| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to racing, gaming and wagering |
| Jan 30, 2019 |
referred to racing, gaming and wagering |
Senate Bill S2932
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee
Actions
2019-S2932 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S2932 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2932
SPONSOR: LITTLE
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing an
authorized organization to receive a license to hold a game of chance on
Easter Sunday and Christmas Day
PURPOSE:
Allows authorized organizations to hold a game of chance on Easter
Sunday and Christmas Day.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Charitable organizations often use games of chance, such as Pull
Tabs/Bell Jars, as a means to fundraise. Often times, these charitable
organizations hold Easter Sunday and Christmas Day events, such as holi-
day lunches, where they use these games of chance as a fun way of
fundraising for their cause.
2019-S2932 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2932
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 30, 2019
___________
Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 allowing an
authorized organization to receive a license to hold a game of chance
on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 195 of the general municipal law, as amended by
chapter 461 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
§ 195. Sunday; conduct of games on. Except as provided in section one
hundred ninety-five-b of this article, no games of chance shall be
conducted under any license issued under this article on the first day
of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, unless it shall be
otherwise provided in the license issued for the conducting thereof,
pursuant to the provisions of a local law or an ordinance duly adopted
by the governing body of the municipality wherein the license is issued,
authorizing the conduct of games of chance under this article on that
day [only between the hours of noon and midnight. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this section no games of chance shall be
conducted on Easter Sunday or Christmas Day].
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03240-01-9
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