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Assembly Bill A7864

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes a lottery game for the support and assistance of wartime veterans

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2011-A7864 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 1 ยง9, Constn

2011-A7864 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a lottery game for the support and assistance of wartime veterans.

2011-A7864 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7864

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the constitution, in
  relation  to authorizing a lottery game for the support and assistance
  of wartime veterans

  Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate  concur),  That  subdivision  1  of
section  9  of  article  1  of  the  constitution  be amended to read as
follows:
  1. No law shall be passed abridging the rights of the people peaceably
to assemble and to petition the government, or any  department  thereof;
nor  shall  any  divorce  be  granted  otherwise  than  by  due judicial
proceedings; except as hereinafter provided, no lottery or the  sale  of
lottery  tickets, pool-selling, book-making, or any other kind of gambl-
ing, except lotteries operated by the state  and  the  sale  of  lottery
tickets  in  connection therewith as may be authorized and prescribed by
the legislature, the net proceeds of which shall be applied  exclusively
to  or  in  aid or support of education in this state as the legislature
may prescribe, EXCEPT THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY ENACT LEGISLATION AUTHOR-
IZING THE CREATION OF A SEPARATE LOTTERY  GAME  THE  PROCEEDS  OF  WHICH
SHALL  BE  APPLIED EXCLUSIVELY TO SUCH SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE OF WARTIME
VETERANS IN THIS STATE AS THE  LEGISLATURE  MAY  PRESCRIBE,  and  except
pari-mutuel  betting on horse races as may be prescribed by the legisla-
ture and from which the state shall derive a reasonable revenue for  the
support  of  government, shall hereafter be authorized or allowed within
this state; and the legislature shall pass appropriate laws  to  prevent
offenses against any of the provisions of this section.
  S  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

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

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