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Assembly Bill A1552

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the frequency of games of bingo

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2017-A1552 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §487, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6735
2013-2014: A1821
2015-2016: A1464
2019-2020: A1438

2017-A1552 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the frequency of games of bingo; provides that nursing homes and residential health care facilities may offer bingo without limitations.

2017-A1552 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1552
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the frequency
   of games of bingo
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  487  of the general municipal law, as amended by
 chapter 72 of the laws of 1982, is amended to read as follows:
   § 487. Frequency of game; sale of alcoholic beverages.  1. No game  or
 games  of  bingo,  except limited period bingo, shall be conducted under
 any license issued under this article more often than on  eighteen  days
 in  any  three  successive calendar months.  No game or games of limited
 period bingo shall be conducted between the  hours  of  twelve  midnight
 postmeridian  and noon, and no more than sixty games may be conducted on
 any single occasion of limited period bingo. No game or games  of  bingo
 shall be conducted in any room or outdoor area where alcoholic beverages
 are sold, served or consumed during the progress of the game or games.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 ANY  NURSING HOME OR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, AS SUCH TERMS ARE
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW,
 MAY OFFER GAMES OF BINGO WITHOUT LIMITATION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT SUCH
 GAMES DO NOT OFFER ANY MONETARY PRIZES, NOR OFFER ANY OTHER PRIZE WITH A
 VALUE IN EXCESS OF TEN DOLLARS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04364-01-7

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