Bill Text: NY A01588 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 1588 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Requires the installation of lockout devices on lottery vending machines by licensed agents to prevent use by minors.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to ways and means [A01588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A01588-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 1671                                                  A. 1588
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 11, 2011
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed,  and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Racing,
         Gaming and Wagering
       IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and  referred
         to the Committee on Ways and Means
       AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to requiring security devices
         on lottery machines to prevent use by minors
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision a of section 1610 of the tax law, as added by
    2  chapter 92 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
    3    a. No ticket shall be sold to any person under  the  age  of  eighteen
    4  years, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket
    5  for  the  purpose  of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or
    6  older to a person less than that age. Any licensee or  the  employee  or
    7  agent  of  any  licensee who sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket to
    8  any person under the age of eighteen shall be guilty of  a  misdemeanor.
    9  THE DIVISION SHALL REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A LOCKOUT
   10  DEVICE  ON  ALL  LOTTERY  VENDING MACHINES BY THE LICENSED LOTTERY SALES
   11  AGENTS WITH CONTROL OVER SUCH VENDING MACHINES TO PREVENT THEIR  USE  BY
   12  PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
   13    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   14  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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