2006 New York Code - Application For License.



 
    §  20-343  Application  for  license.  1.  To  conduct  bingo. a. Each
  applicant for a license shall  file  with  the  commissioner  a  written
  application therefor in the form prescribed in the rules and regulations
  of the control commission, duly executed and verified, in which shall be
  stated  the  name  and address of the applicant together with sufficient
  facts relating to its  incorporation  and  organization  to  enable  the
  commissioner  to  determine  whether or not it is a bona fide authorized
  organization; 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  bingo  under  the license applied for; in case the
  applicant intends to lease premises for this purpose from other than  an
  authorized organization, the name and address of the licensed commercial
  lessor  of  such  premises,  and  the capacity or potential capacity for
  public assembly purposes of space in any  premises  presently  owned  or
  occupied  by  the  applicant;  the  amount  of  rent to be paid or other
  consideration to be given directly or indirectly for each  occasion  for
  use  of  the  premises of another authorized organization licensed under
  this subchapter to conduct bingo  or  for  use  of  the  premises  of  a
  licensed  commercial  lessor;  all other items of expense intended to be
  incurred  or  paid  in  connection  with  the  holding,  operating   and
  conducting  of  such  games  of bingo and the names and addresses of the
  persons to whom, and the purposes for which, they are to  be  paid;  the
  specific  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
  bingo  game  or  games  or  for  assisting  therein  except  as  in this
  subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law  otherwise
  provided;  and  such  other  information  as shall be prescribed by such
  rules and regulations.
    b. In each application there shall be designated an active  member  or
  members  of  the  applicant organization under whom the game or games of
  bingo will be conducted and to  the  application  shall  be  appended  a
  statement  executed  by  the member or members so designated, that he or
  she or they will be responsible for the conduct of such bingo  games  in
  accordance  with  the terms of the license and the rules and regulations
  of the commission and of this subchapter and article fourteen-H  of  the
  general municipal law.
    c.  In  each  application  there shall be designated one special bingo
  game, to be played on each occasion under such license, which  shall  be
  known as the "jackpot game."
    2.  Commercial  lessor.  a.  Each  applicant  for  a  license to lease
  premises to a licensed organization for the purposes of conducting bingo
  therein shall file with the commissioner a written application  therefor
  in  a  form  prescribed  in  the  rules  and  regulations of the control
  commission 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; lawful capacity for public
  assembly purposes; cost of premises  and  assessed  valuation  for  real
  estate tax purposes, or annual net leased rent, whichever is applicable;
  gross  rentals  received  and  itemized  expenses  for  the  immediately
  preceding calendar or fiscal  year,  if  any;  gross  rentals,  if  any,
  derived  from  bingo  during the last preceding calendar or fiscal year;
  computation by which proposed rental schedule was determined; number  of
  occasions on which applicant anticipates receiving rent for bingo during
  the ensuing year or shorter period if applicable; proposed rent for each
  such  occasion;  estimated  gross  rental  income from all other sources
  during the ensuing year; estimated expenses  itemized  for  the  ensuing
  year  and  amount  of  each item allocated to bingo rentals; a statement

that the applicant in all respects conforms with the specifications contained in the definition of "authorized commercial lessor" as set forth in article fourteen-H of the general municipal law, and such other information as shall be prescribed by such rules and regulations. b. In the event an applicant shall apply for a license for a subsequent year, a recapitulation, in a manner prescribed in the rules and regulations of the commission, shall be made as between said applicant and the commissioner in respect of the gross rental actually received during the preceding license period and the fee paid therefor, and any deficiency of fee thereby shown to be due shall be paid by the applicant and any excess of fee thereby shown to have been paid shall be credited to said applicant, in such manner as the commission by rules and regulations shall prescribe.

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