STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3456 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 3, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the operation of bingo games The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Clause (B) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivi- 2 sion 2 of section 495-a of the general municipal law, as amended by 3 chapter 470 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows: 4 (B) within any apartment, condominium or cooperative complex, housing 5 authority, retirement community, or other group residential complex or 6 facility where (I) [sponsored by the operator of or an association 7 related to such complex, community or facility, (II)] such games are 8 conducted solely for the purpose of amusement and recreation of its 9 residents and guests invited by such residents, [(III)] (II) no player 10 or other person furnishes anything of more than one dollar in value per 11 game for the opportunity to participate, [(IV)] (III) the value of the 12 prizes shall not exceed ten dollars for any one game or a total of one 13 hundred fifty dollars in any calendar day, [(V)] (IV) such games are not 14 conducted on more than one day per week and not more than [thirty times] 15 two days during any calendar [year] week, and [(VI)] (V) no person 16 [other than an employee or volunteer of such complex, community or 17 facility conducts or assists] is paid to conduct or assist in conducting 18 the game or games. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07298-01-3