Assembly Bill A3710A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to video gaming machines and disposition of revenues

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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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2013-A3710 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5295
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8570, S5805
2015-2016: A961, S5930
2017-2018: A4645, A5983, S4068

2013-A3710 - Summary

Relates to video gaming machines and disposition of revenues.

2013-A3710 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3710

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to video  gaming  machines  and
  disposition of revenues

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

  Section 1. Clause (H) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 1 of  subdivi-
sion  b of section 1612 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 454 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  (H) notwithstanding clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F)  and  (G)  of
this  subparagraph, the track operator of a vendor track shall be eligi-
ble for a vendor's capital award of up to  four  percent  of  the  total
revenue  wagered at the vendor track after payout for prizes pursuant to
this chapter, which  shall  be  used  exclusively  for  capital  project
investments  to improve the facilities of the vendor track which promote
or encourage increased attendance at the video lottery  gaming  facility
including,  but  not limited to hotels, other lodging facilities, enter-
tainment  facilities,  retail  facilities,  dining  facilities,   events
arenas,  parking  garages  and  other improvements that enhance facility
amenities; provided that such capital investments shall be  approved  by
the  division, in consultation with the state racing and wagering board,
and that such vendor track demonstrates that such  capital  expenditures
will  increase  patronage at such vendor track's facilities and increase
the amount of revenue generated to support state education programs. The
annual amount of such vendor's capital awards that a vendor track  shall
be  eligible  to  receive  shall  be limited to two million five hundred
thousand dollars, except for Aqueduct racetrack, for which  there  shall
be  no  vendor's  capital awards. Except for tracks having less than one
thousand [one] NINE hundred video gaming machines, each  track  operator
shall be required to co-invest an amount of capital expenditure equal to
its  cumulative vendor's capital award. For all tracks, except for Aque-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01642-01-3
              

2013-A3710A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5295
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8570, S5805
2015-2016: A961, S5930
2017-2018: A4645, A5983, S4068

2013-A3710A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to video gaming machines and disposition of revenues.

2013-A3710A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3710--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and
  Means  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to video  gaming  machines  and
  disposition of revenues

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

  Section 1. Clause (H) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 1 of  subdivi-
sion b of section 1612 of the tax law, as separately amended by chapters
174 and 175 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (H)  notwithstanding  clauses  (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G) of
this subparagraph, the track operator of a vendor track shall be  eligi-
ble  for  a  vendor's  capital  award of up to four percent of the total
revenue wagered at the vendor track after payout for prizes pursuant  to
this  chapter,  which  shall  be  used  exclusively  for capital project
investments to improve the facilities of the vendor track which  promote
or  encourage  increased attendance at the video lottery gaming facility
including, but not limited to hotels, other lodging  facilities,  enter-
tainment   facilities,  retail  facilities,  dining  facilities,  events
arenas, parking garages and other  improvements  that  enhance  facility
amenities;  provided  that such capital investments shall be approved by
the division, in consultation with the state racing and wagering  board,
and  that  such vendor track demonstrates that such capital expenditures
will increase patronage at such vendor track's facilities  and  increase
the amount of revenue generated to support state education programs. The
annual  amount of such vendor's capital awards that a vendor track shall
be eligible to receive shall be limited  to  two  million  five  hundred
thousand  dollars,  except for Aqueduct racetrack, for which there shall
be no vendor's capital awards. Except for tracks having  less  than  one

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01642-03-4
              

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