Bill Text: NY S03417 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING [S03417 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03417-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3417
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 1, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 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    S 1. Subdivision 2 of section 108 of the racing, pari-mutuel  wagering
    2  and  breeding  law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 60 of the
    3  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
   21  state  exposition"  held  in  Onondaga  county and the racetracks of the
   22  non-profit racing association known as Belmont Park  racetrack  and  the
   23  Saratoga  thoroughbred  racetrack.    Such  rules  and regulations shall
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00031-02-3
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    1  provide, as a condition of licensure, that racetracks to be licensed are
    2  certified to be in compliance with all state and local fire  and  safety
    3  codes,  THAT  NO  PERSON WHO IS ACTUALLY AND APPARENTLY UNDER TWENTY-ONE
    4  YEARS  OF AGE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN VIDEO LOTTERY GAMING,
    5  that the division is afforded adequate space, infrastructure, and  amen-
    6  ities  consistent  with  industry  standards for such video gaming oper-
    7  ations as found at racetracks in other states, that racetrack  employees
    8  involved  in  the  operation  of  video  lottery gaming pursuant to this
    9  section are licensed by the racing and wagering board,  and  such  other
   10  terms  and  conditions  of  licensure  as  the  division  may establish.
   11  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, video lottery  gaming
   12  at  a  racetrack  pursuant  to  this section shall be deemed an approved
   13  activity for such racetrack under the relevant city,  county,  town,  or
   14  village  land use or zoning ordinances, rules, or regulations. No entity
   15  licensed by the division operating video lottery gaming pursuant to this
   16  section may house such gaming activity in a structure deemed or approved
   17  by the division as "temporary" for a duration of longer than  [eighteen-
   18  months]  EIGHTEEN  MONTHS.  Nothing  in  this section shall prohibit the
   19  division from licensing an entity to operate video lottery gaming at  an
   20  existing  racetrack  as  authorized in this subdivision whether or not a
   21  different entity is licensed to conduct  horse  racing  and  pari-mutuel
   22  wagering  at  such  racetrack  pursuant  to  article two or three of the
   23  racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.
   24    S 3.  This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after  it  shall
   25  have become a law.