Assembly Bill A5230

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Permits employees of authorized organizations to operate 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-A5230 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1881
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§189 & 195-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6485, S4150
2013-2014: A2679, S1962
2017-2018: A335
2019-2020: A635
2021-2022: A4390
2023-2024: A5391

2015-A5230 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits employees of authorized organizations to operate games of chance.

2015-A5230 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5230

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BLANKENBUSH, SKOUFIS, FINCH, CROUCH, HAWLEY, GRAF
  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A. CERETTO, OAKS -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  employees  of
  authorized organizations operating games of chance

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 189 of the general munic-
ipal law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are amended  to
read as follows:
  10.  No  person  except a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE of the licensed
authorized organization shall participate  in  the  management  of  such
games;  no  person except a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE of the licensed
authorized organization, its auxiliary or affiliated organization, shall
participate in the operation of such game, as set forth in  section  one
hundred ninety-five-c of this article.
  11.  No  person  OTHER THAN AN EMPLOYEE shall receive any remuneration
for participating in the management or operation of any such game.
  S 2. Section 195-c of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter
252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
  S 195-c. [1.] Persons operating games;  equipment;  expenses;  compen-
sation.  1. No person shall operate any game of chance under any license
issued  under  this article except a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE of the
authorized organization to which the license is issued, or a  bona  fide
member  OR EMPLOYEE of an organization or association which is an auxil-
iary to the licensee or a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE of  an  organiza-
tion  or  association  of  which such licensee is an auxiliary or a bona
fide member OR EMPLOYEE of  an  organization  or  association  which  is
affiliated  with  the  licensee  by being, with it, auxiliary to another
organization or association. Nothing herein shall be construed to  limit
the  number of games of chance licensees for whom such persons may oper-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07056-01-5
              

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