NYC Administrative Code

§ 20-447 — Statement of receipts, expenses; additional license fees.

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What is NYC AC § 20-447?

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This section requires authorized organizations conducting games of chance to submit a detailed statement of receipts and expenses to the department within seven days after the license period ends. The statute also mandates payment of an additional license fee based on reported net proceeds. Applies to organizations managing games of chance in NYC.

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§ 20-447 Statement of receipts, expenses; additional license fees.

AC § 20-447

1.Within seven days after the conclusion of any license period, the authorized organization which conducted the same, and its members who were in charge thereof, and when applicable the authorized organization which rented its premises therefor, shall each furnish to the department a statement subscribed by the member in charge and affirmed by him or her as true, under the penalties of perjury, showing the amount of the gross receipts derived therefrom and each item of expense incurred, or paid, and each item of expenditure made or to be made other than prizes, the name and address of each person to whom each such item of expense has been paid, or is to be paid, with a detailed description of the merchandise purchased or the services rendered therefor, the net proceeds derived from the conduct of the games of chance during such license period, and the use to which such proceeds have been or are to be applied and a list of prizes offered and given, with the respective values thereof, and it shall be the duty of each licensee to maintain and keep such books and records as may be necessary to substantiate the particulars of each such statement.

2.Upon the filing of such statement of receipts, the authorized organization furnishing the same shall pay to the department as and for an additional license fee a sum based upon the reported net proceeds, if any, for the license period covered by such statement and determined in accordance with such schedule as shall be established from time to time by the board to defray the actual cost to the city of administering the provisions of this subchapter, but such additional license fee shall not exceed five percent of the net proceeds for such occasion.

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