[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Putnam Valley 6-19-1974 by L.L. No. 4-1974 as Chapter 5 of the 1974 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 72.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined in § 476 of Article 14-G of the General Municipal Law, upon obtaining the required license, to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of Putnam Valley, subject to the provisions of this chapter, Article 14-G of the General Municipal Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law and the following restrictions.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization, other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this chapter, shall be permitted to conduct such games.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct such games.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 5-4, dealing with the value of single prizes, and former § 5-5, dealing with the value of a series of prizes, which immediately followed this section, were deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No single prize and no series of prizes on any one occasion shall exceed the amounts set forth in § 479 of the General Municipal Law.
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Editor's Note: Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
No person, except a bona fide member of any such organization, shall participate in the management or operation of any such game.
Any person who shall violate this article is guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment for not more than 15 days, or both such fine and imprisonment.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).