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Senate Bill S3148

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes

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2009-S3148 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4705
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1612, Tax L; amd §92-c, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S285
2013-2014: S383
2015-2016: S165
2017-2018: S511

2009-S3148 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes.

2009-S3148 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3148 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  3148

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  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 tax law and the state finance law, in relation to
  prohibiting the use of lottery funds for any purpose other than educa-
  tion

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  1612  of  the tax law is amended by adding a new
subdivision h to read as follows:
  H. NO REVENUES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE SHALL  BE  USED  FOR
ANY  PURPOSE  OTHER  THAN PROVIDING AID TO ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN AND SHALL
NOT BE CO-MINGLED WITH FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section  92-c  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  913  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. The moneys in such fund shall be appropriated or  transferred  only
(i)  for repayment of first instance expenditures incurred in the opera-
tion of the state lottery, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NO MONEYS IN SUCH FUND
SHALL BE APPROPRIATED OR TRANSFERRED FOR ANY PURPOSE OTHER THAN  PROVID-
ING  AID  TO  ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN AND SHALL NOT BE CO-MINGLED WITH FUNDS
DESIGNATED FOR ANY  OTHER  PURPOSE,  (ii)  for  the  state  fiscal  year
commencing  April  first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-six  only  for the
purpose of providing aid to pupils with  special  educational  needs  as
defined  in paragraph e of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred
two of the  education  law,  and  pupils  with  handicapping  conditions
receiving state financial support for programs delineated in paragraph f
of  subdivision  one  of section thirty-six hundred two, article eighty-
three, article eighty-five, article eighty-seven, article  eighty-eight,
article  eighty-nine,  AND  article  forty [and subdivision seventeen of
section thirty-six hundred two] of the education law, and for any  state

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05963-01-9

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