Bill Text: NY A00879 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Establishes the legislative task force on responsible gaming to develop policies and procedures that foster responsible gaming practices by gaming facilities in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-11 - reported referred to ways and means [A00879 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00879-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         879--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 8, 2015
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        Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, CLARK, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M.  of  A.    BARRETT,  BENEDETTO, COOK, CRESPO, ENGLEBRIGHT, FARRELL,
          GALEF, GOTTFRIED, JAFFEE, LUPARDO, MARKEY,  TITUS  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering -- recommitted to the
          Committee  on  Racing and Wagering in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
          sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT in relation to establishing the legislative task force on respon-
          sible gaming
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings. a. The legislature hereby finds  that
     2  the  2012-2013  New  York state budget amended the state constitution to
     3  allow for non-tribal  casino  gaming  in  New  York.  It  also  included
     4  provisions  to create a New York state gaming commission, as a result of
     5  the merger between the division of lottery and the racing  and  wagering
     6  board.  The  commission  is  charged  with  oversight of the division of
     7  lottery, the division of charitable gaming, the division of gaming,  and
     8  the  division of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering. This legislative
     9  action consolidated the state's  gaming  regulatory  functions  under  a
    10  single oversight body.
    11    b.  The legislature further finds that the development of policies and
    12  procedures that foster responsible gaming practices by gaming facilities
    13  licensed  or enfranchised by the New York state gaming commission or its
    14  divisions is necessary to mitigate the risks or consequences  associated
    15  with  problem  gambling. The legislature concludes that this can be best
    16  accomplished by the creation of a task force on responsible gaming.
    17    § 2. Legislative task force on responsible gaming.  A legislative task
    18  force on responsible gaming is hereby established to:
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05251-02-6