[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of North Greenbush 1-27-1981 by L.L. No. 2-1981 as Ch. 48, Art.
I, of the 1981 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter shall be applicable to all territory
within the limits of the Town of North Greenbush.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
namely, a bona fide religious, charitable or nonprofit organization
of veterans, volunteer firemen and similar nonprofit organizations,
upon obtaining a license therefor as provided by the General Municipal
Law, Article 14-H, and rules and regulations adopted by the State
Bingo Control Commission pursuant to the State Bingo Control Law,
to conduct the game or games of bingo in the territory of the Town
of North Greenbush, New York.
A.
No game shall be conducted on the first day of the
week, commonly called "Sunday."
B.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions
of said Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law shall be permitted
to conduct such games.
C.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct
the same.
D.
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
E.
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
F.
No person except a bona fide member of any such organization
shall participate in the management or operation of such game.
G.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating
in the management or operation of any such game.
H.
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful
violation of any provision of this chapter shall constitute and be
punishable as a misdemeanor.
I.
No bingo game 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 from the operation of such game.
The Town Board of the Town of North Greenbush
may, pursuant to § 498 of the General Municipal Law, delegate
to an officer or officers of such town designated by the Town Board
for such purpose any of the authority granted to such governing body
by said Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law in relation to the
issuance, amendment and cancellation of licenses, the conduct of investigations
and hearings, the supervision of the operation of the games and the
collection and transmission of fees.
The making of any false statement in any application
for a license or in any statement annexed thereto or any other violation
of the provisions of said Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law
or any violation of the terms of such license shall constitute a misdemeanor
and shall subject the offender to forfeiture of license and shall
render the offender ineligible to apply for a license for one year
thereafter, all pursuant to the provisions of § 495 of the
General Municipal Law.
