N.Y. General Municipal Law § 190: Application for license

§ 190. Application for license. 1. To conduct games of chance. (a)

Each applicant for a license shall, after obtaining an identification

number from the board, file with the clerk or department, a written

application therefor in a form to be prescribed by the board, duly

executed and verified, in which shall be stated:

(1) the name and address of the applicant together with sufficient

facts relating to its incorporation and organization to enable such

clerk or department, as the case may be, to determine whether or not it

is a bona fide authorized organization;

(2) the names and addresses of its officers; the place or places

where, the date or dates and the time or times when the applicant

intends to conduct games under the license applied for;

(3) the amount of rent to be paid or other consideration to be given

directly or indirectly for each licensed period for use of the premises

of an authorized games of chance lessor;

(4) all other items of expense intended to be incurred or paid in

connection with the holding, operating and conducting of such games of

chance and the names and addresses of the persons to whom, and the

purposes for which, they are to be paid;

(5) the purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such games are to

be devoted and in what manner; that no commission, salary, compensation,

reward or recompense will be paid to any person for conducting such game

or games or for assisting therein except as in this article otherwise

provided; and such other information as shall be prescribed by such

rules and regulations.

(6) the name of each single type of game of chance to be conducted

under the license applied for and the number of merchandise wheels and

raffles, if any, to be operated.

(b) In each application there shall be designated not less than four

bona fide members of the applicant organization under whom the game or

games of chance will be managed and to the application shall be appended

a statement executed by the members so designated, that they will be

responsible for the management of such games in accordance with the

terms of the license, the rules and regulations of the board, this

article and the applicable local laws or ordinances.

2. Authorized games of chance lessor: Each applicant for a license to

lease premises to a licensed organization for the purposes of conducting

games of chance therein shall file with the clerk or department, a

written application therefor in a form to be prescribed by the board

duly executed and verified, which shall set forth the name and address

of the applicant; designation and address of the premises intended to be

covered by the license sought; a statement that the applicant in all

respects conforms with the specifications contained in the definition of

"authorized organization" set forth in section one hundred eighty-six of

this article; a statement of the lawful purposes to which the net

proceeds from any rental are to be devoted by the applicant, and such

other information as shall be prescribed by the board.

3. In counties outside the city of New York, municipalities may,

pursuant to section one hundred eighty-eight of this article, adopt an

ordinance providing that an authorized organization having obtained an

identification number from the board and having applied for no more than

one license to conduct games of chance during the period not less than

twelve nor more than eighteen months immediately preceding may file with

the clerk or department a summary application in a form to be prescribed

by the board duly executed and verified, containing the names and

addresses of the applicant organization and its officers, the date, time

and place or places where the applicant intends to conduct games under

the license applied for, the purposes to which the entire net proceeds

of such games are to be devoted and the information and statement

required by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section in lieu of

the application required under subdivision one of this section.

4. Notwithstanding and in lieu of the licensing requirements set forth

in this article, an authorized organization defined in subdivision four

of section one hundred eighty-six of this article may file a verified

statement, for which no fee shall be required, with the clerk or

department and the board attesting that such organization shall derive

net proceeds or net profits from raffles in an amount less than thirty

thousand dollars during one occasion or part thereof at which raffles

are to be conducted. Such statement shall be on a single page form

prescribed by the board and shall be deemed a license to conduct

raffles: (a) under this article; and (b) within the municipalities in

which the authorized organization are domiciled which have passed a

local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with sections one

hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this article

approving the conduct of games of chance, and in municipalities which

have passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with

sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this

article approving the conduct of games of chance that are located in the

county in which the municipality issuing the license is located and in

the counties which are contiguous to the county in which the

municipality issuing the raffle license is located, provided those

municipalities have authorized the licensee, in writing, to sell such

raffle tickets therein. An organization that has filed a verified

statement with the clerk or department and the board attesting that such

organization shall derive net proceeds or net profits from raffles in an

amount less than thirty thousand dollars during one occasion or part

thereof that in fact derives net proceeds or net profits exceeding

thirty thousand dollars during any one occasion or part thereof shall be

required to obtain a license as required by this article and shall be

subject to the provisions of section one hundred ninety-five-f of this

article.