Bill Text: NY A02082 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-27 - print number 2082a [A02082 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A02082-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2082--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
___________
Introduced by M. of A. GOLDFEDER, ABINANTI, CYMBROWITZ, MILLER -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering -- recommit-
ted to the Committee on Racing and Wagering in accordance with Assem-
bly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and
the tax law, in relation to prohibiting individuals under the age of
twenty-one from gambling
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 108 of the racing, pari-mutuel
2 wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 60
3 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
4 2. No corporation, association or person that holds a license, regis-
5 tration, franchise, certificate or permit issued by the commission shall
6 permit any person who is actually or apparently under [eighteen] TWEN-
7 TY-ONE years of age to bet on gaming activity, as defined in subdivision
8 five of section one hundred one of this article.
9 S 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 1617-a of the
10 tax law, as amended by section 2 of part O-1 of chapter 57 of the laws
11 of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
12 The division of the lottery is hereby authorized to license, pursuant
13 to rules and regulations to be promulgated by the division of the
14 lottery, the operation of video lottery gaming at Aqueduct, Monticello,
15 Yonkers, Finger Lakes, and Vernon Downs racetracks, or at any other
16 racetrack licensed pursuant to article three of the racing, pari-mutuel
17 wagering and breeding law that are located in a county or counties in
18 which video lottery gaming has been authorized pursuant to local law,
19 excluding the licensed racetrack commonly referred to in article three
20 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law as the "New York
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00031-03-4
A. 2082--A 2
1 state exposition" held in Onondaga county and the racetracks of the
2 non-profit racing association known as Belmont Park racetrack and the
3 Saratoga thoroughbred racetrack. Such rules and regulations shall
4 provide, as a condition of licensure, that racetracks to be licensed are
5 certified to be in compliance with all state and local fire and safety
6 codes, THAT NO PERSON WHO IS ACTUALLY AND APPARENTLY UNDER TWENTY-ONE
7 YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN VIDEO LOTTERY GAMING,
8 that the division is afforded adequate space, infrastructure, and amen-
9 ities consistent with industry standards for such video gaming oper-
10 ations as found at racetracks in other states, that racetrack employees
11 involved in the operation of video lottery gaming pursuant to this
12 section are licensed by the racing and wagering board, and such other
13 terms and conditions of licensure as the division may establish.
14 Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, video lottery gaming
15 at a racetrack pursuant to this section shall be deemed an approved
16 activity for such racetrack under the relevant city, county, town, or
17 village land use or zoning ordinances, rules, or regulations. No entity
18 licensed by the division operating video lottery gaming pursuant to this
19 section may house such gaming activity in a structure deemed or approved
20 by the division as "temporary" for a duration of longer than [eighteen-
21 months] EIGHTEEN MONTHS. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the
22 division from licensing an entity to operate video lottery gaming at an
23 existing racetrack as authorized in this subdivision whether or not a
24 different entity is licensed to conduct horse racing and pari-mutuel
25 wagering at such racetrack pursuant to article two or three of the
26 racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
27 S 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
28 have become a law.
