Senate Bill S7131

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the sale of raffle tickets and the advertisement of games of chance

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

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 30, 2016	referred to racing, gaming and wagering

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2015-S7131 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:: General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§189 & 195-e, Gen Muni L

2015-S7131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sale of raffle tickets and the advertisement of games of chance.

2015-S7131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S7131

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the general municipal law, in
relation to the sale of raffle tickets and the advertisement of games
of chance

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To provide that raffle sales made by internet or over the telephone
are deemed to have been made within the premises of the organization
selling the tickets for purposes of the geographical limitations of
General Municipal Law 189 (13).

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1- amends paragraph 13 of section 189 of the General Municipal
Law, which places geographical limitations on the sale of raffle
tickets, to provide that sales made over the internet or telephone are
deemed to have been made at the premises of the organization
authorized to sell the tickets.

Section 2 - amends section 195-e of the General Municipal Law to
update the media that can be used to promote raffles to include
magazines and the internet.

Section 3 - provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Raffle tickets are a vital component of fundraising for our volunteer
fire departments, civic organizations, churches and other
not-for-profit organizations. Section 13, relating to geographic
limitations, was last amended in 1998, when the full impact that the
internet now has on our lives could not have been imagined, and at a
time when many of our rural communities had larger populations and
more small businesses. Recently, fire companies and other
not-for-profits have been receiving notifications that they are not
permitted to sell their raffle tickets outside of their municipalities
or county.

Today, people often prefer to make a call or contact an organization
over the internet than to drive to the fire hall, and smaller
communities simply do not have enough people or money within their
communities to support the raffles. Several organizations have
recently cancelled their raffles because they are concerned that they
will not be able to sell enough tickets to even break even under
current outdated rules. This bill does not remove restrictions against
raffle tickets being sold on the ground in communities that have not
passed legislation to allow raffles, or have not issued written
permission to allow the organization to sell its tickets in their
community, but does broaden the methods of sale to incorporate modern
life.

With the loss of local raffles, which are often a decades-old
tradition, communities face increased taxes to support their fire
departments and the loss of contributions by other civic
organizations. Without this legislation, our communities, and
particularly our rural communities, will lose an important tradition
that year after year have contributed to make improvements that
enhance the lives of their residents.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately .

2015-S7131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7131

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 30, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to the sale of
  raffle tickets and the advertisement of games of chance

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

  Section 1. 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
the  licensee,  in  writing,  to  sell  such  raffle tickets therein and
provided, however, that no sale of raffle tickets  shall  be  made  more
than  one  hundred eighty days prior to the date scheduled for the occa-
sion 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. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  A  SALE  OF  A
RAFFLE TICKET BY MEANS OF THE INTERNET OR BY MEANS OF TELEPHONIC CONVER-
SATION  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  HAVE BEEN MADE WITHIN THE PREMISES OF THE
AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION.
  S 2. 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,

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

                                                           LBD14858-01-6

S. 7131                             2

handbill [and], MAGAZINE, INTERNET  OR  poster,  and  by  one  sign  not
exceeding  sixty square feet in area, which may be displayed on or adja-
cent to the premises owned or occupied by a licensed  authorized  organ-
ization, 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 adjacent 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 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Michael H. Ranzenhofer

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

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