[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Parma 12-4-1986 pursuant to
a proposition passed at the 1985 general election. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
The purpose of this article is to authorize the conduct of bingo
in the town and to restrict 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.
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.
In addition to the several restrictions imposed by the laws
of the State of New York, the following further restriction is hereby
imposed on the conduct of such games in the Town of Parma: no games
of chance shall be conducted under any license issued under this article
on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday.
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.
No authorized organization licensed under the provisions of
Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law shall purchase, lease 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[2] or from another authorized organization.
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.
No prize shall exceed the sum or value of $1,000 in any single
game of bingo.
No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate
more than $3,000.
The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any willful violation
of any provision of this article shall constitute and be punishable
as a misdemeanor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
This article shall be known as the "Games of Chance Licensing
Law."
The definitions as set forth in Article 9-A of the General Municipal
Law of the State of New York are incorporated in this article as if
set forth in full herein.
Subject to the provisions contained herein, the rules and regulations
of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, the provisions of
Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law and the Constitution of the
State of New York and all amendments of the aforesaid statutes, rules
and regulations, it shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
upon obtaining a license therefor, under the provisions of this article,
to conduct games of chance within the territorial limits of the Town
of Parma.
The provisions of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law,
and any amendments thereto, shall control the licensing of organizations
and conduct of games of chance in the Town of Parma, and this article
incorporates all of the provisions of said statue by reference as
if set forth in full herein.
The conduct of games of chance on Sundays is only permitted
when it is specifically provided for in the license issued. No games,
however, shall be conducted on Easter Sunday, Christmas Day or New
Year's Eve.
