[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Greenville 9-29-1985
by L.L. No. 1-1986 (approved at referendum 1-29-1986).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Games of chance — See Ch. 123.
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
rentals 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 organization of such game.
H.
No person shall receive any remuneration for participation
in the management or conduct 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 or be punishable
as a misdemeanor.
For the purpose of effectively administering this chapter, the applicable
parts of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law known as the "Bingo Licensing
Law" and Article 19-B of the Executive Law known as the "Bingo Control Law,"
each authorized organization qualifying for a license shall pay to the Town
Clerk such fee as set by the Town Board for each occasion upon which any bingo
game is to be conducted under such license.[2]
