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Assembly Bill A8639

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the definition and licensing fees for dealer-controlled electronic table games

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2017-A8639 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6835
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1301 & 1348, RWB L

2017-A8639 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the definition and licensing fees for dealer-controlled electronic table games.

2017-A8639 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8639
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             September 1, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- 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  the  definition and licensing fees for dealer-controlled
   electronic table games

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 41 of section 1301 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of  2013,
 is amended and a new subdivision 43 is added to read as follows:
   41. "Table game". A game, INCLUDING DEALER-CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC TABLE
 GAMES,  other than a slot machine, which is authorized by the commission
 to be played in a gaming facility.
   43. "DEALER-CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC TABLE GAME". A TABLE  GAME  OPERATED
 BY  A  LIVE  DEALER IN WHICH THE OUTCOME IS DETERMINED BY THE ACTIONS OF
 THE DEALER, THAT USES ELECTRONICS AS PART OF  THE  GAME'S  OPERATION  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  THE COLLECTION AND PAYOFF OF WAGERS, BUT NOT TO DETER-
 MINE THE GAME OUTCOME.
   § 2. Section 1348 of the racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding
 law,  as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 1348. Machine and table fees. In addition to any other  tax  or  fee
 imposed by this article, there shall be imposed an annual license fee of
 five  hundred  dollars  for  each slot machine and table approved by the
 commission for use by a gaming licensee at a gaming facility;  provided,
 however,  that  not  sooner  than  five years after award of an original
 gaming  license,  the  commission  may  annually  adjust  the  fee   for
 inflation.  The  fee  shall be imposed as of July first of each year for
 all approved slot machines and [tables] TABLE GAMES,  INCLUDING  DEALER-
 CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC TABLE GAMES, on that date and shall be assessed on
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13307-01-7

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