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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Racing and Wagering

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to the use of
  personal checks and credit cards as a form of  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. Subdivision 20 of section 186 of the general municipal law,
as added by chapter 574 of the laws of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  20.  "Games  of  chance currency" shall mean legal tender or a form of
scrip or chip authorized by the board, any of which may be used  at  the
discretion of the games of chance licensee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, "GAMES OF
CHANCE  CURRENCY"  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A PERSONAL CHECK OR CREDIT CARD AS
PAYMENT FOR A RAFFLE.
  S 2. 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 OR PERSONAL CHECK AS  A  FORM
OF PAYMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN A RAFFLE.
  S  3.  Subdivision  13 of section 189 of the general municipal law, as
amended by chapter 252 of the laws  of  1998,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  13. No game of chance shall be conducted on other than the premises of
an  authorized  organization  or  an  authorized games of chance lessor.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the sale of raffle tickets to  the  public
outside  the  premises  of  an  authorized organization or an authorized
games of chance lessor; or in municipalities which have passed  a  local
law,  ordinance  or  resolution  in accordance with sections one hundred
eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this article approving  the
conduct  of  games of chance that are located in the county in which the
municipality issuing the license is located and in  the  counties  which
are  contiguous  to  the  county  in  which the municipality issuing the
raffle license is located, provided those municipalities have authorized

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

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the licensee, in writing, to sell such  raffle  tickets  therein  EXCEPT
THAT  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF RAFFLE TICKETS SOLD BY ELECTRONIC MAIL, ELEC-
TRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR OVER THE INTERNET THE  SALE  OF  SUCH  TICKETS
SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  HAVE  OCCURRED  ON THE PREMISES OF THE AUTHORIZED
ORGANIZATION OR AUTHORIZED GAMES OF CHANCE LESSOR, and provided,  howev-
er,  that  no sale of raffle tickets shall be made more than one hundred
eighty days prior to the date scheduled for the occasion  at  which  the
raffle  will  be  conducted.  The winner of any single prize in a raffle
shall not be  required  to  be  present  at  the  time  such  raffle  is
conducted.
  S 4. Section 195-e of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter
94 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
  S  195-e.  Advertising  games. A licensee may advertise the conduct of
games of chance to the general public by means of  newspaper,  circular,
handbill  [and],  ELECTRONIC MAIL, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, THE INTER-
NET, poster, and by one sign not exceeding sixty square  feet  in  area,
which  may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises owned or occupied
by a licensed authorized  organization,  and  when  an  organization  is
licensed  to  conduct games of chance on premises of an authorized games
of chance lessor, one additional such sign may be displayed on or  adja-
cent to the premises in which the games are to be conducted.  Additional
signs may be displayed upon any fire fighting equipment belonging to any
licensed  authorized  organization which is a volunteer fire company, or
upon any equipment of a first aid or rescue squad in and throughout  the
community  served  by  such  volunteer fire company or such first aid or
rescue squad, as the case may be. All advertisements shall be limited to
the description of such event as "Games of chance" or "Las Vegas Night",
the name of the  authorized  organization  conducting  such  games,  the
license  number  of the authorized organization as assigned by the clerk
or department and the date, location and time of the event.
  S 5. Subdivision 4 of section 190-a of the general municipal  law,  as
added by chapter 400 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  4. No raffle shall be conducted pursuant to this section except within
a  municipality  in  which the authorized organization is domiciled that
has passed a local law,  ordinance  or  resolution  in  accordance  with
sections  one  hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this
article approving the conduct of games of chance, and in  municipalities
which  have  passed  a  local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance
with sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred  eighty-eight  of
this  article  approving the conduct of games of chance that are located
within the county or contiguous to the county in which the  organization
is  domiciled.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF RAFFLE TICKETS SOLD BY ELECTRONIC
MAIL, ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, OR OVER THE INTERNET THE SALE  OF  SUCH
TICKETS  SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED ON THE PREMISES OF THE AUTHOR-
IZED ORGANIZATION OR AUTHORIZED GAMES OF CHANCE LESSOR.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.