Senate Bill S1881

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Permits employees of authorized organizations to operate games of chance

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee


  • 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-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8175
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง189 & 195-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4150, A6485
2013-2014: S1962, A2679
2017-2018: A335
2019-2020: A635
2021-2022: A4390
2023-2024: A5391

2015-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits employees of authorized organizations to operate games of chance.

2015-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1881

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
  ing

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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