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Senate Bill S694

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to regulations implementing video lottery gaming in this state

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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2009-S694 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1617-a, Tax L

2009-S694 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to regulations implementing video lottery gaming in this state; sets minimum and maximum hours of operation based upon the number of terminals offered by vendor tracks; requires regulations for games capable of generating random results and approved by the director of the division of the lottery.

2009-S694 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S694 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   694

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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, in relation to rules and regulations neces-
  sary for the implementation of video lottery gaming

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions b and c of section 1617-a of the tax  law,  as
amended  by  section 2 of part Z3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, are
amended to read as follows:
  b. Video lottery gaming shall [only] be permitted for  [no  more  than
sixteen  consecutive hours per day and on no day shall such operation be
conducted past 2:00 a.m] A VENDOR TRACK HAVING FEWER THAN  ONE  THOUSAND
FIVE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE  VIDEO  GAMING MACHINES FOR A MAXIMUM OF ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT HOURS PER WEEK AND A MINIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED  TWELVE
HOURS  PER WEEK, AND FOR A VENDOR TRACK HAVING ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
SEVENTY-FIVE OR MORE VIDEO GAMING MACHINES FOR A MAXIMUM OF ONE  HUNDRED
FORTY HOURS PER WEEK AND A MINIMUM OF ONE HUNDRED TWELVE HOURS PER WEEK,
WITH  THE  ACTUAL  DAILY HOURS OF OPERATION SET BY EACH VENDOR TRACK AND
APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR.
  c. The division shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may  be
necessary  for  the implementation of video lottery gaming in accordance
with the provisions of this section [and paragraph five of subdivision a
of section sixteen hundred twelve of this  article].    SUCH  RULES  AND
REGULATIONS  WILL  PROVIDE  FOR  LOTTERY VERSIONS OF ANY GAME CAPABLE OF
GENERATING RANDOM RESULTS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ROULETTE,  BACCA-
RAT AND "21" AS APPROVED BY THE DIVISION.
  S  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend-
ments made to section 1617-a of the tax law by section one of  this  act
shall  not  affect  the  repeal  of such section and shall expire and be
deemed repealed therewith.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00225-01-9

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