This chapter is enacted pursuant to the authority of Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York.
The purpose of this chapter is to permit the operation of the
game of bingo by authorized organizations in the Town of Mount Hope
pursuant to Article 1, § 9, of the Constitution of the State
of New York as implemented by Article 19-B of the Executive Law and
Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law.
Each applicant to conduct bingo or to lease premises for conducting
bingo therein, after obtaining an identification number from the State
Racing and Wagering Board (the "Board") shall file with the Town Clerk
a written application in the form prescribed in the rules and regulation
of the Board, which shall be duly executed and verified by the applicant
and shall contain the information required by such rules and regulations.
For the purpose of effectively administering this chapter, the
applicable parts of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law known
as the "Bingo Licensing Law" and Article 19-B of the Executive Law
known as the "Bingo Control Law," each authorized organization qualifying
for a license shall pay to the Town Clerk such fee as set by the Town
Board for each occasion upon which any bingo game is to be conducted
under such license
No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to play
any game or games of bingo conducted pursuant to any license issued
pursuant to this chapter unless accompanied by an adult. No person
under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to conduct or assist
in the conduct of any game of bingo conducted pursuant to any license
issued under this chapter.
Any applicant for or holder of any license issued or to be issued
under this chapter aggrieved by any action of the Town Board may appeal
to the Racing and Wagering Board from the determination of the Town
Board by filing with the Town Board a written notice of appeal within
30 days after the determination or action appealed from; and upon
the hearing of such appeal, the evidence, if any, taken before the
Town Board and any additional evidence may be produced and shall be
considered in arriving at a determination of the matters in issue,
and the action of the Racing and Wagering Board upon said appeal shall
be binding upon said Town Board and upon all parties to said appeal.
Any person, association or entity who or which shall make any
false statement in any application for any license authorized to be
issued under this chapter or who shall violate the provisions of this
chapter in any way, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit
any license issued under this chapter and be ineligible to apply for
a license under this chapter.