[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Fallsburg 6-17-1958 (Ch. 12 of the 1971 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 145.
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
as defined in § 476 of Article 14-H of the General Municipal
Law of the State of New York, upon obtaining the required license,
to conduct the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the
Town of Fallsburg, New York, subject to the provisions of this chapter,
Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive
Law and any amendments to said laws.
The conduct of bingo games authorized by this
chapter shall be subject to the following restrictions:
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.
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 chapter shall constitute and be
punishable as a misdemeanor.
J.
Limited-period bingo shall be conducted in accordance
with the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law and
the rules and regulations of the State Bingo Control Commission.
The Town Clerk is hereby designated to exercise
all of the authority granted to the Town Board under § 498
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.
A.
Games of bingo may be conducted in the Town on the
first day of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, provided
the license to conduct such game so specifies.
B.
Any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall
specify that the holding, operating and conducting of the game of
bingo on Sunday is permissible unless the Town Clerk shall determine
that the conduct of the game on Sundays shall interfere with the good
order and repose of the neighborhood where the game is to be conducted.