STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6738

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                   September 23, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  prohibiting
          firearms  as  prizes in a game of chance not organized by an organiza-
          tion of veterans, volunteer firefighters or a police benevolent  asso-
          ciation

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 195-d  of  the  general  municipal
     2  law,  as  amended  by section 13 of part MM of chapter 59 of the laws of
     3  2017, is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. With the exception of bell jars, coin boards, seal cards,  merchan-
     5  dise  boards  and  raffles,  every  winner shall be determined and every
     6  prize shall be awarded and delivered within the  same  calendar  day  as
     7  that  upon  which  the  game  was played. No alcoholic beverage shall be
     8  offered or given as a prize in  any  game  of  chance.  No  firearm,  as
     9  defined in section 265.00 of the penal law, shall be offered or given as
    10  a  prize  in  any game of chance unless the authorized organization is a
    11  bona fide organization of veterans, volunteer firefighters or  a  police
    12  benevolent association.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13825-01-9