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Assembly Bill A9796

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows charitable organizations to accept credit cards as a form of payment for games of chance

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2011-A9796 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง189, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A4434
2015-2016: A4716
2017-2018: A3204
2019-2020: A5056

2011-A9796 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows charitable organizations to accept credit cards as a form of payment for games of chance.

2011-A9796 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9796

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, CERETTO, CORWIN, FINCH, GRAF, LAVINE, RA,
  WALTER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  AMEDORE,  CONTE,  MAISEL  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing char-
  itable  organizations  to  accept credit cards as payment for games of
  chance

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

  Section  1.  Section  189  of  the general municipal law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
  12-A. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF THIS SECTION,  AN  AUTHOR-
IZED  ORGANIZATION  MAY  ACCEPT  A  CREDIT CARD AS A FORM OF PAYMENT FOR
PARTICIPATION IN A GAME OF CHANCE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15168-01-2

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