Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to racing, gaming and wagering |
Nov 17, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6944
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 44th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S6944 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§481 & 495-a, Gen Muni L
2017-S6944 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides an exemption from the licensing fee to conduct bingo to apartment, condominium and cooperative complexes, retirement communities, and other group residential complexes, and games of bingo conducted by bona fide social, charitable, educational, recreational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit, or age group organizations; authorizes such complexes and organizations to award prizes of up $25 per game and $375 during any single day of gaming; also authorizes such games to be conducted not more than twice a week; and authorizes players to provide consideration in order to participate in the bingo games.
2017-S6944 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6944 SPONSOR: TEDISCO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to waiving the licensing fee for the conducting of bingo for certain purposes PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To increase the number of days per week bingo games can be played and to increase the value of the prize a bingo game can pay out. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: To amend the General Municipal Law in relation to waiving the licensing fee for conducting bingo games purposes. Currently, law limits the value of bingo prizes to ten dollars ($10.00) for any one game or a total of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) in any calendar year. Bingo games cannot be conducted on more than 15 days during the calendar year. This Bill is aimed at senior citizen
2017-S6944 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6944 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E November 17, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to waiving the licensing fee for the conducting of bingo for certain purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 481 of the gener- al municipal law, as amended by section 5 of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows: (a) Issuance of licenses to conduct bingo. If the governing body of the municipality determines that the applicant is duly qualified to be licensed to conduct bingo under this article; that the member or members of the applicant designated in the application to conduct bingo are bona fide active members of the applicant and are persons of good moral char- acter and have never been convicted of a crime or, if convicted, have received a pardon or a certificate of good conduct or a certificate of relief from disabilities pursuant to article twenty-three of the correction law; that such games of bingo are to be conducted in accord- ance with the provisions of this article and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the commission, and that the proceeds thereof are to be disposed of as provided by this article, and if the governing body is satisfied that no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense what so ever will be paid or given to any person holding, operating or conducting or assisting in the holding, operation and conduct of any such games of bingo except as in this article otherwise provided; and that no prize will be offered and given in excess of the sum or value of five thousand dollars in any single game and that the aggregate of all prizes offered and given in all of such games conducted on a single occasion, under said license shall not exceed the sum or value of fifteen thousand dollars, then the municipality shall issue a license to the applicant for the conduct of bingo upon payment of a EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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