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                                   1156
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2023
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 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Racing,  Gaming
   and Wagering
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to employees of
   authorized organizations operating games of chance

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 10 and 11 of section 189 of the general munic-
 ipal  law, as amended by chapter 574 of the laws of 1978, are amended to
 read as follows:
   10. No person except a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE  of  the  licensed
 authorized  organization  shall  participate  in  the management of such
 games; no person except a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE of  the  licensed
 authorized organization, its auxiliary or affiliated organization, shall
 participate  in  the operation of such game, as set forth in section one
 hundred ninety-five-c of this article.
   11. No person OTHER THAN AN EMPLOYEE shall  receive  any  remuneration
 for participating in the management or operation of any such game.
   § 2. Section 195-c of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter
 252 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   §  195-c.  [1.]  Persons operating games; equipment; expenses; compen-
 sation.  1. No person shall operate any game of chance under any license
 issued under this article except a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE  of  the
 authorized  organization  to which the license is issued, or a bona fide
 member OR EMPLOYEE of an organization or association which is an  auxil-
 iary  to  the licensee or a bona fide member OR EMPLOYEE of an organiza-
 tion or association of which such licensee is an  auxiliary  or  a  bona
 fide  member  OR  EMPLOYEE  of  an  organization or association which is
 affiliated with the licensee by being, with  it,  auxiliary  to  another
 organization  or association. Nothing herein shall be construed to limit
 the number of games of chance licensees for whom such persons may  oper-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ate  games  of  chance  nor to prevent non-members OR NON-EMPLOYEES from
 assisting the licensee in any activity other than managing or  operating
 games.  No  game  of chance shall be conducted with any equipment except
 such  as  shall  be  owned  or  leased by the authorized organization so
 licensed or used without payment of any  compensation  therefor  by  the
 licensee.  However,  in  no  event shall bell jar tickets be transferred
 from one authorized organization to another, with or without payment  of
 any  compensation thereof. The head or heads of the authorized organiza-
 tion shall upon request certify, under oath, that the persons  operating
 any game of chance are bona fide members OR EMPLOYEES of such authorized
 organization,  auxiliary  or affiliated organization. Upon request by an
 officer or the department any such person  involved  in  such  games  of
 chance  shall certify that he or she has no criminal record. No items of
 expense shall be incurred or paid in connection with the  conducting  of
 any  game  of  chance  pursuant to any license issued under this article
 except those that are reasonable and are necessarily expended for  games
 of  chance  supplies  and  equipment, prizes, security personnel, stated
 rental if any, bookkeeping or accounting services according to a  sched-
 ule  of  compensation  prescribed  by the board, janitorial services and
 utility supplies if any, and license fees, and the cost of bus transpor-
 tation, if authorized by such clerk or department. No commission,  sala-
 ry,  compensation,  reward  or  recompense shall be paid or given to any
 person OTHER THAN AN EMPLOYEE for the sale or assisting with the sale of
 raffle tickets.
   2. For the purpose of the sale of tickets for the game of raffle,  the
 term  "operate" shall not include the sale of such tickets by persons of
 lineal or collateral consanguinity to members of an authorized organiza-
 tion licensed to conduct a raffle.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.