Senate Bill S2781

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Makes changes in the disposition of revenue from lottery prize account

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee


  • 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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2017-S2781 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S6991
2011-2012: S3031
2013-2014: S2870
2015-2016: S648
2019-2020: S589
2021-2022: S2734

2017-S2781 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes changes in the percentages for disposition of revenue from lottery prize account to increase the percentage, by five percent, directed to state aid for education funding.

2017-S2781 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2781
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
   ing
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the tax law, in relation to the disposition of revenue
   from the lottery prize account
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraphs 3 and 4 of subdivision a of section 1612 of the
 tax  law,  as amended by of chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, are amended
 to read as follows:
   (3) [fifty-five] FORTY-FIVE percent of  the  total  amount  for  which
 tickets  have  been  sold for any joint, multi-jurisdiction, and out-of-
 state lottery except as otherwise provided in paragraph one of  subdivi-
 sion  b  of this section for any joint, multi-jurisdiction, out-of-state
 video lottery gaming; or
   (4) [fifty] THIRTY-FIVE percent of the total amount for which  tickets
 have  been sold for games known as: (A) the "Daily Numbers Game" or "Win
 4", discrete games in which the participants select no more  than  three
 or  four  of their own numbers to match with three or four numbers drawn
 by the division for purposes of determining winners of such  games,  (B)
 "Pick 10", offered no more than once daily, in which participants select
 from  a  specified  field  of  numbers  a subset of ten numbers to match
 against a subset of numbers to be drawn by the division from such  field
 of  numbers  for  the  purpose  of determining winners of such game, (C)
 "Take 5", offered no more than once daily, in which participants  select
 from  a  specified  field  of  numbers a subset of five numbers to match
 against a subset of five numbers to be drawn by the division  from  such
 field of numbers for purposes of determining winners of such game; or
   §  2. The opening paragraph of paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section
 1612 of the tax law, as amended by chapter 174 of the laws of  2013,  is
 amended to read as follows:

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

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