[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Brockport 2-20-1958; approved by referendum 3-18-1958. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Added 4-15-1963]
The purpose of this chapter is to amend an ordinance adopted
by the Village Board of Brockport, Monroe County, New York, dated
April 1, 1958, authorizing the conduct of bingo in such Village, to
change the reference in such 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 Village, 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:
[Amended 4-15-1963]
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[1] or from another authorized organization.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Article 19-B of the Executive Law.
D.
The
entire net proceeds of any game of bingo and of any rental shall be
exclusively devoted to the lawful purpose of the organization permitted
to conduct the same.
E.
No
prize shall exceed the sum of $1,000 in any single game of bingo.
[Amended 3-16-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
F.
No
series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate more than
$3,000.
[Amended 3-16-1998 by L.L. No. 3-1998]
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 provision of this chapter shall constitute and be punishable as
a misdemeanor.
In addition to the several restrictions imposed by Article 14-H
of the General Municipal Law, as amended by Chapter 438 of the Laws
of the State of New York of 1962, the following additional restriction
is hereby imposed on the conduct of such games in the Village of Brockport:
A.
No
game of chance shall be conducted, under any license issued under
this chapter, on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated
as Sunday.
This chapter shall take effect 30 days after enactment thereof,
as provided by § 497 of the General Municipal Law (after
due publication and posting as provided by the Village Law).
