* § 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 an organization or association which is an auxiliary to the\nlicensee or a bona fide member of an organization or association of\nwhich such licensee is an auxiliary or a bona fide member of an\norganization or association which is affiliated with the licensee by\nbeing, with it, auxiliary to another organization or association.\nNothing herein shall be construed to limit the number of games of chance\nlicensees for whom such persons may operate games of chance nor to\nprevent non-members from assisting the licensee in any activity other\nthan managing or operating games. No game of chance shall be conducted\nwith any equipment except such as shall be owned or leased by the\nauthorized organization so licensed or used without payment of any\ncompensation therefor by the licensee. However, in no event shall bell\njar tickets be transferred from one authorized organization to another,\nwith or without payment of any compensation thereof. The head or heads\nof the authorized organization shall upon request certify, under oath,\nthat the persons operating any game of chance are bona fide members of\nsuch authorized organization, auxiliary or affiliated organization. Upon\nrequest by an officer or the department any such person involved in such\ngames of chance shall certify that he or she has no criminal record. No\nitems of expense shall be incurred or paid in connection with the\nconducting of any game of chance pursuant to any license issued under\nthis article except those that are reasonable and are necessarily\nexpended for games of chance supplies and equipment, prizes, security\npersonnel, stated rental if any, bookkeeping or accounting services\naccording to a schedule of compensation prescribed by the board,\njanitorial services and utility supplies if any, and license fees, and\nthe cost of bus transportation, if authorized by such clerk or\ndepartment. No commission, salary, compensation, reward or recompense\nshall be paid or given to any person for the sale or assisting with the\nsale of raffle tickets.\n 2. For the purpose of the sale of tickets for the game of raffle, the\nterm "operate" shall not include the sale of such tickets by persons of\nlineal or collateral consanguinity to members of an authorized\norganization licensed to conduct a raffle.\n * NB Effective until December 19, 2026\n * § 195-c. Persons operating games; equipment; expenses; compensation.\n1. No person shall operate any game of chance under any license issued\nunder this article except a bona fide member of the authorized\norganization to which the license is issued, or a bona fide member of an\norganization or association which is an auxiliary to the licensee or a\nbona fide member of an organization or association of which such\nlicensee is an auxiliary or a bona fide member of an organization or\nassociation which is affiliated with the licensee by being, with it,\nauxiliary to another organization or association. Nothing herein shall\nbe construed to limit the number of games of chance licensees for whom\nsuch persons may operate games of chance nor to prevent non-members from\nassisting the licensee in any activity other than managing or operating\ngames. No game of chance shall be conducted with any equipment except\nsuch as shall be owned or leased by the authorized organization so\nlicensed or used without payment of any compensation therefor by the\nlicensee. However, in no event shall bell jar tickets be transferred\nfrom one authorized organization to another, with or without payment of\nany compensation thereof. The head or heads of the authorized\norganization shall upon request certify, under oath, that the persons\noperating any game of chance are bon
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