[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of East Hampton 12-2-1977 as Ch. 48
of the 1977 Code (originally adopted 6-20-1958 by Ord. No. 26; amended
in entirety 5-7-1963). Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Dance halls — See Ch. 117.
The purpose of this ordinance is to amend an ordinance adopted
by the Town Board of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, dated
June 20, 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 § 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 $250 in any single game of
bingo.
F.
No
series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate more than
$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.
The
unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation of
any provisions of this local ordinance shall constitute and be punishable
as a misdemeanor.
This local ordinance shall take effect 30 days after enactment
hereof as provided by § 497 of the General Municipal Law
(after due publication and posting as provided by § 133
of the Town Law).
This amendment shall take effect 10 days after publication and
posting as required by law.
