§ 435. Powers and duties of the commission. 1. The commission shall\nhave the power and it shall be its duty to:\n (a) Supervise the administration of the bingo licensing law and adopt,\namend and repeal rules and regulations governing the issuance and\namendment of licenses thereunder and the conducting of games under such\nlicenses, which rules and regulations shall have the force and effect of\nlaw and shall be binding upon all municipalities issuing licenses, and\nupon licensees thereunder and licensees of the commission, to the end\nthat such licenses shall be issued to qualified licensees only and that\nsaid games shall be fairly and properly conducted for the purposes and\nin the manner in the said bingo licensing law prescribed and to prevent\nthe games thereby authorized to be conducted from being conducted for\ncommercial purposes or purposes other than those therein authorized,\nparticipated in by criminal or other undesirable elements and the funds\nderived from the games being diverted from the purposes authorized, and,\nto provide uniformity in the administration of said law throughout the\nstate, the commission shall prescribe forms of application for licenses,\nlicenses, amendment of licenses, reports of the conduct of games and\nother matters incident to the administration of such law;\n (b) Conduct, anywhere within the state, investigations of the\nadministration, enforcement and potential or actual violations of the\nbingo licensing law and of the rules and regulations of the commission;\n (c) Review all determinations and actions of the municipal governing\nbody in issuing an initial license, and it may review the issuance of\nsubsequent licenses and, after hearing, revoke those licenses which do\nnot in all respects meet the requirements of this article, article\nfourteen-h of the general municipal law and the rules and regulations of\nthe commission;\n (d) Suspend or revoke a license, after hearing, for any violation of\nthe provisions of this article, article fourteen-h of the general\nmunicipal law or the rules and regulations of the commission;\n (e) Hear appeals from the determinations and action of the municipal\ngoverning body in connection with the refusing to issue licenses, the\nsuspension and revocation of licenses and the imposition of fines in the\nmanner prescribed by law and the action and determination of the\ncommission upon any such appeal shall be binding upon the municipal\ngoverning body and all parties thereto;\n (f) Initiate prosecutions for violations of this article and of the\nbingo licensing law;\n (g) Carry on continuous study of the operation of the bingo licensing\nlaw to ascertain from time to time defects therein jeopardizing or\nthreatening to jeopardize the purposes of this article, and to formulate\nand recommend changes in such law and in other laws of the state which\nthe commission may determine to be necessary for the realization of such\npurposes, and to the same end to make a continuous study of the\noperation and administration of similar laws which may be in effect in\nother states of the United States.\n (h) Supervise the disposition of all funds derived from the conduct of\nbingo by authorized organizations not currently licensed to conduct such\ngames;\n (i) Issue an identification number to an applicant authorized\norganization if it shall determine that the applicant satisfies the\nrequirements of the bingo licensing law and the rules and regulations.\n 2. (a) The commission shall have the power to issue or, after hearing,\nrefuse to issue a license permitting a person, firm or corporation to\nsell or distribute to any other person, firm or corporation engaged in\nbusiness as a wholesaler, jobber, distributor or retailer of all cards,\nboards, sheets, pads and all other supplies, devices and equipment\ndesigned for use in the play of bingo by an organization duly licensed\nto conduct bingo games or to sell or distribute any such materials\ndirectly
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