§ 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\ncomplying with such licensing requirements or such filing requirements,\nprovided, that such organization shall derive net proceeds from raffles\nin an amount less than five thousand dollars during the conduct of one\nraffle and shall derive net proceeds from raffles in an amount less than\nthirty thousand dollars during one calendar year.\n 2. (a) For the purposes of this section, "authorized organization"\nshall mean and include any bona fide religious or charitable\norganization or bona fide educational, fraternal or service organization\nor bona fide organization of veterans, volunteer firefighters or\nvolunteer ambulance workers that by its charter, certificate of\nincorporation, constitution, or act of the legislature, has among its\ndominant purposes one or more of the lawful purposes as defined in this\narticle, provided that each shall operate without profit to its members\nand provided that each such organization has engaged in serving one or\nmore of the lawful purposes as defined in this article for a period of\none year immediately prior to being granted the filing requirement\nexemption contained in subdivision one of this section.\n (b) No organization shall be deemed an authorized organization that is\nformed primarily for the purpose of conducting games of chance and that\ndoes not devote at least seventy-five percent of its activities to other\nthan conducting games of chance. No political party shall be deemed an\nauthorized organization.\n 3. No person under the age of eighteen shall be permitted to play,\noperate or assist in any raffle conducted pursuant to this section.\n 4. No raffle shall be conducted pursuant to this section except within\na municipality in which the authorized organization is domiciled that\nhas passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance with\nsections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of this\narticle approving the conduct of games of chance, and in municipalities\nwhich have passed a local law, ordinance or resolution in accordance\nwith sections one hundred eighty-seven and one hundred eighty-eight of\nthis article approving the conduct of games of chance that are located\nwithin the county or contiguous to the county in which the organization\nis domiciled.\n
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