NY Gen Mun L § 480 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 14-H - Local Option for Conduct of Bingo by Certain Organizations 480 - Application for License.

§  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 the clerk of the municipality a written or electronic application therefor in  the form  prescribed in the rules and regulations of the control commission, duly executed and verified, in which such applicant shall state:  (1) the name and address of the  applicant  together  with  sufficient facts  relating  to  such  applicant's incorporation and organization to enable the governing body of the municipality to  determine  whether  or not the applicant is a bona fide authorized organization;  (2)  the names and addresses of the applicant's officers; the place or places where, and the date or dates and the  time  or  times  when,  the applicant intends to conduct bingo under the license applied for;  (3)  in  case the applicant intends to lease premises for this purpose from other than an authorized organization, the name and address of  the licensed  commercial  lessor  of  such  premises,  and  the  capacity or potential capacity for public assembly purposes of space in any premises presently owned or occupied by the applicant;  (4) 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 bingo or for use of the premises of a licensed commercial lessor;  (5)  all  other  items  of  expense intended to be incurred or paid in connection with the holding, operating and conducting of such  games  of bingo  and  the  names  and  addresses  of  the persons to whom, and the purposes for which, they are to be paid;  (6) the specific purposes to which the entire  net  proceeds  of  such games of bingo 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 bingo game or games or for assisting therein  except as  in  this  article  otherwise provided; and such other information as shall be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the commission.  (b) In each application there shall be designated an active member  or members  of  the  applicant organization under whom the game or games of bingo will be conducted and to  the  application  shall  be  appended  a statement  executed by the member or members so designated, that he, she or they will be responsible for the  conduct  of  such  bingo  games  in accordance  with  the terms of the license, the rules and regulations of the commission and this article.   2. Commercial lessor. (a)  Each  applicant  for  a  license  to  lease premises to a licensed organization for the purposes of conducting bingo therein  shall  file  with  the clerk of the municipality an application therefor in a form prescribed  in  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the control commission 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;  lawful  capacity for  public  assembly  purposes; cost of premises and assessed valuation for real estate tax purposes, or annual net  lease  rent,  whichever  is applicable;  gross  rentals  received  and  itemized  expenses  for  the immediately preceding calendar or fiscal year, if any; gross rentals, if any, derived from bingo during the last  preceding  calendar  or  fiscal year;  computation  by  which  proposed  rental schedule was determined; number of occasions on which applicant anticipates  receiving  rent  for bingo  during the ensuing year or shorter period if applicable; proposed rent for each such occasion; estimated  gross  rental  income  from  all other  sources  during the ensuing year; estimated expenses itemized for ensuing year and amount of each  item  allocated  to  bingo  rentals;  a statement   that  the  applicant  in  all  respects  conforms  with  the  specifications contained in the  definition  of  "authorized  commercial lessor"  set  forth in section four hundred seventy-six of this article, and such other information as shall  be  prescribed  by  the  rules  and regulations of the commission.  (b)  At  the  end of the license period, a recapitulation, in a manner prescribed in the rules and regulations of the commission, shall be made as between the licensee and the municipal governing body in  respect  of the gross rental actually received during the license period and the fee paid  therefor.  The  licensee  shall  pay any deficiency of fee thereby shown to be due and any excess of fee thereby shown to  have  been  paid shall  be credited to such licensee, in such manner as the commission by rules and regulations shall prescribe.