Bill Text: NY A05611 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Permits persons aged sixteen or older to perform ancillary non-gaming activities associated with the conduct of any game of bingo.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to racing and wagering [A05611 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A05611-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5611--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 10, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. MORINELLO, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to
          the  Committee  on  Racing  and Wagering -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to permitting
          persons aged sixteen and older to perform ancillary non-gaming  activ-
          ities in concert with the conduct of any game of bingo
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 486 of the general municipal  law,  as  amended  by
     2  chapter 438 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  486.  Participation  by persons under eighteen. No person under the
     4  age of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game  or  games  of
     5  bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article unless
     6  accompanied by an adult. No person under the age of eighteen years shall
     7  be  permitted to conduct [or assist in the conduct of] any game of bingo
     8  conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article.  Nothing in
     9  this section shall prevent a person sixteen years of age or  older  from
    10  performing ancillary non-gaming activities conducted in concert with the
    11  conduct  of  any  game  of bingo conducted pursuant to any license under
    12  this article.
    13    § 2. Section 476 of the general municipal law is amended by  adding  a
    14  new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
    15    13.  "Ancillary  non-gaming  activity"  shall  mean  any  activity not
    16  directly related to the conduct or outcome of any  game  of  bingo,  and
    17  shall  include  assisting  at any food concession, cleaning, maintenance
    18  and site preparation at the location where games of bingo are conducted.
    19    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04607-03-7