Assembly Bill A4716

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A4716 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §189, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9796
2013-2014: A4434
2017-2018: A3204
2019-2020: A5056

2015-A4716 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2015-A4716 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4716

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, CERETTO, CORWIN, FINCH, GRAF, LAVINE, RA,
  WALTER, TENNEY, HAWLEY, LUPINACCI -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
  BARCLAY,  BLANKENBUSH  --  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.
                                                           LBD07151-01-5

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