Bill Text: NY S00726 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
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 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING [S00726 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S00726-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 726--A Cal. No. 110 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager- ing -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report 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. LBD04607-02-7
