Bill Text: NY A06345 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to payments in support of racing; sets up a payment applicants must pay if they are issued a gaming facility license and they do not possess either a pari-mutuel wagering license or franchise award.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to racing and wagering [A06345 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06345-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6345--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 20, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Racing and Wagering  --  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, in
         relation to payments in support of racing
         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 1355 of the racing, pari-mutuel
    2  wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of  2013,
    3  is amended to read as follows:
    4    2. If an applicant that does not possess either a pari-mutuel wagering
    5  license  or  franchise  awarded pursuant to article two or three of this
    6  chapter is issued a gaming facility license pursuant  to  this  article,
    7  the licensee shall pay:
    8    (a) an amount to horsemen for purses at the licensed racetracks in the
    9  region  AND  IN  THE  CASE OF REGION FIVE ANY LICENSED RACETRACKS WITHIN
   10  SEVENTY-FIVE MILES OF THE LICENSEE'S  FACILITY,  that  will  assure  the
   11  purse  support from video lottery gaming facilities in the region AND IN
   12  THE CASE OF REGION FIVE ANY SUCH LICENSED RACETRACKS WITHIN SEVENTY-FIVE
   13  MILES OF THE LICENSEE'S FACILITY, to  the  licensed  racetracks  in  the
   14  region  AND IN THE CASE OF REGION FIVE ANY SUCH FACILITIES WITHIN SEVEN-
   15  TY-FIVE MILES OF THE LICENSEE'S FACILITY, to be maintained at  the  same
   16  dollar  levels  realized  in two thousand thirteen to be adjusted by the
   17  consumer price index for all urban consumers, as published  annually  by
   18  the United States department of labor bureau of labor statistics; and
   19    (b)  amounts  to  the  agricultural  and New York state horse breeding
   20  development fund and the New York state thoroughbred breeding and devel-
   21  opment fund to maintain payments from video lottery gaming facilities in
   22  the region AND IN THE CASE OF REGION FIVE  ANY  SUCH  FACILITIES  WITHIN
   23  SEVENTY-FIVE MILES OF THE LICENSEE'S FACILITY, to such funds to be main-
   24  tained at the same dollar levels realized in two thousand thirteen to be
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD08461-02-5
       A. 6345--A                          2
    1  adjusted  by  the  consumer  price  index  for  all  urban consumers, as
    2  published annually by the United States department of  labor  bureau  of
    3  labor statistics.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.