NY Gen Mun L § 190 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 9-A - Local Option for Conduct of Games of Chance by Certain Organizations 190 - Application for License.

§  190.  Application  for  license. 1. To conduct games of chance. (a) Each applicant for a license shall, after  obtaining  an  identification number  from  the  board,  file  with the clerk or department, a written application therefor in a form to  be  prescribed  by  the  board,  duly executed and verified, in which shall be stated:  (1)  the  name  and  address of the applicant together with sufficient facts relating to its incorporation  and  organization  to  enable  such clerk  or department, as the case may be, to determine whether or not it is a bona fide authorized organization;  (2) the names and addresses of  its  officers;  the  place  or  places where,  the  date  or  dates  and  the  time or times when the applicant intends to conduct games under the license applied for;  (3) the amount of rent to be paid or other consideration to  be  given directly  or indirectly for each licensed period for use of the premises of an authorized games of chance lessor;  (4) all other items of expense intended to  be  incurred  or  paid  in connection  with  the holding, operating and conducting of such games of chance and the names and addresses of  the  persons  to  whom,  and  the purposes for which, they are to be paid;  (5) the purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such games are to be devoted and in what manner; that no commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense will be paid to any person for conducting such game or  games  or  for assisting therein except as in this article otherwise provided; and such other information as  shall  be  prescribed  by  such rules and regulations.  (6)  the  name  of  each single type of game of chance to be conducted under the license applied for and the number of merchandise  wheels  and raffles, if any, to be operated.  (b)  In  each application there shall be designated not less than four bona fide members of the applicant organization under whom the  game  or games of chance will be managed and to the application shall be appended a  statement  executed  by  the members so designated, that they will be responsible for the management of such  games  in  accordance  with  the terms  of  the  license,  the  rules  and regulations of the board, this article and the applicable local laws or ordinances.   2. Authorized games of chance lessor: 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 clerk or department, a written application therefor in a form to be  prescribed  by  the  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 with the specifications contained in the definition of "authorized organization" set forth in section one hundred eighty-six of this  article;  a  statement  of  the  lawful  purposes to which the net proceeds from any rental are to be devoted by the  applicant,  and  such other information as shall be prescribed by the board.   3.  In  counties  outside  the  city  of New York, municipalities may, pursuant to section one hundred eighty-eight of this article,  adopt  an ordinance  providing  that an authorized organization having obtained an identification number from the board and having applied for no more than one license to conduct games of chance during the period not  less  than twelve nor more than eighteen months immediately preceding may file with the clerk or department a summary application in a form to be prescribed by  the  board  duly  executed  and  verified,  containing the names and addresses of the applicant organization and its officers, the date, time and place or places where the applicant intends to conduct  games  under the  license  applied for, the purposes to which the entire net proceeds  of such games are to  be  devoted  and  the  information  and  statement required  by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section in lieu of the application required under subdivision one of this section.   4. Notwithstanding and in lieu of the licensing requirements set forth in  this article, an authorized organization defined in subdivision four of section one hundred eighty-six of this article may  file  a  verified statement,  for  which  no  fee  shall  be  required,  with the clerk or department and the board attesting that such organization  shall  derive net  proceeds  or net profits from raffles in an amount less than thirty thousand dollars during one occasion or part thereof  at  which  raffles are  to  be  conducted.  Such  statement  shall be on a single page form prescribed by the board  and  shall  be  deemed  a  license  to  conduct raffles:  (a)  under  this article; and (b) within the municipalities in which the authorized organization are  domiciled  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, and 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.  An  organization  that  has  filed  a  verified statement with the clerk or department and the board attesting that such organization shall derive net proceeds or net profits from raffles in an amount  less  than  thirty  thousand dollars during one occasion or part thereof that in fact derives  net  proceeds  or  net  profits  exceeding thirty thousand dollars during any one occasion or part thereof shall be required  to  obtain  a license as required by this article and shall be subject to the provisions of section one hundred ninety-five-f  of  this article.