Assembly Bill A10516

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of personal checks and credit cards as a form of payment for games of chance

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  • 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-A10516 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง20, 189, 195-e & 190-a, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8053
2019-2020: A2250
2021-2022: A5929
2023-2024: A2004

2015-A10516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of personal checks and credit cards as a form of payment for games of chance.

2015-A10516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10516

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 31, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Racing and Wagering

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation to the use of
  personal checks and credit cards as a form of  payment  for  games  of
  chance

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 20 of section 186 of the general municipal law,
as added by chapter 574 of the laws of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  20.  "Games  of  chance currency" shall mean legal tender or a form of
scrip or chip authorized by the board, any of which may be used  at  the
discretion of the games of chance licensee; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, "GAMES OF
CHANCE  CURRENCY"  SHALL ALSO INCLUDE A PERSONAL CHECK OR CREDIT CARD AS
PAYMENT FOR A RAFFLE.
  S 2. Section 189 of the general municipal law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 12-a to read as follows:
  12-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF THIS SECTION, AN AUTHOR-
IZED ORGANIZATION MAY ACCEPT A CREDIT CARD OR PERSONAL CHECK AS  A  FORM
OF PAYMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN A RAFFLE.
  S  3.  Subdivision  13 of section 189 of the general municipal law, as
amended by chapter 252 of the laws  of  1998,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  13. No game of chance shall be conducted on other than the premises of
an  authorized  organization  or  an  authorized games of chance lessor.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the sale of raffle tickets to  the  public
outside  the  premises  of  an  authorized organization or an authorized
games of chance lessor; or in municipalities which have passed  a  local
law,  ordinance  or  resolution  in accordance with sections one hundred
eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this article approving  the
conduct  of  games of chance that are located in the county in which the
municipality issuing the license is located and in  the  counties  which
are  contiguous  to  the  county  in  which the municipality issuing the
raffle license is located, provided those municipalities have authorized

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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