Senate Bill S788

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Permits all bars and restaurants to be able to offer Quick Draw irrespective of the percentage of sales from food

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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-S788 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1612 & 1615, Tax L

2009-S788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits all bars and restaurants to be able to offer Quick Draw irrespective of the percentage of sales from food.

2009-S788 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   788

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- 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 permitting all bars and
  restaurants to be  able  to  offer  Quick  Draw  irrespective  of  the
  percentage of sales from food

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

  Section 1. Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 1 of subdivision a of section
1612 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 336 of the laws of  1999,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (B) such game shall be available only on premises occupied by licensed
lottery sales agents, subject to the following provisions:
  (i)  [if the licensee holds a license issued pursuant to the alcoholic
beverage control law to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on  the
premises, then not less than twenty-five percent of the gross sales must
result from sales of food;
  (ii)]  if  the licensee does not hold a license issued pursuant to the
alcoholic beverage control law to sell alcoholic beverages for  consump-
tion  on  the  premises,  then  the  premises must have a minimum square
footage greater than two thousand five hundred square feet;
  [(iii)] (II)  notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions,  television
equipment  that  automatically displays the results of such drawings may
be installed and used without regard to the percentage of food sales  or
the square footage if such premises are used as:
  (I) a commercial bowling establishment, or
  (II)  a facility authorized under the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and
breeding law to accept pari-mutuel wagers;
  S 2. Paragraph 5 of subdivision d of section 1615 of the tax  law,  as
added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01785-01-9

              

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