Bill Text: NY S05361 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the tribal state compact revenue account and extending the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [S05361 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05361-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5361 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 23, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the tribal-state compact revenue account; and to amend chapter 747 of the laws of 2006, amending the state finance law relating to disbursements from the tribal-state compact revenue account to certain municipalities, in relation to extending the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof 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 99-h of the state finance law, as 2 amended by section 7 of chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 3. Moneys of the account, following the segregation of appropriations 5 enacted by the legislature, shall be available for purposes including 6 but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to municipal govern- 7 ments that host tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for 8 costs incurred in connection with services provided to such casinos or 9 arising as a result thereof, for economic development opportunities and 10 job expansion programs authorized by the executive law; provided, howev- 11 er, that for any gaming facility located in the city of Buffalo, the 12 city of Buffalo shall receive a minimum of [twenty-five] seventy-five 13 percent of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic 14 gaming devices the state receives pursuant to the compact, and provided 15 further that for any gaming facility located in the city of Niagara 16 Falls, county of Niagara a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negoti- 17 ated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state 18 receives pursuant to the compact shall be distributed in accordance with 19 subdivision four of this section, and provided further that for any 20 gaming facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau- 21 tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state hosting the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10585-01-7S. 5361 2 1 facility shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of 2 the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices 3 the state receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that 4 pursuant to chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand 5 four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the 6 state pursuant to the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe 7 shall be made available to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, 8 and affected towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected 9 towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made available by the 10 state; and provided further that the state shall annually make twenty- 11 five percent of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from all 12 gaming devices the state actually receives pursuant to the Oneida 13 Settlement Agreement confirmed by section eleven of the executive law as 14 available to the county of Oneida, and a sum of three and one-half 15 million dollars to the county of Madison. Additionally, the state shall 16 distribute for a period of nineteen and one-quarter years, an additional 17 annual sum of two and one-half million dollars to the county of Oneida. 18 Additionally, the state shall distribute the one-time eleven million 19 dollar payment received by the state pursuant to such agreement with the 20 Oneida Nation of New York to the county of Madison by wire transfer upon 21 receipt of such payment by the state; and (b) support and services of 22 treatment programs for persons suffering from gambling addictions. 23 Moneys not segregated for such purposes shall be transferred to the 24 general fund for the support of government during the fiscal year in 25 which they are received. 26 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law, as 27 amended by section 8 of chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to 28 read as follows: 29 3. Moneys of the account, following the segregation of appropriations 30 enacted by the legislature, shall be available for purposes including 31 but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to municipal govern- 32 ments that host tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for 33 costs incurred in connection with services provided to such casinos or 34 arising as a result thereof, for economic development opportunities and 35 job expansion programs authorized by the executive law; provided, howev- 36 er, that for any gaming facility located in the county of Erie or 37 Niagara, the municipal governments hosting the facility shall collec- 38 tively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated 39 percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state 40 receives pursuant to the compact, and for any gaming facility located in 41 the city of Buffalo the municipal government hosting the facility shall 42 collectively receive a minimum of seventy-five percent of the negotiated 43 percentage of the net drop for electronic gaming devices the state 44 receives pursuant to the compact, and provided further that for any 45 gaming facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau- 46 tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state hosting the 47 facility shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of 48 the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices 49 the state receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that 50 pursuant to chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand 51 four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the 52 state pursuant to the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe 53 shall be made available to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, 54 and affected towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected 55 towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made available by the 56 state; and provided further that the state shall annually make twenty-S. 5361 3 1 five percent of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from all 2 gaming devices the state actually receives pursuant to the Oneida 3 Settlement Agreement confirmed by section eleven of the executive law 4 available to the county of Oneida, and a sum of three and one-half 5 million dollars to the county of Madison. Additionally, the state shall 6 distribute, for a period of nineteen and one-quarter years, an addi- 7 tional annual sum of two and one-half million dollars to the county of 8 Oneida. Additionally, the state shall distribute the one-time eleven 9 million dollar payment actually received by the state pursuant to the 10 Oneida Settlement Agreement to the county of Madison by wire transfer 11 upon receipt of such payment by the state; and (b) support and services 12 of treatment programs for persons suffering from gambling addictions. 13 Moneys not segregated for such purposes shall be transferred to the 14 general fund for the support of government during the fiscal year in 15 which they are received. 16 § 3. Section 2 of chapter 747 of the laws of 2006, amending the state 17 finance law relating to disbursements from the tribal-state compact 18 revenue account to certain municipalities, as amended by section 1 of 19 part R of chapter 57 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be 21 deemed repealed December 31, [2023] 2026. 22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, the 23 amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law 24 made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and 25 reversion of such section pursuant to section 2 of chapter 747 of the 26 laws of 2006, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of section 27 two of this act shall take effect.
