New York General Municipal Law Article 14-H - LOCAL OPTION FOR CONDUCT OF BINGO BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS
- 475 - Short Title; Purpose of Article.
This article shall be known and may be cited as the bingo licensing law. The legislature hereby declares that the raising of funds for the...
- 476 - Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or village within this state....
- 477 - Local Option.
Subject to the provisions of this article, and pursuant to the direction contained in subdivision two of section nine of article one of the constitution...
- 478 - Local Laws and Ordinances.
1. The common council or other local legislative body of any municipality may, either by local law or ordinance, provide that it shall be lawful...
- 479 - Restrictions Upon Conduct of Bingo Games.
The conduct of bingo games authorized by local law or ordinance shall be subject to the following restrictions irrespective of whether the restrictions are contained...
- 480 - Application for License.
1. To conduct bingo. (a) Each applicant for a license to conduct bingo shall, after obtaining an identification number from the control commission, file with...
- 481 - Investigation; Matters to Be Determined; Issuance of License; Fees; Duration of License.
1. The governing body of the municipality shall make an investigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of each application, with due...
- 482 - Hearing; Amendment of License.
1. No application for the issuance of a license shall be denied by the governing body until after a hearing, held on due notice to...
- 483 - Form and Contents of License; Display of License.
1. Eeach license to conduct bingo shall be in such form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the control commission,...
- 484 - Control and Supervision; Suspension of Licenses; Inspection of Premises.
1. The governing body of any municipality issuing any license under this article shall have and exercise rigid control and close supervision over all games...
- 485 - Sunday; Conduct of Games On.
No games of bingo shall be conducted under any license issued under this article on the first day of the week, commonly known as designated...
- 486 - Participation by Persons Under the Age of 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...
- 487 - Frequency of Game; Sale of Alcoholic Beverages.
No game or games of bingo, except limited period bingo, shall be conducted under any license issued under this article more often than on eighteen...
- 488 - Persons Operating and Conducting Games; Equipment; Expenses; Compensation.
1. No person shall hold, operate or conduct any game of bingo under any license issued under this article except a bona fide member of...
- 489 - Charge for Admission and Participation; Amount of Prizes; Award of Prizes.
Except in the conduct of limited period bingo, not more than five dollars shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room or...
- 490 - Advertising of Bingo Games.
A licensee may advertise the conduct of an occasion of bingo to the general public by means of newspaper, radio, circular, handbill and poster, by...
- 491 - Statement of Receipts, Expenses; Additional License Fees.
1. Within seven days after the conclusion of any occasion of bingo, the authorized organization that conducted the same, and such authorized organization's members who...
- 492 - Examination of Books and Records; Examination of Managers, Etc.; Disclosure of Information.
The governing body of the municipality and the control commission shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and records of...
- 493 - Appeals From Municipal Governing Body to Control Commission.
Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be issued under this article aggrieved by any action of the governing body of...
- 494 - Exemption From Prosecution.
No person or corporation lawfully conducting, or participating in the conduct of bingo or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned or leased by him...
- 495 - Offenses; Forfeiture of License; Ineligibility to Apply for License.
Any person, association or corporation who or which shall: (1) make any false statement in any application for any license authorized to be issued under...
- 495-a - Unlawful Bingo or Game.
1. For the purposes of this section, "bingo" or "game" shall mean and include a specific game or chance, commonly known as bingo or lotto,...
- 496 - Article Inoperative Until Adopted by Voters.
Except as provided in section 495-a, the provisions of this article shall remain inoperative in any municipality unless and until a proposition therefor submitted at...
- 497 - Amendment and Repeal of Local Laws and Ordinances.
Any such local law or ordinance may be amended, from time to time, or repealed by the common council or other local legislative body of...
- 498 - Delegation of Authority.
The governing body of a municipality may delegate to an officer or officers thereof designated by it for that purpose any of the authority granted...
- 498-a - Powers and Duties of Mayors or Managers of Certain Cities.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, whenever the charter of any city, or any special or local law, provides that the mayor or manager...
- 499 - Severability.
If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any municipality, person or circumstances shall be adjudged unconstitutional by any court of competent...
Last modified: February 3, 2019