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Assembly Bill A4717

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the siting of a casino in Orange county

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2015-A4717 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1310, RWB L

2015-A4717 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the siting of a casino in Orange county.

2015-A4717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4717

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 5, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
  relation to prohibiting the siting of a casino in Orange county

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

  Section 1. Section 1310 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breed-
ing law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
as follows:
  S 1310. Development zones and regions. 1. There are hereby created two
development zones to be known as the zone one and  zone  two.  Zone  one
shall  include  the city of New York and the counties of Nassau, Putnam,
Rockland, Suffolk, ORANGE and Westchester. Zone two  shall  include  all
the other counties of the state.
  2.  Each zone shall be divided into development regions. (a) The three
development regions in zone one shall  be  comprised  of  the  following
counties:
  (1) Region one shall consist of Putnam, Rockland, ORANGE and Westches-
ter counties;
  (2)  Region  two  shall  consist of Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens and
Richmond counties. No gaming facility shall be authorized in region two;
and
  (3) Region three shall consist of Nassau and Suffolk counties.
  (b) The six development regions in zone two shall be comprised of  the
following counties:
  (1)  Region one shall consist of Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene,
[Orange,] Sullivan and Ulster counties;
  (2) Region two shall consist of Albany,  Fulton,  Montgomery,  Rensse-
laer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie and Washington counties.
  (3)  Region three shall consist of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton,
Jefferson, Saint Lawrence and Warren counties;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07241-02-5

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