Bill Text: NY A03681 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Removes restrictions on the frequency certain authorized organizations may conduct bingo games.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-13 - advanced to third reading cal.20 [A03681 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A03681-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3681--A

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 29, 2025
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        Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Racing and Wagering  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to removing
          restrictions on the frequency  certain  authorized  organizations  may
          conduct bingo games

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Clauses (B) and (C) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of
     2  subdivision 2 of section 495-a of the general municipal law, as  amended
     3  by chapter 470 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
     4    (B)  within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, retire-
     5  ment community, or other group residential complex or facility where (I)
     6  sponsored by the operator of or an association related to such  complex,
     7  community  or  facility,  (II)  such  games are conducted solely for the
     8  purpose of amusement and recreation of its residents, (III) no player or
     9  other person furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to  partic-
    10  ipate, (IV) the value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any
    11  one  game  or  a total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day,
    12  (V) such games are not conducted on more than [one  day]  two  days  per
    13  week  and  not  more than [thirty] sixty times during any calendar year,
    14  and (VI) no person other than an employee or volunteer of such  complex,
    15  community  or  facility  conducts  or  assists in conducting the game or
    16  games.
    17    (C) on behalf of any bona fide social, charitable, educational, recre-
    18  ational, fraternal, religious, not-for-profit or age group organization,
    19  club or association solely for the purpose of amusement  and  recreation
    20  of  its  members  or  beneficiaries  where (I) no player or other person
    21  furnishes anything of value for the opportunity to participate, (II) the
    22  value of the prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game  or  a
    23  total of one hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, (III) such games

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  are  not conducted on more than [one day] two days per week and not more
     2  than [thirty] sixty times during any calendar year, (IV) no person other
     3  than a bona fide active member of the organization, club or  association
     4  participates  in the conduct of the games, and (V) no person is paid for
     5  conducting or assisting in the conduct of the game or games.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     7  have become a law.