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Senate Bill S5614

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes restrictions on the frequency certain authorized organizations may conduct bingo games

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2025-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3681
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §495-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10069

2025-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes restrictions on the frequency certain authorized organizations may conduct bingo games.

2025-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5614
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 removing
   restrictions on the frequency  certain  authorized  organizations  may
   conduct bingo games

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clauses (B) and (C) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
 subdivision 2 of section 495-a of the general municipal law, as  amended
 by chapter 470 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
   (B)  within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, retire-
 ment community, or other group residential complex or facility where (I)
 sponsored by the operator of or an association related to such  complex,
 community  or  facility,  (II)  such  games are conducted solely for the
 purpose of amusement and recreation of its residents, (III) no player or
 other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to  partic-
 ipate, (IV) the value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any
 one  game  or  a total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day,
 (V) such games are not conducted on more than [one  day]  TWO  DAYS  per
 week  and  not  more than [thirty] SIXTY times during any calendar year,
 and (VI) no person other than an employee or volunteer of such  complex,
 community  or  facility  conducts  or  assists in conducting the game or
 games.
   (C) on behalf of any bona fide social, charitable, educational, recre-
 ational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit or age group organization,
 club or association solely for the purpose of amusement  and  recreation
 of  its  members  or  beneficiaries  where (I) no player or other person
 furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to participate, (II) the
 value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game  or  a
 total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, (III) such games
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07330-03-5

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