Assembly Bill A5056

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows charitable organizations to accept 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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2019-A5056 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §189, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9796
2013-2014: A4434
2015-2016: A4716
2017-2018: A3204

2019-A5056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows charitable organizations to accept credit cards as a form of payment for games of chance.

2019-A5056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5056
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAIA, FINCH, LAVINE, RA, HAWLEY, GIGLIO, DiPIETRO
   --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, McDONOUGH,
   MORINELLO -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Racing  and
   Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing char-
   itable  organizations  to  accept credit cards as 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.  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 AS A FORM OF PAYMENT FOR
 PARTICIPATION IN A GAME OF CHANCE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07888-01-9

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