Bill Text: NY S04170 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to video lottery gaming devices in the Suffolk region.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING [S04170 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04170-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4170
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 5, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
         ing
       AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to video lottery gaming devices
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision a of section 1617-a of  the  tax
    2  law,  as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    (4) at a maximum of two facilities, neither  to  exceed  one  thousand
    5  video  lottery  gaming  devices, established within region three of zone
    6  one as defined by section one thousand three hundred ten of the  racing,
    7  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law, one each operated by a corpo-
    8  ration established pursuant to section five hundred two of  the  racing,
    9  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  in the Suffolk region and the
   10  Nassau region to be located within a  facility  authorized  pursuant  to
   11  sections one thousand eight or one thousand nine of the racing, pari-mu-
   12  tuel  wagering  and  breeding law. The facilities authorized pursuant to
   13  this paragraph shall be deemed vendors for all purposes under this arti-
   14  cle. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FOR ANY
   15  FACILITY WHICH SHALL BE LOCATED IN THE SUFFOLK REGION, THE STATE  GAMING
   16  COMMISSION  MUST  CONSULT  WITH  THE  HOST COMMUNITY AND CONSIDER MARKET
   17  FACTORS SUCH AS POTENTIAL REVENUE IMPACT, JOB  DEVELOPMENT  AND  CAPITAL
   18  INVESTMENT. CONSULTATION WITH HOST COMMUNITIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
   19  LIMITED  TO,  LOCAL  GOVERNMENTS,  CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CIVIC ORGANIZA-
   20  TIONS, SPECIAL AND FIRE DISTRICTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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