NYC Administrative Code

§ 20-358 — Offenses, forfeitures of license; ineligibility to apply for license.

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What is NYC AC § 20-358?

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This section outlines offenses related to licensing for conducting bingo, including making false statements, exceeding permissible rent, and failing to maintain accurate records. Violators face misdemeanor charges, forfeiture of their license, and a one-year ineligibility to reapply. Applies to individuals and organizations involved in bingo operations.

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§ 20-358 Offenses, forfeitures of license; ineligibility to apply for license.

AC § 20-358

Any person, association or corporation who or which shall: (a) make any false statement in any application for any license authorized to be issued under this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law; (b) pay or receive, for the use of any premises for conducting bingo, a rental in excess of the amount specified as the permissible rent in the license provided for in this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law; (c) fail to keep such books and records as shall fully and truly record all transactions connected with the conducting of bingo or the leasing of premises to be used for the conduct of bingo; (d) falsify or make any false entry in any books or records so far as they relate in any manner to the conduct of bingo, to the disposition of the proceeds thereof and to the application of the rents received by any authorized organization; (e) divert or pay any portion of the net proceeds of any game of bingo to any person, association or corporation, except in furtherance of one or more of the lawful purposes defined in article fourteen-H of the general municipal law; or (f) violate any of the provisions of this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law or of any term of any license issued under this subchapter; shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit any license issued under this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law and be ineligible to apply for a license under this subchapter or article fourteen-H of the general municipal law for one year thereafter.

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