[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Mount Pleasant 3-25-1969
as Ch. 6 of the 1969 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, all
terms shall have the meanings defined in § 476 of Article 14-H of
the General Municipal Law.
It shall be lawful for bona fide religious, charitable or nonprofit
organizations of veterans, volunteer firemen and similar nonprofit organizations,
upon obtaining a license therefor issued in strict compliance with Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law, Article 19-B of the Executive Law, the
rules and regulations promulgated by the State Racing and Wagering Board and
the provisions hereof, to conduct the game of bingo within the Town of Mount
Pleasant.
All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall terminate
at 12:00 midnight on the 31st day of December of the calendar year in which
they are issued.
The following restrictions shall apply to the conduct of bingo games
authorized by this chapter:
A.
No person, firm, association, corporation or organization
other than an authorized organization licensed under the provisions of Article
14-H of the General Municipal Law shall be permitted to conduct such games.[1]
B.
The entire net proceeds of any game shall be exclusively
devoted the lawful purposes of the organization permitted to conduct the same.
C.
No single prize shall exceed the sum or value of $250.
D.
No series of prizes on any one occasion shall aggregate
more than $1,000.
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 bingo game 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.
H.
No bingo game shall be conducted after the hour of 12:00
midnight.
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.
All provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law, Article
19-B of the Executive Law and the rules and regulations of the State Racing
and Wagering Board in any way restricting the conduct of games of bingo, applications
for licenses and the issuance thereof, the personnel who shall conduct the
games, charges for admission and participation, persons who may participate,
the amount of prizes, the award of prizes, the frequency of games, places
where such games may be held and the advertising of games, or which provide
for control and supervision of the games by the Town of Mount Pleasant and
the State Racing and Wagering Board, for the display of the license therefor,
for the furnishing of duly verified statements of gross receipts and expenditures
in connection with such games and for the keeping books and records to substantiate
such reports shall be complied with strictly in accordance with the terms
thereof, and any noncompliance therewith shall cause the license of the organization
conducting such game to be suspended, and if, after a hearing held on due
notice to said licensee, it shall appear that such violation in fact exists,
the license of such licensee shall be forfeited.
This chapter shall not become effective unless and until it shall have
been approved by a majority of the electors voting on a proposition submitted
at a general or special election held within the Town of Mount Pleasant who
are qualified to vote for town officers of the Town of Mount Pleasant and
unless and until a proposition making operative in the Town of Mount Pleasant
the provisions of Article 14-H of the General Municipal Law submitted at a
general or special election in the Town of Mount Pleasant shall be approved
by a vote of the majority of the electors in the Town of Mount Pleasant voting
thereon.[2]
