Assembly Bill A10401

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows an authorized organization to receive a license to hold a game of chance on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day

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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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2017-A10401 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8344
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §195, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1566, S2932
2021-2022: A527, S5346
2023-2024: A4901, S497

2017-A10401 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows an authorized organization to receive a license to hold a game of chance on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day; eliminates time restrictions for such games held on a Sunday.

2017-A10401 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10401
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  allowing  an
   authorized  organization to receive a license to hold a game of chance
   on Easter Sunday and Christmas Day
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  195  of the general municipal law, as amended by
 chapter 461 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows:
   § 195. Sunday; conduct of games on. Except as provided in section  one
 hundred  ninety-five-b  of  this  article,  no  games of chance shall be
 conducted under any license issued under this article on the  first  day
 of the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, unless it shall be
 otherwise  provided  in  the  license issued for the conducting thereof,
 pursuant to the provisions of a local law or an ordinance  duly  adopted
 by the governing body of the municipality wherein the license is issued,
 authorizing  the  conduct  of games of chance under this article on that
 day [only between the hours of noon and  midnight.  Notwithstanding  the
 foregoing  provisions  of  this  section  no  games  of  chance shall be
 conducted on Easter Sunday or Christmas Day].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15416-01-8

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