Title GMU, General Municipal

§ 160. Acquisition of lands for cemetery purposes. It shall be lawful\nfor the common council of any city, or the trustees of any incorporated\nvillage in this state, although such cemetery is disconnected from and\nout of the limits of any city or village, to acquire by deed, d…

§ 161. Title may be acquired by condemnation. If the said common\ncouncil or board of trustees shall be unable to agree with the owner of\nsuch lands for the purchase thereof, the said common council or board of\ntrustees may proceed to acquire the title thereto in the manner\np…

§ 162. Conveyance by unincorporated cemetery association to city, town\nor village. An unincorporated cemetery association may convey and\ntransfer its real property held for burial purposes, together with its\nother assets, to a city having a population of less than one million…

§ 163. Lot owners' rights. Lots in such cemeteries shall be held\nindivisible, and upon the decease of a proprietor of such lot the title\nthereto shall descend to his or her heirs-at-law or devisees, subject,\nhowever to the following limitations and conditions: If survived by …

§ 164. Abandonment of cemeteries in cities of less than one million.\nUpon a verified petition presented to a judge of a court of record by\nthe common council of any city of less than one million, the judge to\nwhom said verified petition was presented shall make an order to sh…

§ 165. Maintenance and cleanup of abandoned cemeteries. 1. Any\nmunicipal corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to establish\nvolunteer cemetery maintenance and cleanup programs to maintain and\ncleanup abandoned cemeteries wholly contained within such municipal\ncorpor…

§ 165-a. Voluntary municipal assistance to public cemetery\ncorporations. Any municipal corporation may appropriate and provide\nfunding to a public cemetery corporation as defined in article fifteen\nof the not-for-profit corporation law. In lieu of or in addition to\nproviding…

§ 166. Cemetery and funeral home combinations. 1. No municipal\ncorporation shall, directly or indirectly:\n (a) sell, or have, enter into or perform a lease of any of its real\nproperty dedicated to cemetery purposes or adjacent thereto to a funeral\nentity, or use any of its p…

§ 180. Ordinances to regulate use of bicycles. The governing boards of\nmunicipal corporations as defined in section two of this chapter, may\nadopt local laws to regulate the use of bicycles on the public highways,\nstreets, avenues, walks, parks and public places within their …

§ 181. Ordinances to regulate taxicabs and limousines. The municipal\nofficers and boards in the several cities, towns and villages of this\nstate now having the authority to enact ordinances, may adopt ordinances\nregulating:\n 1. The registration and licensing of taxicabs and …

§ 182. Local regulation of transportation network companies. 1. Every\ncounty, and any city with a population of one hundred thousand or more\nas of the last decennial census, may prohibit the pick-up of any person\nby a transportation network company as defined by article forty…

§ 185. Short title; purpose of article. This article shall be known\nand may be cited as the games of chance licensing law. The legislature\nhereby declares that the raising of funds for the promotion of bona fide\ncharitable, educational, scientific, health, religious and patri…

§ 186. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings:\n 1. "Municipality" shall mean any city, town or village within this\nstate.\n 2. "Board" shall mean New York state gaming commission created\npursuant to section one hundred two…

§ 187. Local option. Subject to the provisions of this article, and\npursuant to the direction contained in subdivision two of section nine\nof article one of the constitution of the state, the legislature hereby\ngives and grants to every municipality the right, power and autho…

§ 188. Local laws and ordinances. 1. The common council or other local\nlegislative body of any municipality may, either by local law or\nordinance, provide that it shall be lawful for any authorized\norganization, upon obtaining a license therefor as hereinafter provided,\nto c…

§ 188-a. Powers and duties of the board. The board shall have the\npower and it shall be its duty to:\n 1. Supervise the administration of the games of chance licensing law\nand to adopt, amend and repeal rules and regulations governing the\nissuance and amendment of licenses th…

§ 189. Restrictions upon conduct of games of chance. The conduct of\ngames of chance authorized by local law or ordinance shall be subject to\nthe following restrictions irrespective of whether the restrictions are\ncontained in such local law or ordinance, but nothing herein sh…

§ 189-a. Authorized supplier of games of chance equipment. * No\nperson, firm, partnership, corporation or organization, shall sell or\ndistribute supplies or equipment specifically designed or adapted for\nuse in conduct of games of chance without having first obtained a\nlicen…

§ 189-b. Declaration of state's exemption from operation of provisions\nof 15 U.S.C. (1172). Pursuant to section two of an Act of Congress of\nthe United States entitled "An act to prohibit transportation of\ngambling devices in interstate and foreign commerce," approved January…

§ 189-c. Legal shipments of gaming devices into New York state. All\nshipments into this state of gaming devices, excluding slot machines and\ncoin operated gambling devices, as defined in subdivision seven-a of\nsection 225.00 of the penal law, the registering, recording and la…

§ 190. Application for license. 1. To conduct games of chance. (a)\nEach applicant for a license shall, after obtaining an identification\nnumber from the board, file with the clerk or department, a written\napplication therefor in a form to be prescribed by the board, duly\nexe…

§ 190-a. Raffles; license not required. 1. Notwithstanding the\nlicensing requirements set forth in this article and their filing\nrequirements set forth in subdivision four of section one hundred ninety\nof this article, an authorized organization may conduct a raffle without\n…

§ 191. Investigation; matters to be determined; issuance of license;\nfees; duration of license. 1. The clerk or department shall make an\ninvestigation of the qualifications of each applicant and the merits of\neach application, with due expedition after the filing of the\nappl…

§ 192. Hearing; amendment of license. 1. No application for the\nissuance of a license to conduct games of chance or lease premises to an\nauthorized organization shall be denied by the clerk or department,\nuntil after a hearing, held on due notice to the applicant, at which th…

§ 193. Form and contents of license; display of license. 1. Each\nlicense to conduct games of chance shall be in such form as shall be\nprescribed in the rules and regulations promulgated by the board, and\nshall contain a statement of the name and address of the licensee, of\nt…

§ 194. Control and supervision; suspension of identification numbers\nand licenses; inspection of premises. 1. The officer or department,\nshall have and exercise rigid control and close supervision over all\ngames of chance conducted under such license, to the end that the same…

§ 195. Sunday; conduct of games on. Except as provided in section one\nhundred ninety-five-b of this article, no games of chance shall be\nconducted under any license issued under this article on the first day\nof the week, commonly known and designated as Sunday, unless it shal…

§ 195-a. Participation by persons under eighteen. No person under the\nage of eighteen years shall be permitted to play any game or games of\nchance conducted pursuant to any license issued under this article.\nPersons under the age of eighteen years may be permitted to attend g…

§ 195-b. Frequency of games. No game or games of chance, shall be\nconducted under any license issued under this article more often than\ntwelve times in any calendar year. No particular premises shall be used\nfor the conduct of games of chance on more than twenty-four license\…

* § 195-c. 1. Persons operating games; equipment; expenses;\ncompensation. No person shall operate any game of chance under any\nlicense issued under this article except a bona fide member of the\nauthorized organization to which the license is issued, or a bona fide\nmember of …

§ 195-d. Charge for admission and participation; amount of prizes;\naward of prizes. 1. A fee may be charged by any licensee for admission\nto any game or games of chance conducted under any license issued under\nthis article. The clerk or department may in its discretion fix a\…

§ 195-e. Advertising games. A licensee may advertise the conduct of\ngames of chance to the general public by means of newspaper, circular,\nhandbill and poster, and by one sign not exceeding sixty square feet in\narea, which may be displayed on or adjacent to the premises owned…

§ 195-f. Statement of receipts, expenses; additional license fees. 1.\nWithin seven days after the conclusion of any license period other than\na license period for a raffle, or as otherwise prescribed by the board,\nthe authorized organization which conducted the same, and its …

§ 195-g. Examination of books and records; examination of officers and\nemployees; disclosure of information. The clerk or department and the\nboard shall have power to examine or cause to be examined the books and\nrecords of:\n 1. Any authorized organization which is or has be…

§ 195-h. Appeals from the decision of an officer, clerk or department\nto board. Any applicant for, or holder of, any license issued or to be\nissued under this article aggrieved by any action of an officer, clerk\nor department, to which such application has been made or by whi…

§ 195-i. Exemption from prosecution. No person, firm, partnership,\ncorporation or organization lawfully conducting, or participating in the\nconduct of games of chance or permitting the conduct upon any premises\nowned or leased by him or it under any license lawfully issued pu…

§ 195-j. Offenses; forfeiture of license; ineligibility to apply for\nlicense. Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or organization who\nor which shall:\n (1) make any material false statement in any application for any\nlicense authorized to be issued under this article;\…

§ 195-k. Unlawful games of chance. 1. Any person, association,\ncorporation or organization holding, operating, or conducting a game or\ngames of chance is guilty of a misdemeanor, except when operating,\nholding or conducting:\n (a) In accordance with a valid license issued pur…

§ 195-l. Article inoperative until adopted by voters. Except as\nprovided in section one hundred ninety-five-k of this article, the\nprovisions of this article shall remain inoperative in any municipality\nunless and until a proposition therefor submitted at a general or\nspecia…

§ 195-m. Amendment and repeal of local laws and ordinances. Any such\nlocal law or ordinance may be amended, from time to time, or repealed by\nthe common council or other local legislative body of the municipality\nwhich enacted it by a two-thirds vote of such legislative body …

§ 195-n. Manufacturers of bell jars; reports and records. * 1.\nDistribution; manufacturers. For business conducted in this state,\nmanufacturers licensed by the board to sell bell jar tickets shall sell\nonly such tickets to distributors licensed by the board. Manufacturers\nof…

§ 195-o. Distributor of bell jars; reports and records. * 1.\nDistribution; distributors. Any distributor licensed in accordance with\nsection one hundred eighty-nine-a of this article to distribute bell jar\ntickets shall purchase bell jar tickets only from licensed manufacture…

§ 195-p. Transfer restrictions. Not-for-profit, charitable or\nreligious organizations authorized to sell bell jar tickets in\naccordance with this article shall purchase bell jar tickets only from\ndistributors licensed by the board. No not-for-profit, charitable, or\nreligious…

§ 195-q. Bell jar compliance and enforcement. In the case of bell\njars, the licensee, upon filing financial statements of bell jar\noperations, shall also tender to the board a sum in the amount of five\npercent of the net proceeds as defined in this paragraph, from the sale\no…

§ 195-r. Severability. If any provision of this article or the\napplication thereof to any municipality, person or circumstances shall\nbe adjudged unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the\nremainder of this article or the application thereof to other\nmunici…

§ 2. Definitions. The term "municipal corporation," as used in this\nchapter, includes only a county, town, city and village. The term\n"governing board" includes the board of supervisors of a county, the\ntown board of a town, the common council of a city, and the board of\ntru…

§ 20. Special population census: population data. 1. Any county on\nbehalf of all cities, towns and villages therein or any county, city,\ntown, or village on its own behalf is hereby authorized and empowered to\ncontract with the United States bureau of the census to supervise …

§ 200. Defining qualifications of exempt volunteer firefighters. An\nexempt volunteer firefighter is hereby declared to be a person who as a\nmember of a volunteer fire company duly organized under the laws of the\nstate of New York shall have at any time after attaining the age…

§ 200-a. Volunteer firefighters serving in more than one fire company\nor fire department. When any person has served as a volunteer\nfirefighter as provided in section two hundred of this article, for less\nthan five years, and while in good standing in the company or departmen…

§ 200-aa. Training stipend for volunteer firefighters. 1. For purposes\nof this section:\n (a) "fire company" shall have the same meaning as defined in section\nthree of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law.\n (b) "training stipend" means payment of a nominal fee to a volunte…