Assembly Actions -
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Feb 14, 2020 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 17, 2020 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to ways and means |
Feb 13, 2019 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Feb 01, 2019 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 31, 2019 |
referred to ways and means |
Assembly Bill A3925
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A3925 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A3925 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes a lottery game for a community grant fund, which fund shall be dedicated to community groups organized pursuant to paragraph three or four of subdivision (c) of section five hundred one of the internal revenue code of nineteen hundred eighty-six, as amended, administering educational, recreational, cultural, senior, veterans or social services programs or providing volunteer ambulance services.
2019-A3925 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3925 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 31, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 9 of article 1 of the constitution, in relation to authorizing a lottery game for a community grant fund, which fund shall be dedicated to certain community groups Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That subdivision 1 of section 9 of article 1 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: 1. No law shall be passed abridging the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government, or any department thereof; nor shall any divorce be granted otherwise than by due judicial proceedings; except as hereinafter provided, no lottery or the sale of lottery tickets, pool-selling, book-making, or any other kind of gambl- ing, except lotteries operated by the state and the sale of lottery tickets in connection therewith as may be authorized and prescribed by the legislature, the net proceeds of which shall be applied exclusively to or in aid or support of education in this state as the legislature may prescribe, EXCEPT THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY ENACT LEGISLATION AUTHOR- IZING THE CREATION OF A SEPARATE LOTTERY GAME THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH SHALL BE APPLIED EXCLUSIVELY TO A COMMUNITY GRANT FUND TO BE CREATED BY SUCH LEGISLATION, WHICH FUND SHALL BE DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY GROUPS ORGANIZED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH THREE OR FOUR OF SUBDIVISION (C) OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX, AS AMENDED, ADMINISTERING EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL, SENIOR, VETERANS OR SOCIAL SERVICES PROGRAMS OR PROVIDING VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES, AS THE LEGISLATURE MAY PRESCRIBE, except pari-mutuel betting on horse races as may be prescribed by the legisla- ture and from which the state shall derive a reasonable revenue for the support of government, and except casino gambling at no more than seven facilities as authorized and prescribed by the legislature shall here- after be authorized or allowed within this state; and the legislature EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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