Bill Text: NY S06230 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires a New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-09 - SUBSTITUTED BY A3967 [S06230 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06230-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6230 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager- ing AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to requiring a New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 195-n of the general municipal 2 law, as amended by chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 1. Distribution; manufacturers. (a) For business conducted in this 5 state, manufacturers licensed by the board to sell bell jar tickets 6 shall [sell] : (i) only sell such tickets to distributors licensed by 7 the board; (ii) only sell such tickets that have been approved by the 8 board; and (iii) are imprinted with an approved legend prescribed by the 9 board in a manner prescribed by the board. Bell jar tickets that are 10 banded single-sided single-tabbed, double-sided single-tabbed or folded 11 bell jar tickets are excluded from the approved legend requirement. 12 Manufacturers of bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, and 13 coin boards may submit samples, artists' renderings, or color photoco- 14 pies of proposed bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, coin 15 boards, payout cards, and flares for review and approval by the board. 16 Within thirty days of receipt of such sample or rendering, the board 17 shall approve or deny such bell jar tickets. Following approval of a 18 rendering of a bell jar ticket, seal card, merchandise board, or coin 19 board by the board, the manufacturer shall submit to the board a sample 20 of the printed bell jar ticket, seal card, merchandise board, coin 21 board, payout card, and flare for such game. Such sample shall be 22 submitted prior to the sale of the game to any licensed distributor for 23 resale in this state. For coin boards and merchandise boards, nothing 24 herein shall require the submittal of actual coins or merchandise as EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08914-01-1S. 6230 2 1 part of the approval process. (b) Any licensed manufacturer who [will-2fully] intentionally violates the provisions of this section shall: 3 [(a)] (i) upon such first offense, have their license suspended for a 4 period of thirty days; [(b)] (ii) upon such second offense, participate 5 in a hearing to be conducted by the board, and surrender their license 6 for such period as recommended by the board; and [(c)] (iii) upon such 7 third or subsequent offense, have their license suspended for a period 8 of one year and shall be guilty of a class E felony. Any unlicensed 9 manufacturer who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty 10 of a class E felony. 11 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 195-o of the general municipal law, as 12 amended by chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as 13 follows: 14 1. Distribution; distributors. Any distributor licensed in accordance 15 with section one hundred eighty-nine-a of this article to distribute 16 bell jar tickets shall purchase bell jar tickets only from licensed 17 manufacturers and may manufacture coin boards and merchandise boards 18 only as authorized in subdivision one-a of this section. Licensed 19 distributors who purchase bell jar tickets for resale in New York state 20 shall only purchase and resell bell jar tickets imprinted with an 21 approved legend prescribed by the board in a manner prescribed by the 22 board, or bell jar tickets that have been approved by the board that are 23 banded single-sided single-tabbed, double-sided single-tabbed or folded 24 bell jar tickets. Licensed distributors of bell jar tickets shall sell 25 such tickets only to not-for-profit, charitable or religious organiza- 26 tions registered by the board. Any licensed distributor who [willfully] 27 intentionally violates the provisions of this section shall: (a) upon 28 such first offense, have their license suspended for a period of thirty 29 days; (b) upon such second offense, participate in a hearing to be 30 conducted by the board, and surrender their license for such period as 31 recommended by the board; and (c) upon such third or subsequent offense, 32 have their license suspended for a period of one year and shall be guil- 33 ty of a class E felony. Any unlicensed distributor who violates this 34 section shall be guilty of a class E felony. 35 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 36 ing the year in which it shall have become a law and shall apply to 37 tickets which are manufactured on or after such date. Effective imme- 38 diately the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation 39 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 40 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.
