[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Mendon
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-18-1977 by L.L. No. 2-1977 (Ch. 62, Art. I, of
the 1994 Code)]
This article shall be known as the "Games of Chance Licensing
Law of the Town of Mendon."
The definitions set forth in Article 9-A of the General Municipal
Law of the State of New York are hereby adopted and made a part of
this article.
[Amended 10-15-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
Subject to the provisions contained herein, the regulations
of the New York State Gaming Commission, the provisions of Article
9-A of the General Municipal Law and of the Constitution of the State
of New York, together with all amendments of the aforesaid statutes,
laws and regulations, it shall be lawful for any authorized organization,
obtaining a license therefor, pursuant to the provisions of this article,
to conduct games of chance within the Town of Mendon and it shall
further be lawful for games of chance lessors and games of chance
suppliers, as defined in said statutes and regulations, to lease land
for the conduct of games of chance and to furnish supplies and equipment
for said games of chance within the Town of Mendon, pursuant to said
statutes and regulations.
[Amended 10-15-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
The provisions of Article 9-A of the General Municipal Law,
together with any amendment thereto, as well as such rules and regulations
as have been or may be adopted pertaining thereto by the New York
State Gaming Commission, shall control the licensing of organizations
and the conduct of games of chance in the Town of Mendon, and this
article hereby incorporates all of the provisions of said statutes
and regulations by reference, as if set forth in full herein.
[Added 5-12-1980]
The Town Board of the Town of Mendon hereby, pursuant to § 194
of the General Municipal Law and upon the opinion received from the
Attorney General, designates the Sheriff of the County of Monroe as
the Chief Law Enforcement Officer for the Town of Mendon for the purposes
of enforcing this article in the Town of Mendon.
[Adopted 4-10-1978; amended 11-28-1994 by L.L. No. 7-1994 (Ch. 62, Art. II, of
the 1994 Code)]
It shall be lawful for any authorized organization, as defined
in § 476 of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, upon
obtaining the required license and paying the appropriate fee, as
provided in § 481 of the General Municipal Law, to conduct
the game of bingo within the territorial limits of the Town of Mendon,
subject to the provisions of this article, Article 14-H of the General
Municipal Law and Article 19-B of the Executive Law, and any amendments
thereto, and the following restrictions:
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization, other
than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of this
article, shall be permitted to conduct such games.
B.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively devoted
to the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the
game.
C.
No single prize shall exceed the sum set forth in General Municipal
Law § 479.
[Amended 10-15-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
D.
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate more than
the amount set forth in General Municipal Law § 479.
[Amended 10-15-2018 by L.L. No. 3-2018]
E.
No person, except a bona fide member of any such organization, shall
participate in the management or operation of such game.
F.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the
management or operation of any such game.
G.
No game of bingo shall be conducted under any license issued pursuant
to this article on the first day of the week, commonly known and designated
as "Sunday."
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.
