STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         726--A
            Cal. No. 110
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 4, 2017
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        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.
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