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Senate Bill S900

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to video lottery gaming devices

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

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2017-S900 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1617-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S4170

2017-S900 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the NYS Gaming Commission to consult with host communities before siting any new Video Lottery Terminal (VLT) facilities in Suffolk county.

2017-S900 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S900 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    900
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- 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 video lottery gaming devices
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision a of section 1617-a of  the  tax
 law, as added by section 1 of part SS of chapter 60 of the laws of 2016,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (3)  a  maximum  of  two  facilities,  which  shall be vendors for all
 purposes under this  article,  neither  to  exceed  one  thousand  video
 lottery  gaming  devices, established within region three of zone one as
 defined by section one thousand three hundred ten of the  racing,  pari-
 mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law, one each operated by a corporation
 established pursuant to section five hundred two of the racing, pari-mu-
 tuel wagering and breeding law in the  Suffolk  region  and  the  Nassau
 region  to  be located within a facility authorized pursuant to sections
 one thousand eight or one  thousand  nine  of  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
 wagering and breeding law. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO
 THE  CONTRARY,  FOR  ANY  FACILITY WHICH SHALL BE LOCATED IN THE SUFFOLK
 REGION, THE STATE GAMING COMMISSION MUST CONSULT WITH THE HOST COMMUNITY
 AND CONSIDER MARKET FACTORS SUCH AS POTENTIAL REVENUE IMPACT, JOB DEVEL-
 OPMENT AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT. CONSULTATION WITH HOST COMMUNITIES  SHALL
 INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE,
 CIVIC  ORGANIZATIONS,  SPECIAL  AND  FIRE  DISTRICTS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 AGENCIES; and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02394-01-7

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