N.Y. General Municipal Law § 195-q: Bell jar compliance and enforcement

§ 195-q. Bell jar compliance and enforcement. In the case of bell

jars, the licensee, upon filing financial statements of bell jar

operations, shall also tender to the board a sum in the amount of five

percent of the net proceeds as defined in this paragraph, from the sale

of bell jar tickets, seal cards, merchandise board, and coin boards, if

any, for that portion of license period covered by such statement. For

the purposes of this section, "net proceeds" shall mean the difference

between the ideal handle from the sale of bell jar tickets, seal cards,

merchandise boards, and coin boards less the amount of money paid out in

prizes and less the purchase price of the bell jar deal, seal card deal,

merchandise board deal, or coin board deal. Additionally, a credit shall

be permitted against the net proceeds fee tendered to the board for

unsold tickets of the bell jar deal as long as the unsold tickets have

the same serial number as the tickets for which the fee is rendered.

Such unsold tickets must be kept on file by the selling organization for

inspection by the board for a period of one year following the date upon

which the relevant financial statement was received by the board.

1. One-half of one percent of such fee received from authorized

volunteer fire companies shall be paid to the New York state emergency

services revolving loan account established pursuant to section

ninety-seven-pp of the state finance law.

2. The state gaming commission shall submit to the director of the

division of the budget an annual plan that details the amount of money

the state gaming commission deems necessary to maintain operations,

compliance and enforcement of the provisions of this article and the

collection of the license fee authorized by this section. Contingent

upon the approval of the director of the division of the budget, the

state gaming commission shall pay into an account, to be known as the

bell jar collection account, under the joint custody of the comptroller

and the state gaming commission, the total amount of license fees

collected pursuant to this section. With the approval of the director of

the division of the budget, monies to be utilized to maintain the

operations necessary to enforce the provisions of this article and the

collection of the license fee imposed by this section shall be paid out

of such account on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers

certified or approved by the director of the division of the budget or

his or her duly designated official. Those monies that are not utilized

to maintain operations necessary to enforce the provisions of this

article and the collection of the license fee authorized by this section

shall be paid out of such amount on the audit and warrant of the state

comptroller and shall be credited to the general fund.

* 3. (a) A veteran organization or volunteer fire company may operate

electronic bell jar vending machines only on premises that it owns or

leases. All such locations must be identified by the veteran

organization or volunteer fire company and approved by the commission

prior to the placement of any electronic bell jar machine at those

premises.

(b) A veteran organization or volunteer fire company may operate no

more machines than the number permitted in section one hundred

ninety-five-c of this article.

(c) No veteran organization or volunteer fire company shall operate an

electronic bell jar vending machine unless such veteran organization or

volunteer fire company is a games-of-chance licensee authorized by the

commission to operate an electronic bell jar vending machine. The

commission may promulgate rules and regulations as the commission deems

necessary for the approval of a veteran organization or volunteer fire

company to operate an electronic bell jar vending machine. If the

commission denies such request, it shall provide the reasons for such

determination.

(d) The commission may authorize a veteran organization or volunteer

fire company to operate electronic bell jar games only if such veteran

organization or volunteer fire company was licensed to operate bell jar

games as of November thirtieth, two thousand twenty-five.

(e) Each electronic bell jar vending machine shall generate sales

reports and such other information that the commission may direct by

regulation. The commission shall have access to the server of each

electronic bell jar vending machine for the purpose of monitoring and

auditing at no cost to the state.

(f) Any unclaimed funds or tickets left in any electronic bell jar

vending machine shall be retained by the authorized organization and

reported as net proceeds.

* NB Effective December 19, 2026