Assembly Bill A959

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance 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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2015-A959 (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: A9851
2013-2014: A4153
2017-2018: A4616
2019-2020: A4379
2021-2022: A2259
2023-2024: A3594

2015-A959 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance for charitable purposes; authorizes the payment, out of the net proceeds of games of chance, of reimbursement for reasonable expenses of volunteers working at the games; expands the frequency upon which games of chance may be held; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to operate games of chance

2015-A959 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   959

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

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 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 6 of section 186 of the general munici-
pal law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are amended  and
two new subdivisions 4-a and 22 are 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],
volunteer  [firemen]  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  [immediatley]
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-
IZATION  OR  ASSOCIATION  WHICH  IS  AFFILIATED   WITH   AN   AUTHORIZED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03885-02-5
              

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