STATE OF NEW YORK
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4948
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 3, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the proportional
distribution of moneys realized from the state lottery
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 92-c of the state finance law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph e to read as follows:
3 e. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, any
4 moneys paid in support of elementary or secondary education pursuant to
5 the provisions of this section shall be in addition to any moneys other-
6 wise appropriated by the state for such purposes. Any state aid other-
7 wise required or made available to the school districts of the state
8 shall be calculated as if the provisions of this section and the reven-
9 ues made available by this section are not in force and effect.
10 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 92-c of the state finance law, as
11 amended by chapter 92 of the laws of 1976 and as renumbered by chapter
12 913 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
13 7. In no fiscal year shall the total amount paid from the fund for
14 expenses of the lottery, exclusive of expenditures for machines or other
15 capital equipment which the division of the lottery is authorized to
16 purchase for the operation of the lottery, exceed an amount which, when
17 added to any amount retained by lottery sales agents as compensation for
18 their services, equals [fifteen] ten percent of the total amount for
19 which lottery tickets are sold during such fiscal year.
20 § 3. Section 92-c of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
21 subdivision 7-a to read as follows:
22 7-a. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section, in no
23 fiscal year shall the total amount paid from the fund in support of
24 elementary or secondary education pursuant to the provisions of this
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 section be less than fifty per centum of the total amount for which
2 lottery tickets are sold during such fiscal year.
3 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
4 the date on which it shall have become a law.