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                                   4402
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  requiring  a
   New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 195-n  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as  amended by chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Distribution; manufacturers. For business conducted in this  state,
 manufacturers  licensed by the board to sell bell jar tickets shall sell
 only such tickets to distributors licensed by the board, AND SHALL  ONLY
 SELL SUCH TICKETS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND ARE IMPRINTED
 WITH  AN  APPROVED LEGEND PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED
 BY THE BOARD. BELL JAR TICKETS  THAT  ARE  BANDED  SINGLE-SIDED  SINGLE-
 TABBED,  DOUBLE-SIDED  SINGLE-TABBED  OR  FOLDED  BELL  JAR  TICKETS ARE
 EXCLUDED FROM THE APPROVED LEGEND REQUIREMENT. Manufacturers of bell jar
 tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards,  and  coin  boards  may  submit
 samples,  artists' renderings, or color photocopies of proposed bell jar
 tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, coin boards, payout cards,  and
 flares  for  review  and  approval  by  the board. Within thirty days of
 receipt of such sample or rendering, the board  shall  approve  or  deny
 such  bell  jar tickets. Following approval of a rendering of a bell jar
 ticket, seal card, merchandise board, or coin board by  the  board,  the
 manufacturer  shall submit to the board a sample of the printed bell jar
 ticket, seal card, merchandise board, coin board, payout card, and flare
 for such game. Such sample shall be submitted prior to the sale  of  the
 game  to  any  licensed  distributor  for resale in this state. For coin
 boards and merchandise boards, nothing herein shall require the  submit-
 tal  of actual coins or merchandise as part of the approval process. Any
 licensed  manufacturer  who  [willfully]  INTENTIONALLY   violates   the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 provisions  of  this  section  shall:  (a) upon such first offense, have
 their license suspended for a period  of  thirty  days;  (b)  upon  such
 second  offense,  participate in a hearing to be conducted by the board,
 and surrender their license for such period as recommended by the board;
 and  (c)  upon  such  third  or  subsequent  offense, have their license
 suspended for a period of one year and shall be  guilty  of  a  class  E
 felony.  Any unlicensed manufacturer who violates the provisions of this
 section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 195-o of the general municipal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  637  of  the  laws  of 1999, is amended to read as
 follows:
   1. Distribution; distributors. Any distributor licensed in  accordance
 with  section  one  hundred  eighty-nine-a of this article to distribute
 bell jar tickets shall purchase bell  jar  tickets  only  from  licensed
 manufacturers  and  may  manufacture  coin boards and merchandise boards
 only as authorized  in  subdivision  one-a  of  this  section.  LICENSED
 DISTRIBUTORS  WHO PURCHASE BELL JAR TICKETS FOR RESALE IN NEW YORK STATE
 SHALL ONLY PURCHASE AND  RESELL  BELL  JAR  TICKETS  IMPRINTED  WITH  AN
 APPROVED  LEGEND  PRESCRIBED  BY THE BOARD IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE
 BOARD, OR BELL JAR TICKETS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD THAT ARE
 BANDED SINGLE-SIDED SINGLE-TABBED, DOUBLE-SIDED SINGLE-TABBED OR  FOLDED
 BELL  JAR  TICKETS. Licensed distributors of bell jar tickets shall sell
 such tickets only to not-for-profit, charitable or  religious  organiza-
 tions  registered by the board. Any licensed distributor who [willfully]
 INTENTIONALLY violates the provisions of this section  shall:  (a)  upon
 such  first offense, have their license suspended for a period of thirty
 days; (b) upon such second offense,  participate  in  a  hearing  to  be
 conducted  by  the board, and surrender their license for such period as
 recommended by the board; and (c) upon such third or subsequent offense,
 have their license suspended for a period of one year and shall be guil-
 ty of a class E felony. Any unlicensed  distributor  who  violates  this
 section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
   §  3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the year in which it shall have become  a  law,  provided,  however,
 that  any  rules and regulations necessary for the timely implementation
 of this act shall be promulgated on or before such effective date.