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                                   3967
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  requiring  a
   New York state legend on all bell jar tickets sold in New York state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 195-n  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as  amended by chapter 637 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read
 as follows:
   1. Distribution; manufacturers. (A) For  business  conducted  in  this
 state,  manufacturers  licensed  by  the  board to sell bell jar tickets
 shall [sell] : (I) only SELL such tickets to  distributors  licensed  by
 the  board;  (II)  ONLY SELL SUCH TICKETS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE
 BOARD; AND (III) ARE IMPRINTED WITH AN APPROVED LEGEND PRESCRIBED BY THE
 BOARD IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD. BELL  JAR  TICKETS  THAT  ARE
 BANDED  SINGLE-SIDED SINGLE-TABBED, DOUBLE-SIDED SINGLE-TABBED OR FOLDED
 BELL JAR TICKETS ARE EXCLUDED  FROM  THE  APPROVED  LEGEND  REQUIREMENT.
 Manufacturers  of  bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, and
 coin boards may submit samples, artists' renderings, or  color  photoco-
 pies  of proposed bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, coin
 boards, payout cards, and flares for review and approval by  the  board.
 Within  thirty  days  of  receipt of such sample or rendering, the board
 shall approve or deny such bell jar tickets.  Following  approval  of  a
 rendering  of  a  bell jar ticket, seal card, merchandise board, or coin
 board by the board, the manufacturer shall submit to the board a  sample
 of  the  printed  bell  jar  ticket,  seal card, merchandise board, coin
 board, payout card, and flare  for  such  game.  Such  sample  shall  be
 submitted  prior to the sale of the game to any licensed distributor for
 resale in this state. For coin boards and  merchandise  boards,  nothing
 herein  shall  require  the  submittal of actual coins or merchandise as
 part of the approval process. (B) Any licensed manufacturer  who  [will-

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

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 fully]  INTENTIONALLY  violates  the  provisions  of this section shall:
 [(a)] (I) upon such first offense, have their license  suspended  for  a
 period  of thirty days; [(b)] (II) upon such second offense, participate
 in  a  hearing to be conducted by the board, and surrender their license
 for such period as recommended by the board; and [(c)] (III)  upon  such
 third  or  subsequent offense, have their license suspended for a period
 of one year and shall be guilty of a  class  E  felony.  Any  unlicensed
 manufacturer who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty
 of a class E felony.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 195-o of the general municipal law, as
 amended by chapter 637 of the laws  of  1999,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   1.  Distribution; distributors. Any distributor licensed in accordance
 with section one hundred eighty-nine-a of  this  article  to  distribute
 bell  jar  tickets  shall  purchase  bell jar tickets only from licensed
 manufacturers and may manufacture coin  boards  and  merchandise  boards
 only  as  authorized  in  subdivision  one-a  of  this section. LICENSED
 DISTRIBUTORS WHO PURCHASE BELL JAR TICKETS FOR RESALE IN NEW YORK  STATE
 SHALL  ONLY  PURCHASE  AND  RESELL  BELL  JAR  TICKETS IMPRINTED WITH AN
 APPROVED LEGEND PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD IN A MANNER  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE
 BOARD, OR BELL JAR TICKETS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD THAT ARE
 BANDED  SINGLE-SIDED SINGLE-TABBED, DOUBLE-SIDED SINGLE-TABBED OR FOLDED
 BELL JAR TICKETS. Licensed distributors of bell jar tickets  shall  sell
 such  tickets  only to not-for-profit, charitable or religious organiza-
 tions registered by the board. Any licensed distributor who  [willfully]
 INTENTIONALLY  violates  the  provisions of this section shall: (a) upon
 such first offense, have their license suspended for a period of  thirty
 days;  (b)  upon  such  second  offense,  participate in a hearing to be
 conducted by the board, and surrender their license for such  period  as
 recommended by the board; and (c) upon such third or subsequent offense,
 have their license suspended for a period of one year and shall be guil-
 ty  of  a  class  E felony. Any unlicensed distributor who violates this
 section shall be guilty of a class E felony.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing  the  year  in  which  it shall have become a law and shall apply to
 tickets which are manufactured on or after such date.   Effective  imme-
 diately  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.