that the only justification for this article is to foster and support such worthy causes and undertakings, and that the mandate of section nine of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10053-01-1
co-Sponsors
Dean Murray
2011-A6297A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A6297A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6297--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering -- recommitted to the Committee on Racing and Wagering in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to poker tourna- ments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 185 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: S 185. Short title; purpose of article. This article shall be known and may be cited as the games of chance licensing law. The legislature hereby declares that the raising of funds for the promotion of bona fide charitable, educational, scientific, health, religious and patriotic causes and undertakings, where the beneficiaries are undetermined, is in the public interest. It hereby finds that, as conducted prior to the enactment of this article, games of chance were the subject of exploita- tion by professional gamblers, promoters, and commercial interests, AND IT FINDS FURTHER THAT, ALTHOUGH ELEMENTS OF SKILL MAY BE INVOLVED, THE VARIOUS GAMES OF POKER, INCLUDING THE GAME KNOWN AS "TEXAS HOLD 'EM," ARE GAMES OF CHANCE THAT SHOULD BE REGULATED UNDER THIS ARTICLE. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature that all phases of the supervision, licensing and regulation of games of chance and of the conduct of games of chance, should be closely controlled and that the laws and regulations pertaining thereto should be strictly construed and rigidly enforced; that the conduct of the game and all attendant activ- ities should be so regulated and adequate controls so instituted as to discourage commercialization of gambling in all its forms, including the rental of commercial premises for games of chance, and to ensure a maxi- mum availability of the net proceeds of games of chance exclusively for EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10053-03-2
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