N.Y. General Municipal Law § 195-n: Manufacturers of bell jars; reports and records

§ 195-n. Manufacturers of bell jars; reports and records. * 1.

Distribution; manufacturers. For business conducted in this state,

manufacturers licensed by the board to sell bell jar tickets shall sell

only such tickets to distributors licensed by the board. Manufacturers

of bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, and coin boards may

submit samples, artists' renderings, or color photocopies 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. Any licensed manufacturer who willfully 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 guilty of a class E felony. Any

unlicensed manufacturer who violates the provisions of this section

shall be guilty of a class E felony.

* NB Effective until December 19, 2026

* 1. Distribution; manufacturers. For business conducted in this

state, manufacturers licensed by the commission to sell bell jar tickets

or electronic bell jar vending machines shall sell only such tickets or

vending machines to distributors licensed by the commission.

Manufacturers of bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise boards, and

coin boards may submit samples, artists' renderings, or color

photocopies of proposed bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise

boards, coin boards, payout cards, and flares for review and approval by

the commission. Within thirty days of receipt of such sample or

rendering, the commission 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 commission, the manufacturer

shall submit to the commission 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. Any

licensed manufacturer who willfully 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 commission, and surrender their

license for such period as recommended by the commission; and (c) 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.

* NB Effective December 19, 2026

2. Bar codes. The manufacturer shall affix to the flare of each bell

jar game a bar code that provides all information prescribed by the

board and shall require that the bar code include the serial number of

the game the flare describes. A manufacturer shall also affix to the

outside of the container or wrapping containing a deal of bell jar

tickets a bar code providing all information prescribed by the board and

containing the same information as the bar code affixed to the flare.

The board may also prescribe additional bar code requirements. No person

may alter the bar code that appears on the flare or on the outside of

the container or wrapping containing a deal of bell jar tickets.

Possession of a deal of bell jar tickets that has a bar code different

from the serial number of the deal inside the container or wrapping as

evidenced on the flare is prima facie evidence that the possessor has

altered the bar code on the container or wrapping.

3. Bell jar flares. (a) A manufacturer shall not ship or cause to be

shipped into this state any deal of bell jar tickets that does not have

its own individual flare as required for that deal by rule of the board.

A person other than a licensed manufacturer shall not manufacture,

alter, modify, or otherwise change a flare for a deal of bell jar

tickets except as authorized by this article or rules and regulations

promulgated by the board.

(b) The flare for each deal of bell jar tickets sold by a manufacturer

in this state shall be placed inside the wrapping of the deal which the

flare describes.

(c) The bar code affixed to the flare of each bell jar game shall bear

the serial number of such game as prescribed by the board.

(d) The flare of each bell jar game shall have affixed a bar code that

provides: (1) the game code; (2) the serial number of the game; (3) the

name of the manufacturer; and (4) other information the board by rule

may require. The serial number included on the bar code shall be the

same as the serial number of the tickets included in the deal. A

manufacturer who manufactures a deal of bell jar tickets shall affix to

the outside of the container or wrapping containing the bell jar tickets

the same bar code that is affixed to the flare for that deal.

(e) No person shall alter the bar code that appears on the outside of

a container or wrapping containing a deal of bell jar tickets.

Possession of a deal of bell jars that has a bar code different from the

bar code of the deal inside the container or wrapping is prima facie

evidence that the possessor has altered the bar code on the box.

* 4. Reports of sales. A manufacturer who sells bell jar tickets for

resale in this state shall file with the board, on a form prescribed by

the board, a report of all bell jar tickets sold to distributors in the

state. The report shall be filed quarterly on or before the twentieth

day of the month succeeding the end of the quarter in which the sale was

made. The board may require that the report be submitted via magnetic

media or electronic data transfer.

* NB Effective until December 19, 2026

* 4. Reports of sales. A manufacturer who sells bell jar tickets for

resale in this state shall file with the commission, on a form

prescribed by the commission a report of all bell jar tickets sold to

distributors in the state. The report shall be filed quarterly on or

before the twentieth day of the month succeeding the end of the quarter

in which the sale was made. The commission may require that the report

be submitted via magnetic media or electronic data transfer. Such report

shall also include information regarding any electronic bell jar vending

machines sold or leased to a distributor licensed by the commission.

* NB Effective December 19, 2026

5. Inspection. The board may inspect the premises, books, records, and

inventory of a manufacturer without notice during the normal business

hours of the manufacturer.