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                                   6148
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 28, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to  state  assistance
   for  eligible  cities and eligible municipalities with a video lottery
   gaming facility
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 54-l of the state finance law, as added by section
 1 of part J of chapter 57 of the laws of 2011, paragraph b  of  subdivi-
 sion  2  as  amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 55 of the laws of
 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   § 54-l. State assistance  to  eligible  cities  and  eligible  munici-
 palities  in  which a video lottery gaming facility is located. 1. Defi-
 nitions.  When used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated:
   a. "Eligible city" shall mean a city with a  population  equal  to  or
 greater  than one hundred twenty-five thousand and less than one million
 in which a video lottery gaming facility is located and operating as  of
 January  first,  two  thousand  nine pursuant to section sixteen hundred
 seventeen-a of the tax law.
   b. "Eligible municipality" shall mean a county, city, town or  village
 in  which a video lottery gaming facility is located pursuant to section
 sixteen hundred seventeen-a of the tax law that is not located in a city
 with a population equal to or greater than one hundred twenty-five thou-
 sand.
   C. "NEWLY ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITY" SHALL MEAN A CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN
 WHICH A VIDEO LOTTERY GAMING FACILITY IS  LOCATED  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
 SIXTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THE TAX LAW THAT IS NOT LOCATED IN A CITY
 WITH A POPULATION EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOU-
 SAND AND WHICH WAS NOT OPERATING AS OF JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE-
 TEEN.  IN  NO EVENT SHALL THE TERM NEWLY ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITY INCLUDE A
 CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE IN  WHICH  A  VIDEO  LOTTERY  GAMING  FACILITY  IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 LOCATED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH FOUR OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION SIXTEEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTEEN-A OF THE TAX LAW.
   D. "ESTIMATED NET MACHINE INCOME" SHALL MEAN THE ESTIMATED FULL ANNUAL
 VALUE  OF  TOTAL REVENUE WAGERED AFTER PAYOUT FOR PRIZES FOR GAMES KNOWN
 AS VIDEO LOTTERY GAMING AS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR  OF  THE
 TAX  LAW  DURING  THE  STATE FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH STATE AID PAYMENTS ARE
 MADE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   2. a. Within the amount appropriated therefor, an eligible city  shall
 receive  an  amount equal to the state aid payment received in the state
 fiscal year commencing April first, two thousand eight from an appropri-
 ation for aid to municipalities with video lottery gaming facilities.
   b. Within the amounts appropriated therefor,  eligible  municipalities
 shall  receive  an  amount  equal  to  seventy  percent of the state aid
 payment received in the state fiscal year commencing  April  first,  two
 thousand  eight  from  an  appropriation  for aid to municipalities with
 video lottery gaming facilities.
   C. A NEWLY ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITY SHALL RECEIVE  A  STATE  AID  PAYMENT
 EQUAL  TO  ONE  AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE "ESTIMATED NET MACHINE INCOME"
 GENERATED BY A VIDEO LOTTERY GAMING FACILITY LOCATED WITHIN  SUCH  NEWLY
 ELIGIBLE  MUNICIPALITY WHICH SHALL BE APPORTIONED AND PAID ON A PRO RATA
 BASIS TO ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES  BASED  UPON  THE  POPULATION  OF  SUCH
 ELIGIBLE  MUNICIPALITIES.  SUCH STATE AID PAYMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED TWEN-
 TY-FIVE PERCENT OF AN  ELIGIBLE  MUNICIPALITY'S  TOTAL  EXPENDITURES  AS
 REPORTED  IN  THE STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER IN THE PRECEDING
 STATE FISCAL YEAR PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN OF THE GENERAL MUNIC-
 IPAL LAW.
   3. a. State aid payments made to an eligible city  pursuant  to  para-
 graph  a  of  subdivision  two of this section shall be used to increase
 support for public schools in such city.
   b. State aid payments made to  [an]  eligible  [municipality]  MUNICI-
 PALITIES AND NEWLY ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES pursuant to [paragraph] PARA-
 GRAPHS  b AND C of subdivision two of this section shall be used by such
 eligible municipality to: (i) defray local costs associated with a video
 lottery gaming facility, or (ii) minimize or reduce real property taxes.
   4. Payments of state aid pursuant to this section shall be made on  or
 before  June  thirtieth  of  each  state fiscal year to the chief fiscal
 officer of each eligible city and each eligible  municipality  on  audit
 and  warrant  of the state comptroller out of moneys appropriated by the
 legislature for such purpose to the credit of the local assistance  fund
 in the general fund of the state treasury.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.