Assembly Bill A1402

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance and bingo for charitable purposes

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A1402 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Gen Muni L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10309
2013-2014: A4150
2015-2016: A1505
2017-2018: A899
2019-2020: A3280
2023-2024: A4814

2021-A1402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance for charitable purposes; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to operate games of chance; authorizes conducting of games of chance on Sundays; expands advertising of games of chance

2021-A1402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1402
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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 the conducting
   of games of chance and bingo by certain organizations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 14 of section 186 of the general munici-
 pal law, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018 and
 subdivision  14  as  amended  by  chapter  531  of the laws of 2011, are
 amended and a new subdivision 4-a is added to read as follows:
   4. "Authorized organization" shall mean  and  include  any  bona  fide
 religious or charitable organization or bona fide educational, fraternal
 or  service organization or bona fide organization of veterans or volun-
 teer firefighters OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKERS, which by its  charter,
 certificate  of  incorporation, constitution, or act of the legislature,
 shall have among its  dominant  purposes  one  or  more  of  the  lawful
 purposes  as  defined  in this article, provided that each shall operate
 without profit to its members, and provided that each such  organization
 has  engaged in serving one or more of the lawful purposes as defined in
 this article for a period of three years immediately prior  to  applying
 for a license under this article.
   No  organization  shall  be deemed an authorized organization which is
 formed primarily for the purpose of conducting games of chance and which
 does not devote at least seventy-five percent of its activities to other
 than conducting games of chance. No political party shall be  deemed  an
 authorized organization.
   4-A.  "AUXILIARY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZA-
 TION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH IS AUXILIARY  TO  AN  AUTHORIZED  ORGANIZATION
 LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; OR A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZA-
 TION  OR ASSOCIATION OF WHICH AN AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION LICENSED PURSU-
 ANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS AN AUXILIARY; OR A BONA FIDE MEMBER OF AN  ORGAN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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