Bill Text: NY A03544 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Authorizes licensing of bowling establishments to offer video gaming if structure allows for segregated areas from patrons under 21 years of age; entitles the operators of bowling establishments to vendor fees where video lottery terminals are located.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to racing and wagering [A03544 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03544-Introduced.html

---

                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3544

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Racing and Wagering

        AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  video  lottery  gaming  at
          commercial bowling establishments

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.   Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph 1  of  subdivision  b  of
     2  section  1612  of  the  tax law is amended by adding a new clause (C) to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (C) A commercial bowling establishment that is authorized  by  section
     5  sixteen  hundred  seventeen-a  of  this  article  shall be entitled to a
     6  vendor fee of not less than 20.25 percent in the first, second and third
     7  years of video lottery gaming at such commercial bowling  establishment,
     8  20.0  percent  in  the  fourth  and  fifth years and 17.5 percent in all
     9  subsequent years.
    10    § 2. Section 1617-a of the tax law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
    11  sion a-1 to read as follows:
    12    a-1. The division of the lottery  is  hereby  authorized  to  license,
    13  pursuant  to  rules and regulations to be promulgated by the division of
    14  the lottery, the operation of video lottery gaming at commercial bowling
    15  establishments that are duly licensed to serve alcoholic beverages, have
    16  segregated areas that prohibit access to persons under twenty-one  years
    17  of  age,  and  that  are  located in a county or counties in which video
    18  lottery gaming has been authorized pursuant to local law. Such rules and
    19  regulations shall provide, as a condition of licensure, that such  bowl-
    20  ing establishments to be licensed are certified to be in compliance with
    21  all state and local fire and safety codes, that the division is afforded
    22  adequate  space,  infrastructure, and amenities consistent with industry
    23  standards for such video lottery gaming operations and  to  ensure  that
    24  persons  under  twenty-one  years of age are prohibited access from such
    25  areas, that employees involved in the operation of video lottery  gaming

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08190-01-3
        A. 3544                             2

     1  pursuant  to this section are licensed by the racing and wagering board,
     2  and such other terms and conditions of licensure  as  the  division  may
     3  establish.    Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of law, video
     4  lottery  gaming  at  a commercial bowling establishment pursuant to this
     5  section shall be deemed an approved activity for such bowling establish-
     6  ment under the relevant city, county,  town,  or  village  land  use  or
     7  zoning ordinances, rules, or regulations. No bowling establishment oper-
     8  ating  video  lottery  gaming  pursuant  to  this section may house such
     9  gaming activity in a structure deemed or approved  by  the  division  as
    10  "temporary" for a duration of longer than eighteen months.
    11    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.