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Town of Islip, NY
Suffolk County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Islip 11-13-58; amended in its entirety 4-16-63. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Issuance of licenses and permits — See Ch. 31.
Parades, assemblies and carnivals — See Ch. 36.
Racetracks — See Ch. 42.
The purpose of this local ordinance is to amend a local ordinance adopted by the Town Board of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, dated November 13, 1958, authorizing the conduct of bingo in such Town, to change the reference in such local ordinance from Article 14-G of the General Municipal Law to Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, as so renumbered by Chapter 438 of the Laws of 1962, and to set forth therein the following additional amended and renumbered restrictions concerning the conduct of the game of bingo by an authorized organization in such Town, as required by Section 479 of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York, as amended by Chapter 438 of the Laws of 1962:
A. 
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization, other than a licensee under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, shall conduct such game or shall lease or otherwise make available for conducting bingo a hall or other premises for any consideration whatsoever, direct or indirect.
B. 
No bingo games shall be held, operated or conducted on or within any leased premises if rental under such lease is to be paid, wholly or partly, on the basis of a percentage of the receipts or net profits derived from the operation of such game.
C. 
No authorized organization licensed under the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law shall purchase or receive any supplies or equipment specifically designed or adapted for use in the conduct of bingo games from other than a supplier licensed under the Bingo Control Law or from another authorized organization.
D. 
The entire net proceeds of any game of bingo and of any rental shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the same.
E. 
No prize shall exceed the sum or value of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.) in any single game of bingo.
F. 
No series of prizes on any one (1) bingo occasion shall aggregate more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.).
G. 
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
H. 
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the management or operation of any game of bingo.
I. 
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization shall conduct such game on Sunday night unless he or it has received prior written consent by the Town Board of the Town of Islip to do so. Such consent shall be noted in the license issued to any applicant wishing to conduct such game on said evening.
[Added 1-25-72, effective 2-19-72[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: Ordinance adopted 1-25-72 provides for the insertion of this matter as Subsection I and the renumbering of former Subsection I to J.
J. 
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation of any provision of this local ordinance shall constitute and be punishable as a misdemeanor.
This local ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after enactment hereof as provided by Section 497 of the General Municipal Law (after due publication and posting as provided by Section 133 of the Town Law).