Relates to the premises on which games of chance may be conducted.

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S1192-2013 Actions

• May 21, 2013: referred to racing and wagering
• May 21, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 21, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• May 20, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 8, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 7, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.569
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

S1192-2013 Meetings

Racing, Gaming and Wagering: May 7, 2013

S1192-2013 Calendars

Active List: May 21, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 8, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 20, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 21, 2013

S1192-2013 Votes

S1192-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1192

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general municipal law, in relation to games of chance

PURPOSE:

To allow qualifying not-for-profit organizations to conduct customary
and lawful activities, such as fundraising raffles, away from their
ordinary premises.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 13 of � 189 of the General
Municipal Law to define "premises" as any venue to conduct the
customary and lawful activities of the authorized organization.

Section 2 of the bill is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The Legislature has affirmed that raising funds for the public good is
in the public interest. The proposed amendment would modify
regulations to include all venues where authorized organizations
normally conduct business. Games of chance fundraising activities are
currently restricted to the premises of the authorized organization
or an authorized games of chance.
lessor, thereby hindering fund raising activities for authorized
non-profit organizations that utilize the premises of others for
their regular activities. Many not-for-profit entities use donated
space provided by others to carry on part of their regular activities.
For example, raffles during a golf fundraiser, or at a charity
banquet in a hotel would currently violate the existing statute.
Amending the law to include all venues where authorized organizations
conduct their customary and lawful activities would increase
opportunities for raising funds for the public good.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2007-08: Passed Senate/Assembly Racing & Wagering Cmte.
2009-10: S.3918 Racing, Gaming & Wagering Cmte.
2011-12: S.4692 Racing, Gaming & Wagering Cmte.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

S1192-2013 Text

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

                                    1192

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 games of
    chance

    THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 189 of the general municipal law,
  as  amended  by  chapter  252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
  follows:

    13. No game of chance shall be conducted on other than the premises of
  an authorized organization or an  authorized  games  of  chance  lessor.
  Nothing  herein  shall prohibit the sale of raffle tickets to the public
  outside the premises of an  authorized  organization  or  an  authorized
  games  of  chance lessor; or in municipalities which have passed a local
  law, ordinance or resolution in accordance  with  sections  one  hundred
  eighty-seven  and one hundred eighty-eight of this article approving the
  conduct of games of chance that are located in the county in  which  the
  municipality  issuing  the  license is located and in the counties which
  are contiguous to the county  in  which  the  municipality  issuing  the
  raffle license is located, provided those municipalities have authorized
  the  licensee,  in  writing,  to  sell  such  raffle tickets therein and
  provided, however, that no sale of raffle tickets  shall  be  made  more
  than  one  hundred eighty days prior to the date scheduled for the occa-
  sion at which the raffle will be conducted. The  winner  of  any  single
  prize  in  a raffle shall not be required to be present at the time such
  raffle is conducted. PREMISES MAY INCLUDE ANY VENUE USED TO CONDUCT  THE
  CUSTOMARY AND LAWFUL ACTIVITIES OF THE AUTHORIZED ORGANIZATION.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD05660-01-3