Bill Text: NY A02270 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2270 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to the powers of the commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-06-05 - substituted by s4721a [A02270 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2270
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, CLARK, CRESPO, ORTIZ, PEOPLES-STOKES
         -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRETT,  BENEDETTO,  CASTRO,  COOK,
         ENGLEBRIGHT,  GALEF,  JAFFEE,  KEARNS,  MARKEY, NOLAN, SWEENEY -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
       AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  powers  of  the
         commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law,
    2  as added by section 6 of part I of chapter 58 of the laws  of  2005,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (h)  The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring
    5  the [state] DIVISION OF HORSE racing and  PARI-MUTUEL  wagering  [board]
    6  and  the  [state lottery] division OF LOTTERY to provide for the posting
    7  of signs in facilities [licensed] REGULATED by the [state]  DIVISION  OF
    8  HORSE  racing  and  PARI-MUTUEL  wagering  [board to conduct pari-mutuel
    9  wagering] and facilities [licensed] REGULATED  by  the  [state  lottery]
   10  division OF LOTTERY advising where to get help in dealing with a compul-
   11  sion  to  gamble.  In  addition, the information contained on such signs
   12  shall be posted on the internet  at  appropriate  internet  sites.  Such
   13  signs  and  information posted on the internet shall include, but not be
   14  limited to, notice of the availability of  one  or  more  organizations,
   15  approved  by  the commissioner, which offer assistance in the prevention
   16  and treatment of compulsive gambling. Such signs, not  less  than  eight
   17  and one-half inches by eleven inches, shall be [conspicuously] posted IN
   18  A  PROMINENT  MANNER AND WITHIN REASONABLE DISTANCE OF EACH ENTRANCE AND
   19  EXIT by the facility which is conducting the gambling.  Such signs shall
   20  be available at the [state] DIVISION OF  HORSE  racing  and  PARI-MUTUEL
   21  wagering  [board],  the  [state  lottery]  division  OF LOTTERY, and the
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06202-01-3
       A. 2270                             2
    1  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and shall be  distrib-
    2  uted by the appropriate licensing agency.
    3    S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    4  manner as section 1 of part A of chapter 60 of  the  laws  of  2012,  as
    5  amended, takes effect.