§ 190. Application for license. 1. To conduct games of chance.
(a)\nEach applicant for a license shall, after obtaining an identification\nnumber from the board, file with the clerk or department, a written\napplication therefor in a form to be prescribed by the board, duly\nexecuted and verified, in which shall be stated:\n (1) the name and address of the applicant together with sufficient\nfacts relating to its incorporation and organization to enable such\nclerk or department, as the case may be, to determine whether or not it\nis a bona fide authorized organization;\n (2) the names and addresses of its officers; the place or places\nwhere, the date or dates and the time or times when the applicant\nintends to conduct games under the license applied for;\n (3) the amount of rent to
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§ 190. Application for license. 1. To conduct games of chance. (a)\nEach applicant for a license shall, after obtaining an identification\nnumber from the board, file with the clerk or department, a written\napplication therefor in a form to be prescribed by the board, duly\nexecuted and verified, in which shall be stated:\n (1) the name and address of the applicant together with sufficient\nfacts relating to its incorporation and organization to enable such\nclerk or department, as the case may be, to determine whether or not it\nis a bona fide authorized organization;\n (2) the names and addresses of its officers; the place or places\nwhere, the date or dates and the time or times when the applicant\nintends to conduct games under the license applied for;\n (3) the amount of rent to be paid or other consideration to be given\ndirectly or indirectly for each licensed period for use of the premises\nof an authorized games of chance lessor;\n (4) all other items of expense intended to be incurred or paid in\nconnection with the holding, operating and conducting of such games of\nchance and the names and addresses of the persons to whom, and the\npurposes for which, they are to be paid;\n (5) the purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such games are to\nbe devoted and in what manner; that no commission, salary, compensation,\nreward or recompense will be paid to any person for conducting such game\nor games or for assisting therein except as in this article otherwise\nprovided; and such other information as shall be prescribed by such\nrules and regulations.\n (6) the name of each single type of game of chance to be conducted\nunder the license applied for and the number of merchandise wheels and\nraffles, if any, to be operated.\n (b) In each application there shall be designated not less than four\nbona fide members of the applicant organization under whom the game or\ngames of chance will be managed and to the application shall be appended\na statement executed by the members so designated, that they will be\nresponsible for the management of such games in accordance with the\nterms of the license, the rules and regulations of the board, this\narticle and the applicable local laws or ordinances.\n 2. Authorized games of chance lessor: Each applicant for a license to\nlease premises to a licensed organization for the purposes of conducting\ngames of chance therein shall file with the clerk or department, a\nwritten application therefor in a form to be prescribed by the board\nduly executed and verified, which shall set forth the name and address\nof the applicant; designation and address of the premises intended to be\ncovered by the license sought; a statement that the applicant in all\nrespects conforms with the specifications contained in the definition of\n"authorized organization" set forth in section one hundred eighty-six of\nthis article; a statement of the lawful purposes to which the net\nproceeds from any rental are to be devoted by the applicant, and such\nother information as shall be prescribed by the board.\n 3. In counties outside the city of New York, municipalities may,\npursuant to section one hundred eighty-eight of this article, adopt an\nordinance providing that an authorized organization having obtained an\nidentification number from the board and having applied for no more than\none license to conduct games of chance during the period not less than\ntwelve nor more than eighteen months immediately preceding may file with\nthe clerk or department a summary application in a form to be prescribed\nby the board duly executed and verified, containing the names and\naddresses of the applicant organization and its officers, the date, time\nand place or places where the applicant intends to conduct games under\nthe license applied for, the purposes to which the entire net proceeds\nof such games are to be devoted and the information and statement\nrequired by paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section in lieu of\nthe application required under subdivision one of this section.\n 4. Notwithstanding and in lieu of the licensing requirements set forth\nin this article, an authorized organization defined in subdivision four\nof section one hundred eighty-six of this article may file a verified\nstatement, for which no fee shall be required, with the clerk or\ndepartment and the board attesting that such organization shall derive\nnet proceeds or net profits from raffles in an amount less than thirty\nthousand dollars during one occasion or part thereof at which raffles\nare to be conducted. Such statement shall be on a single page form\nprescribed by the board and shall be deemed a license to conduct\nraffles: (a) under this article; and (b) within the municipalities in\nwhich the authorized organization are domiciled which have passed a\nlocal law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with sections one\nhundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this article\napproving the conduct of games of chance, and in municipalities which\nhave passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with\nsections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this\narticle approving the conduct of games of chance that are located in the\ncounty in which the municipality issuing the license is located and in\nthe counties which are contiguous to the county in which the\nmunicipality issuing the raffle license is located, provided those\nmunicipalities have authorized the licensee, in writing, to sell such\nraffle tickets therein. An organization that has filed a verified\nstatement with the clerk or department and the board attesting that such\norganization shall derive net proceeds or net profits from raffles in an\namount less than thirty thousand dollars during one occasion or part\nthereof that in fact derives net proceeds or net profits exceeding\nthirty thousand dollars during any one occasion or part thereof shall be\nrequired to obtain a license as required by this article and shall be\nsubject to the provisions of section one hundred ninety-five-f of this\narticle.\n