Assembly Bill A9606

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Increases certain prize amount thresholds for raffles

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S6790 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9606 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6790
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง189, Gen Muni L

2015-A9606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases certain prize amount thresholds for raffles.

2015-A9606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9606

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SCHIMMINGER, CORWIN, CERETTO, PEOPLES-STOKES,
  RYAN, HAWLEY, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  KEARNS,
  WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wager-
  ing

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to increasing
  certain prize amount thresholds for raffles

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivisions 5 and 8 of section 189 of the general munici-
pal law, as amended by chapter 455 of the laws of 2012, are  amended  to
read as follows:
  5.  No single prize awarded by games of chance other than raffle shall
exceed the sum or value  of  three  hundred  dollars,  except  that  for
merchandise wheels, no single prize shall exceed the sum or value of two
hundred  fifty  dollars.  No single prize awarded by raffle shall exceed
the sum or value of [one] THREE  hundred  thousand  dollars.  No  single
wager  shall  exceed  six  dollars  and  for  bell jars, coin boards, or
merchandise boards, no single prize shall exceed  five  hundred  dollars
provided, however, that such limitation shall not apply to the amount of
money or value paid by the participant in a raffle in return for a tick-
et  or  other receipt. For coin boards and merchandise boards, the value
of a prize shall be determined by its costs to the authorized  organiza-
tion or, if donated, its fair market value.
  8.  Except  for merchandise wheels and raffles, no series of prizes on
any one occasion shall aggregate more than four hundred dollars when the
licensed authorized organization conducts five single types of games  of
chance  during  any  one  license period. Except for merchandise wheels,
raffles and bell jars, no series of prizes on  any  one  occasion  shall
aggregate  more  than  five hundred dollars when the licensed authorized
organization conducts less than five single types of  games  of  chance,
exclusive  of  merchandise wheels, raffles and bell jars, during any one
license period. No authorized organization shall award by raffle  prizes
with  an aggregate value in excess of [two] THREE million dollars during
any one license period.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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