Bill Text: NY S02139 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to permitting state aid provided to municipalities in which a video lottery gaming facility is located to be used for transportation improvements and highway repairs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-19 - referred to ways and means [S02139 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02139-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2139--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
         the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
         committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to permitted uses for
         state  aid  to municipalities in which a video lottery gaming facility
         is located
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 54-l of the state finance law, as
    2  added by section 1 of part J of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    3.  a.  State  aid payments made to an eligible city pursuant to para-
    5  graph a of subdivision two of this section shall  be  used  to  increase
    6  support for public schools in such city.
    7    b.  State  aid  payments  made to an eligible municipality pursuant to
    8  paragraph b of subdivision two of this section shall  be  used  by  such
    9  eligible municipality to: (i) defray local costs associated with a video
   10  lottery  gaming  facility[,  or];  (ii) minimize or reduce real property
   11  taxes; OR (III) FUND HIGHWAY REPAIRS AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01421-02-2
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