Senate Bill S5670

Vetoed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the sharing of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Madison

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S5670 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7844
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Exec L; amd §16, Indian L; amd §99-h, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A5044

2015-S5670 - Summary

Relates to the sharing of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Madison.

2015-S5670 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5670 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5670

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT to amend the executive law, the Indian law and the state  finance
  law, in relation to the sharing of revenue from gaming devices located
  within the county of Madison

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11 of the executive law, as  added
by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  [1.] Oneida settlement agreement.  Notwithstanding any other provision
of  law,  upon filing with the secretary of state, the settlement agree-
ment executed between the governor, the counties of Oneida and  Madison,
and  the  Oneida  Nation of New York dated the sixteenth day of May, two
thousand thirteen, to be  known  as  the  Oneida  Settlement  Agreement,
including,  without limitation, THE SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT THERETO ENTI-
TLED "SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF MADISON AND THE STATE
OF NEW YORK" REGARDING  THE  SHARING  OF  REVENUE  FROM  GAMING  DEVICES
LOCATED WITHIN MADISON COUNTY, the provisions contained therein relating
to  arbitration  and judicial review in state or federal courts and, for
the sole purpose thereof, a  limited  waiver  of  the  state's  Eleventh
Amendment sovereign immunity from suit, shall upon its effective date be
deemed  approved,  ratified, validated and confirmed by the legislature.
It is the intention of the  legislature  in  enacting  this  section  to
ensure  that  the settlement agreement shall be fully enforceable in all
respects as to the rights, benefits, responsibilities and privileges  of
all parties thereto.
  S 2. Section 16 of the Indian law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws
of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  S   16.   Indian  settlement  agreements.  Notwithstanding  any  other
provision of law, the provisions  of  the  Oneida  Settlement  Agreement
referenced  in  section  eleven  of the executive law, TOGETHER WITH THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11339-02-5
              

2015-S5670A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7844
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11, Exec L; amd §16, Indian L; amd §99-h, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A5044

2015-S5670A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the sharing of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Madison.

2015-S5670A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5670A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5670--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
  the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of
  revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Madison

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law, as
amended  by  section 7 of chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
read as follows:
  3. Moneys of the account, following the segregation of  appropriations
enacted  by  the  legislature, shall be available for purposes including
but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to municipal  govern-
ments  that  host  tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for
costs incurred in connection with services provided to such  casinos  or
arising  as a result thereof, for economic development opportunities and
job expansion programs authorized by the executive law; provided, howev-
er, that for any gaming facility located in the  city  of  Buffalo,  the
city  of  Buffalo  shall receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the
negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the
state receives pursuant to the compact, and provided  further  that  for
any  gaming  facility  located  in  the city of Niagara Falls, county of
Niagara a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated percentage of
the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives  pursuant
to  the compact shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision four
of this section, and provided  further  that  for  any  gaming  facility
located  in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua or Allega-
ny, the municipal governments of the state hosting  the  facility  shall
collectively  receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11339-03-6
              

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