§ 495. Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for license. Any person, association or corporation who or which shall: (1) make any false statement in any application for any license authorized to be issued under this article; (2) pay or receive, for the use of any premises for conducting bingo, a rental in excess […]
§ 495-a. Unlawful bingo or game. 1. For the purposes of this section, “bingo” or “game” shall mean and include a specific game or chance, commonly known as bingo or lotto, in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random, […]
§ 496. Article inoperative until adopted by voters. Except as provided in section 495-a, the provisions of this article shall remain inoperative in any municipality unless and until a proposition therefor submitted at a general or special election in such municipality shall be approved by a vote of the majority of the qualified electors in […]
§ 497. Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances. Any such local law or ordinance may be amended, from time to time, or repealed by the common council or other local legislative body of the municipality which enacted it and such amendment or repeal, as the case may be, may be made effective and […]
§ 498. Delegation of authority. The governing body of a municipality may delegate to an officer or officers thereof designated by it for that purpose any of the authority granted to it hereby in relation to the issuance, amendment and cancellation of licenses, the conduct of investigations and hearings, the supervision of the operation of […]
§ 498-a. Powers and duties of mayors or managers of certain cities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, whenever the charter of any city, or any special or local law, provides that the mayor or manager of such city is the chief law enforcement officer thereof, then and in that event such mayor or […]
§ 499. Severability. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any municipality, person or circumstances shall be adjudged unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this article or the application thereof to other municipalities, persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby, and the legislature hereby declares that […]
