Assembly Bill A6072

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes a lottery game for a community grant fund, which fund shall be dedicated to community groups

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A6072 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 1 §9, Constn

2023-A6072 (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.

2023-A6072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6072
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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