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Senate Bill S4594

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the premises on which games of chance may be conducted

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

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2017-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §189, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S8166

2017-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the premises on which games of chance may be conducted; establishes that games of chance are not prohibited from being conducted on state-owned property.

2017-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4594 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4594
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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 the premises
   on which games of chance may be conducted
 
   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;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL PROHIBIT A GAME OF
 CHANCE FROM BEING CONDUCTED ON STATE-OWNED  PROPERTY.    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  occasion 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03664-01-7

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