Section 479. Restrictions upon conduct of bingo games  


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  • The conduct of bingo
      games authorized by local law or  ordinance  shall  be  subject  to  the
      following  restrictions  irrespective  of  whether  the restrictions are
      contained in such local law or ordinance; but nothing  herein  shall  be
      construed to prevent the inclusion within such local law or ordinance of
      other  provisions  imposing  additional restrictions upon the conduct of
      bingo games:
        1. No person, firm, association, corporation  or  organization,  other
      than a licensee under the provisions of this article, shall conduct such
      game  or  shall lease or otherwise make available for conducting bingo a
      hall or other premises  for  any  consideration  whatsoever,  direct  or
      indirect.
        2.  No  bingo  games shall be held, operated or conducted on or within
      any leased premises if rental under such lease is to be paid, wholly  or
      partly,  on  the  basis  of  a percentage of the receipts or net profits
      derived from the operation of such game.
        3. No authorized organization licensed under the  provisions  of  this
      article  shall  purchase,  lease,  or  receive any supplies or equipment
      specifically designed or adapted for use in the conduct of  bingo  games
      from  other than a supplier licensed under the bingo control law or from
      another authorized organization.
        4. The entire net proceeds of any game of  bingo  and  of  any  rental
      shall  be exclusively devoted to the lawful purposes of the organization
      permitted to conduct the same.
        5. No prize shall exceed the sum or value of one thousand  dollars  in
      any single game of bingo.
        6.  No series of prizes on any one bingo occasion shall aggregate more
      than three thousand dollars.
        7. No person except a bona fide member of any such organization  shall
      participate in the management or operation of such game.
        8.  No  person shall receive any remuneration for participating in the
      management or operation of any game of bingo.
        9. The unauthorized conduct of a bingo game and any  wilful  violation
      of  any  provision of any local law or ordinance shall constitute and be
      punishable as a misdemeanor.
        9-a. No person licensed to sell bingo supplies or equipment, or  their
      agents,  shall  conduct,  participate  in,  or  assist in the conduct of
      bingo.  Nothing  herein  shall  prohibit  a  licensed  distributor  from
      selling,  offering  for  sale,  or explaining a product to an authorized
      organization, or installing, or  servicing  bingo  equipment,  upon  the
      premises of a bingo game licensee.
        10.  Limited  period  bingo  shall be conducted in accordance with the
      provisions of  this  article  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the
      commission.