§ 480. Application for license. 1. To conduct bingo.
(a)Each\napplicant for a license to conduct bingo shall, after obtaining an\nidentification number from the control commission, file with the clerk\nof the municipality a written or electronic application therefor in the\nform prescribed in the rules and regulations of the control commission,\nduly executed and verified, in which such applicant shall state:\n (1) the name and address of the applicant together with sufficient\nfacts relating to such applicant's incorporation and organization to\nenable the governing body of the municipality to determine whether or\nnot the applicant is a bona fide authorized organization;\n (2) the names and addresses of the applicant's officers; the place or\nplaces where, and the date or dates and
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§ 480. Application for license. 1. To conduct bingo. (a) Each\napplicant for a license to conduct bingo shall, after obtaining an\nidentification number from the control commission, file with the clerk\nof the municipality a written or electronic application therefor in the\nform prescribed in the rules and regulations of the control commission,\nduly executed and verified, in which such applicant shall state:\n (1) the name and address of the applicant together with sufficient\nfacts relating to such applicant's incorporation and organization to\nenable the governing body of the municipality to determine whether or\nnot the applicant is a bona fide authorized organization;\n (2) the names and addresses of the applicant's officers; the place or\nplaces where, and the date or dates and the time or times when, the\napplicant intends to conduct bingo under the license applied for;\n (3) in case the applicant intends to lease premises for this purpose\nfrom other than an authorized organization, the name and address of the\nlicensed commercial lessor of such premises, and the capacity or\npotential capacity for public assembly purposes of space in any premises\npresently owned or occupied by the applicant;\n (4) the amount of rent to be paid or other consideration to be given\ndirectly or indirectly for each occasion for use of the premises of\nanother authorized organization licensed under this article to conduct\nbingo or for use of the premises of a licensed commercial lessor;\n (5) all other items of expense intended to be incurred or paid in\nconnection with the holding, operating and conducting of such games of\nbingo and the names and addresses of the persons to whom, and the\npurposes for which, they are to be paid;\n (6) the specific purposes to which the entire net proceeds of such\ngames of bingo are to be devoted and in what manner; that no commission,\nsalary, compensation, reward or recompense will be paid to any person\nfor conducting such bingo game or games or for assisting therein except\nas in this article otherwise provided; and such other information as\nshall be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the commission.\n (b) In each application there shall be designated an active member or\nmembers of the applicant organization under whom the game or games of\nbingo will be conducted and to the application shall be appended a\nstatement executed by the member or members so designated, that he, she\nor they will be responsible for the conduct of such bingo games in\naccordance with the terms of the license, the rules and regulations of\nthe commission and this article.\n 2. Commercial lessor. (a) Each applicant for a license to lease\npremises to a licensed organization for the purposes of conducting bingo\ntherein shall file with the clerk of the municipality an application\ntherefor in a form prescribed in the rules and regulations of the\ncontrol commission duly executed and verified, which shall set forth the\nname and address of the applicant; designation and address of the\npremises intended to be covered by the license sought; lawful capacity\nfor public assembly purposes; cost of premises and assessed valuation\nfor real estate tax purposes, or annual net lease rent, whichever is\napplicable; gross rentals received and itemized expenses for the\nimmediately preceding calendar or fiscal year, if any; gross rentals, if\nany, derived from bingo during the last preceding calendar or fiscal\nyear; computation by which proposed rental schedule was determined;\nnumber of occasions on which applicant anticipates receiving rent for\nbingo during the ensuing year or shorter period if applicable; proposed\nrent for each such occasion; estimated gross rental income from all\nother sources during the ensuing year; estimated expenses itemized for\nensuing year and amount of each item allocated to bingo rentals; a\nstatement that the applicant in all respects conforms with the\nspecifications contained in the definition of "authorized commercial\nlessor" set forth in section four hundred seventy-six of this article,\nand such other information as shall be prescribed by the rules and\nregulations of the commission.\n (b) At the end of the license period, a recapitulation, in a manner\nprescribed in the rules and regulations of the commission, shall be made\nas between the licensee and the municipal governing body in respect of\nthe gross rental actually received during the license period and the fee\npaid therefor. The licensee shall pay any deficiency of fee thereby\nshown to be due and any excess of fee thereby shown to have been paid\nshall be credited to such licensee, in such manner as the commission by\nrules and regulations shall prescribe.\n