Assembly Bill A4705

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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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4705 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3148
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
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-A4705 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-A4705 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4705

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BALL, BURLING, TOBACCO, HAYES, WALKER, KOLB,
  P. LOPEZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CORWIN, McKEVITT, SCOZZAFA-
  VA, SPANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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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