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Assembly Bill A1942

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for disbursement of monies from tribal-state compact revenue account fund to city of Buffalo for disbursement to Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission

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2017-A1942 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §99-h, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11648
2011-2012: A580
2013-2014: A3828
2015-2016: A2656

2017-A1942 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the disbursement of monies from the tribal-state compact revenue account fund to the city of Buffalo for disbursement to the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor Commission.

2017-A1942 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1942
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to disbursing  monies
   from  the  tribal-state  compact  revenue  account fund to the city of
   Buffalo for disbursement  to  the  Michigan  Street  African  American
   Heritage Corridor Commission

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 99-h of the state finance law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 747 of the laws of 2006, is amended by adding a new subdivision 5 to
 read as follows:
   5.  MONIES  WHICH ARE APPROPRIATED AND RECEIVED EACH YEAR BY THE STATE
 AS A PORTION OF THE NEGOTIATED PERCENTAGE OF THE NET DROP FROM ELECTRON-
 IC GAMING DEVICES THE STATE RECEIVES IN RELATION TO THE OPERATION  OF  A
 GAMING  FACILITY IN THE CITY OF BUFFALO, WHICH SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS
 SECTION REQUIRES TO BE A MINIMUM OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT, SHALL BE  BUDG-
 ETED AND DISBURSED BY THE CITY OF BUFFALO IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
   (A)  WITHIN  THIRTY-FIVE DAYS UPON RECEIPT OF SUCH FUNDS BY SUCH CITY,
 ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL ANNUAL AMOUNT RECEIVED IN  EACH  YEAR,  NOT  TO
 EXCEED  TWO  HUNDRED  THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY, SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO
 THE MICHIGAN STREET AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION TO  BE
 USED  FOR  THE  DEVELOPMENT,  PRESERVATION  AND  PROMOTION OF THE AREA'S
 UNIQUE HISTORIC, CULTURAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES; AND
   (B) ALL OTHER MONIES APPROPRIATED OR RECEIVED FOR DISTRIBUTION  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION AFTER THE TRANSFER OF MONEY PURSUANT TO PARA-
 GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IN EACH YEAR SHALL  BE  ALLOCATED  TO  THE
 CITY OF BUFFALO FOR SUCH PUBLIC PURPOSES AS ARE DETERMINED, BY THE CITY,
 TO BE NECESSARY AND DESIRABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AND ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVEL-
 OPMENT,  NEIGHBORHOOD  REVITALIZATION,  PUBLIC  HEALTH  AND  SAFETY, AND
 INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IN SUCH CITY AND SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO  THE
 TRIBAL  REVENUE  ACCOUNT OF THE CITY AND ANY AND ALL INTEREST AND INCOME
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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