S170-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

S170-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S170

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the general municipal law, in relation to establishing age
sixteen as the minimum age for assisting in the conduct of any
game of bingo

PURPOSE:
To allow individuals age sixteen and seventeen to assist in the
conducting of bingo games.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill amends section 486 of the general municipal law to allow
individuals age sixteen and seventeen to assist in bingo games.

JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation would allow individuals who are sixteen and seventeen
to assist in conducting bingo games. This legislation would in no way
allow them to run games. But this legislation would expand the areas
they can work in. Many volunteer organizations use younger members at
bingo fund raising events to help get them involved in the
organization. Under current law, there is an extremely limited scope
of what these younger members can legally do. This legislation would
still prevent them from conducting bingo games, but it would expand
their ability to do more than for example working the food counter.

Bingo is a highly regulated and supervised activity. Those individuals
who are assisting in bingo operations would be assisting directly
with an older individual who would naturally be in a position to
supervise the proceedings. Many organizations that run bingo games
operate with limited manpower, by allowing younger members to assist
in games we would be assisting them. Also bingo games are not usually
the high stakes events that other gambling activities are.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.2626 of 2003 - Veto
160.
S.6767 of 2004; Referred to Senate Racing and Wagering Committee
S.112 of 2005; Referred to Senate Racing and Wagering Committee.
S.518 of 2007-2008; Referred to Senate Racing and Wagering Committee
S.437/A.935 of 2009-2010; Referred to Senate Racing and Wagering
Committee

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

S170-2011 Text

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

                                     170

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 5, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 establishing
    age sixteen as the minimum age for assisting in  the  conduct  of  any
    game of bingo

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


    Section 1. Section 486 of the general municipal  law,  as  amended  by
  chapter 438 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:

    S  486.  Participation  by persons under eighteen. No person under the
  age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game  or  games  of
  bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article unless
  accompanied by an adult. No person under the age of eighteen years shall
  be  permitted to conduct [or assist in the conduct of] any game of bingo
  conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article.  NO  PERSON
  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF  SIXTEEN  YEARS  SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ASSIST IN THE
  CONDUCT OF ANY GAME OF BINGO CONDUCTED PURSUANT  TO  ANY  LICENSE  UNDER
  THIS ARTICLE.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD01372-01-1