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Timestamp: 2018-06-23 20:00:01
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 64', '§ 9', 'Art. 19', 'Art. 14', '§ 64', '§ 476', '§ 64', '§ 479', '§ 9', '§ 64', '§ 64', 'art 36', '§ 64']

Town of Newburgh, NY Bingo and Games of Chance
Ch 64 Art I Bingo
§ 64-2 Conduct authorized.
§ 64-3 Restrictions.
§ 64-4 Licensing authority.
§ 64-5 Conduct of games on Sunday.
Ch 64 Art II Games of Chance
§ 64-6 Legislative intent.
§ 64-7 Statutory authority.
§ 64-8 Definitions.
§ 64-9 Licensing authority.
§ 64-10 License required.
§ 64-11 Application for license.
§ 64-12 Restrictions on conduct of games.
§ 64-13 Investigation of applicant; issuance of license; fees.
§ 64-14 Denial of application; appeal; license amendments.
§ 64-15 Form and content of licenses; display.
§ 64-16 Control and supervision; suspension of licenses; inspection.
§ 64-17 Statement of receipts; records.
§ 64-18 Prohibitions; penalties for offenses.
Chapter 64: Bingo and Games of Chance
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh: Art. I, 9-23-1974 as Ch. 12 of the 1974 Municipal Code; Art. II, 10-4-1976 as L.L. No. 3-1977. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Chapter 64 : Bingo and Games of Chance
[Adopted 9-23-1974 as Ch. 12 of the 1974 Municipal Code]
The purpose of this Article is to permit the operation of the game of bingo by authorized organizations in the Town of Newburgh pursuant to Article 1, § 9, of the Constitution of the State of New York and as implemented by the State Bingo Control Law and the Bingo Licensing Law.[1]
Editor's Note: See Art. 19-B of the Executive Law and Art. 14-H of the General Municipal Law., respectively.
§ 64-2 Conduct authorized. [1]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476 of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, upon obtaining the required license, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of Newburgh, New York, subject to the provisions of this Article, Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive Law and any amendments to said laws.
Editor's Note: The original ordinance authorizing the conduct of bingo in the town was adopted by the Town Board on 5-5-1958 and approved by public referendum of 6-10-1958.
§ 64-3 Restrictions. [1]
Limited period bingo shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and the rules and regulations of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.[3]
Editor's Note: See also § 479 of the General Municipal Law.
[Added 2-24-1975 by Ord. No. 75-2]
Games of bingo may be conducted in the town on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as "Sunday," provided that the license to conduct such game so specifies.
Any license issued pursuant to this Article shall specify that the holding, operating and conducting of the game of bingo on Sunday is permissible unless the Town Clerk shall determine that the conduct of the game on Sundays shall interfere with the good order and repose of the neighborhood where the game is to be conducted.
[Adopted 10-4-1976 as L.L. No. 3-1977[1] ]
Editor's Note: This local law was approved by public referendum on 11-8-1977.
The Town Board finds the raising of funds for the promotion of bona fide charitable, educational, scientific, health, religious and patriotic causes and undertakings, where the beneficiaries are undetermined, to be in the public interest and that the mandate of § 9 of Article 1 of the Constitution of the State of New York, as amended, should be carried out by rigid regulations to prevent commercialized gambling, prevent participation by criminal and other undesirable elements and prevent the diversion of funds from the purposes herein authorized.
This Article is subject and subordinate to all the conditions and provisions contained in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law and amendments thereto and any and all rules and regulations and opinions adopted or to be adopted by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board.
As used in this Article, the terms "authorized games of chance lessor," "authorized organization," "authorized supplier of games of chance equipment," "games of chance," "lawful purposes," "net lease," "net proceeds," "one (1) occasion" and "prize" shall have the meanings designated in the definitions set forth in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law.
The Chief of Police of the Town of Newburgh.
The Town Board of the Town of Newburgh.
The Town Clerk of the Town of Newburgh.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this Article shall be permitted to conduct games of chance within the territorial limits of the Town of Newburgh.
The amount of rent to be paid or other consideration to be given directly or indirectly for each occasion for use of the premises of another authorized organization licensed under this Article to conduct games of chance or for the use of the premises of an authorized games of chance lessor.
All other items of expense intended to be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating and conducting of games of chance and the names and addresses of the person to whom and the purposes for which they are to be paid.
That no member of the applicant designated in the application to conduct games of chance has ever been convicted of a crime or, if convicted, that he has received a pardon or a certificate of good conduct.
In each application there shall be designated not fewer than four (4) active members of the applicant organization under whom the games of chance will be conducted, and to the application shall be appended a statement executed by the members so designated that they will be responsible for the conduct of the games of chance in accordance with the terms of the license, Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law, the provisions of this Article and the rules and regulations of the State Board.
Each applicant for a license to lease premises to a licensed organization for the purposes of conducting games of chance therein shall file with the Town Clerk a written application therefor in a form to be prescribed by the State Board, duly executed and verified, which shall set forth the name and address of the applicant, designation and address of the premises intended to be covered by the license sought, a statement that the applicant in all respects conforms to the specifications contained in the definition of "authorized organization" set forth in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law and any other information as shall be prescribed by the State Board and the provisions of this Article.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization other than a licensee under the provisions of this Article shall conduct a game of chance or shall lease or otherwise make available for conducting games of chance a hall or other premises for any consideration whatsoever, directly or indirectly, except as provided in § 64-11 above.
No prize shall exceed the sum or value of one hundred dollars ($100.) in any operation or conducting of a single game of chance. No single wager shall exceed ten dollars ($10.).
No series of prizes on any one (1) occasion of games of chance shall aggregate more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.).
No person except a bona fide member of any authorized organization, its auxiliary or affiliated organization shall participate in the management or operation of a game of chance as set forth in § 64-18 of this Article.
No hall or other premises shall be used for the conduct of games of chance unless said hall or premises, where applicable, complies with the provisions of Title 12, Subpart 36, of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.
If the Town Clerk shall determine that the applicant is duly qualified to be licensed to conduct games of chance under this Article; that the members of the applicant designated in the application to conduct games of chance are bona fide active members of the applicant and are persons of good moral character and have never been convicted of a crime or, if convicted, have received a pardon or a certificate of good conduct; that such games of chance are to be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this Article and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board and that the proceeds thereof are to be disposed of as provided by this Article; and if the Town Clerk is satisfied that no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense whatsoever shall be paid or given to any person holding, operating, conducting or assisting in holding, operating or conducting any games of chance, except as otherwise provided in this Article, and that no prize will be given in excess of the sum or value of one hundred dollars ($100.) in any single game of chance and that the aggregate of all prizes given on one (1) occasion under said license shall not exceed the sum or value of one thousand dollars ($1,000.), the Town Clerk shall issue a license to the applicant for the conduct of games of chance, upon payment of a license fee as set forth in Ch. 104, Fees.[1]
If the Town Clerk shall determine that the applicant seeking to lease a hall or premises for the conduct of games of chance to an authorized organization is duly qualified to be licensed under this Article; that the applicant satisfies the requirements for an authorized games of chance lessor as defined in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law; that there is a public need and that a public advantage will be served by the issuance of the license; that the applicant has filed its proposed rent for each game of chance occasion; that there is no diversion of the funds of the proposed lessee from the lawful purposes as defined in Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law; and that the leasing of a hall or premises for the conduct of games of chance is to be in accordance with the provisions of this Article and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the State Board, he shall issue a license permitting the applicant to lease said premises for the conduct of games of chance to the authorized organization set forth in the application during the period therein specified or such shorter period as the Town Clerk shall determine, but not to exceed one (1) year, upon payment of a license fee as set forth in Chapter 104, Fees.
Under this Article, no license shall be issued which shall be effective for a period of more than one (1) year.
Any applicant for or holder of any license hereunder aggrieved by any action of the officer or of the Town Clerk to whom an application has been made or by whom a license has been issued may appeal to the State Board from the determination of the Town Clerk by filing with the Town Clerk written notice of appeal within thirty (30) days after the determination or action appealed from and, upon the hearing of such appeal, the evidence, if any, taken before the Town Clerk and any additional evidence may be produced and shall be considered in arriving at a determination of the matters in issue. The action of the State Board upon said appeal shall be binding upon the Town Clerk and all parties to said appeal.
Each license to conduct games of chance shall be in a form as shall be prescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board and shall contain a statement of the name and address of the licensee, the name and address of each member of the licensee under whom the games of chance shall be conducted, of the place(s) where and the date(s) and time(s) when the games of chance are to be conducted and of the purposes to which the entire net proceeds of the games of chance are to be devoted. If any prizes are to be given in cash, a statement of the amounts of the prizes authorized so to be given and any other information which may be required by said rules and regulations shall be contained therein. Each license issued for the conduct of any games of chance shall be conspicuously displayed at the place where the same is to be conducted at all times during conduct thereof.
The officer shall have and exercise rigid control and close supervision over all games of chance conducted under each license, to the end that the same are fairly conducted in accordance with the provisions of said license, the provisions of this Article and the provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Board. The officer and the State Board shall have the power and authority to temporarily suspend any license issued by the Town Clerk pending a hearing. The officer and State Board shall have the right of entry, by their respective officers and agents, at all times, into any premises where any game of chance is being conducted or intended to be conducted or where any equipment being used or intended to be used in the conduct thereof is found for the purpose of inspecting the same. An agent of the appropriate officer shall make an on-site inspection during the conduct of all games of chance licensed pursuant to this Article.
Within seven (7) days after the conclusion of any licensed period, the authorized organization which conducted the games of chance and its members who were in charge thereof and, when applicable, the authorized organization which rented its premises therefor shall each furnish to the Town Clerk a statement subscribed by the member in charge and affirmed by him as true, under the penalties of perjury, showing the amount of the gross receipts derived therefrom, each item of expense incurred or paid, each item of expenditure made or to be made other than prizes, the name and address of each person to whom each item of expense of the merchandise purchased or the services rendered therefor, the net proceeds derived from the conduct of the games of chance during the license period and the use to which such proceeds have been or are to be applied and a list of the prizes and the values thereof offered and given. It shall be the duty of each licensee to maintain and keep such books and records as may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of each statement of receipts.
Upon filing the statement of receipts, the authorized organization furnishing the same shall pay to the Town Clerk as and for an additional fee a sum of five percent (5%) of the net proceeds, if any, for the licensed period covered by the statement and determined in accordance with the schedule as shall be established from time to time by the State Board or the Town Clerk to defray the cost to the Town of Newburgh of administering the provisions of this Article.
No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted to play any game of chance conducted pursuant to any license issued under this Article. No person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall be permitted to conduct or assist in the conduct of any game of chance conducted pursuant to any license issued under this Article.
No games of chance shall be conducted under any license issued under this Article more often than twelve (12) times in any calendar year. Games shall be conducted only between the hours of 12:00 noon and 12:00 midnight on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; only between the hours of 12:00 noon Friday and 2:00 a.m. Saturday; and only between the hours of 12:00 noon Saturday and 2:00 a.m. Sunday. The 2:00 a.m. closing period shall also apply to a legal holiday.
No person shall hold, operate or conduct any games of chance under any license issued under this Article except an active member of the authorized organization to which the license is issued, and no person shall assist in the holding, operating or conducting of any games of chance under any license except an active member or a member of an organization or association which is an auxiliary to the licensee or a member of an organization or association of which such licensee is an auxiliary or a member of an organization or association which is affiliated with the licensee by being, with it, auxiliary to another organization or association. At least two (2) officers, directors, trustees or clergy of the authorized organization shall, upon request, certify under oath that the persons assisting in holding, operating or conducting any game of chance are bona fide members of such authorized organization or auxiliary or affiliated organization.
Not more than two dollars ($2.) shall be charged by any licensee for admission to any room or place in which any games of chance are to be conducted under any license issued under this Article. Every winner shall be determined and every prize shall be awarded and delivered on the same calendar day as the game was played.
No game of chance conducted or to be conducted in the Town of Newburgh shall be advertised as to its location, the time when it is to be or has been played or the prizes awarded or to be awarded or transportation facilities to be provided to such games by means of newspaper, radio, television or sound trucks or by means of billboards, posters or handbills or any other means addressed to the general public, except that one (1) sign not exceeding sixty (60) square feet in area may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by a licensed authorized organization, and when an organization is licensed to conduct games of chance on premises of an authorized games of chance lessor, one (1) additional such sign may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises in which the games are to be conducted. Additional signs may be displayed upon any fire-fighting equipment belonging to any licensee which is a volunteer fire company or upon any first aid or rescue squad in and throughout the community or communities served by such volunteer fire company or such first aid or rescue squad.
No person, association, corporation or organization lawfully conducting or participating in the conduct of games of chance or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned or leased by him or it under any license issued hereunder shall be liable to prosecution or conviction for violation of any provision of Article 225 of the Penal Law or any other law or ordinance to the extent that such conduct is specifically authorized by this Article. However, this immunity shall not extend to any person or corporation knowingly conducting or participating in the conduct of games of chance under any license obtained by any false pretense or by any false statement made in any application for a license or otherwise or permitting the conduct upon any premises owned or leased by him or it of any game of chance conducted under any license known to him or it to have been obtained by any such false pretense or statement.
Any person, association, corporation or organization who or which shall make any material false statement in any application for any license issued pursuant to this Article; shall pay or receive a rental in excess of the amount specified as the permissive rent in the license provided for in § 64-11 for the use of any premises for conducting games of chance; shall fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly record all transactions connected with the conducting of games of chance or the leasing of premises to be used for the conduct of games of chance; shall falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as they relate in any manner to the conduct of games of chance, to the disposition of the proceeds thereof and to the application of the rents received by any authorized organization; or shall divert or pay any portion of the net proceeds of any game of chance to any person, association or corporation, except in furtherance of one (1) or more of the lawful purposes defined in this Article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license issued under this Article and be ineligible to apply for a license under this Article for at least one (1) year thereafter.