Bill Text: NY A03581 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to payments in support of racing; sets up a payment applicants must pay if they are issued a gaming facility license and they do not possess either a pari-mutuel wagering license or franchise award.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to racing and wagering [A03581 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03581-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3581
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 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 payments in support of racing
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1355 of  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
     2  wagering  and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013,
     3  is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. If an applicant that does not possess either a pari-mutuel wagering
     5  license or franchise awarded pursuant to article two or  three  of  this
     6  chapter  is  issued  a gaming facility license pursuant to this article,
     7  the licensee shall pay:
     8    (a) an amount to horsemen for purses at the licensed racetracks in the
     9  region and in the case of region five  any  licensed  racetracks  within
    10  seventy-five  miles  of  the  licensee's  facility, that will assure the
    11  purse support from video lottery gaming facilities in the region and  in
    12  the case of region five any such licensed racetracks within seventy-five
    13  miles  of  the  licensee's  facility,  to the licensed racetracks in the
    14  region and in the case of region five any such facilities within  seven-
    15  ty-five  miles  of the licensee's facility, to be maintained at the same
    16  dollar levels realized in two thousand thirteen to be  adjusted  by  the
    17  consumer  price  index for all urban consumers, as published annually by
    18  the United States department of labor bureau of labor statistics; and
    19    (b) amounts to the agricultural and  New  York  state  horse  breeding
    20  development fund and the New York state thoroughbred breeding and devel-
    21  opment fund to maintain payments from video lottery gaming facilities in
    22  the  region  and  in  the case of region five any such facilities within
    23  seventy-five miles of the licensee's facility, to such funds to be main-
    24  tained at the same dollar levels realized in two thousand thirteen to be
    25  adjusted by the  consumer  price  index  for  all  urban  consumers,  as
    26  published  annually  by  the United States department of labor bureau of
    27  labor statistics.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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