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                                   5994
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- 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  disposition  of  net revenues of regional off-track
   betting corporations to participating counties

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 516 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 wagering and breeding law, as amended by section 1 of part OO of chapter
 59 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   2. After payment of all of the costs of the  corporation's  functions,
 net  revenue  remaining  to  the  corporation shall be divided among the
 participating counties in accordance with the following provisions:
   a.   EACH OFF-TRACK BETTING  CORPORATION  SHALL  DETERMINE,  AT  THEIR
 ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING, IF SUCH NET REVENUE REMAINING TO THE CORPORATION
 SHALL  BE  DIVIDED  TO PARTICIPATING COUNTIES ON AN ANNUAL, BI-ANNUAL OR
 QUARTERLY BASIS, TO BE DIVIDED NOT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE
 OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE CLOSE OF THE BI-ANNUAL YEAR (JANUARY-JUNE  AND
 JULY-DECEMBER) OR CALENDAR QUARTER;
   B.  Fifty  percent of such revenue distributed among the participating
 counties on the basis of the proportion of the total off-track  pari-mu-
 tuel  wagering  accepted  by  the corporation during the previous period
 that originated in the branch  offices  located  in  each  participating
 county;
   [b.]  C.  Fifty percent of such revenue on the basis of population, as
 defined as the total population in each participating  county  shown  by
 the latest preceding decennial federal census completed and published as
 a  final  population  count  by  the  United States bureau of the census
 preceding the commencement of the calendar year in which  such  distrib-
 ution is to be made; and

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   [c.]  D.  A participating county containing a city electing to partic-
 ipate in the management and revenues of a corporation under  subdivision
 two of section five hundred two of this article shall distribute revenue
 received  under  paragraphs  [a] B and [b] C of this subdivision to such
 city  according  to  the  proportion such city's population bears to the
 county's population.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.