Bill Text: NY A08639 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8639 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the definition and licensing fees for dealer-controlled electronic table games.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to racing and wagering [A08639 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08639-Introduced.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8639
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    September 1, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Racing and Wagering
        AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
          relation  to  the  definition and licensing fees for dealer-controlled
          electronic table games
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 41 of section 1301 of the racing, pari-mutuel
     2  wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of  2013,
     3  is amended and a new subdivision 43 is added to read as follows:
     4    41. "Table game". A game, including dealer-controlled electronic table
     5  games,  other than a slot machine, which is authorized by the commission
     6  to be played in a gaming facility.
     7    43. "Dealer-controlled electronic table game". A table  game  operated
     8  by  a  live  dealer in which the outcome is determined by the actions of
     9  the dealer, that uses electronics as part of  the  game's  operation  in
    10  connection  with  the collection and payoff of wagers, but not to deter-
    11  mine the game outcome.
    12    § 2. Section 1348 of the racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding
    13  law,  as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
    14  follows:
    15    § 1348. Machine and table fees. In addition to any other  tax  or  fee
    16  imposed by this article, there shall be imposed an annual license fee of
    17  five  hundred  dollars  for  each slot machine and table approved by the
    18  commission for use by a gaming licensee at a gaming facility;  provided,
    19  however,  that  not  sooner  than  five years after award of an original
    20  gaming  license,  the  commission  may  annually  adjust  the  fee   for
    21  inflation.  The  fee  shall be imposed as of July first of each year for
    22  all approved slot machines and [tables] table games,  including  dealer-
    23  controlled electronic table games, on that date and shall be assessed on
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13307-01-7

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     1  a  pro  rata basis for any slot machine or table, including dealer-cont-
     2  rolled electronic table games, approved for use thereafter.
     3    Such  assessed  fees  shall  be  deposited  into the commercial gaming
     4  revenue fund established pursuant to section one thousand three  hundred
     5  fifty-two of this article.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.