Bill Text: NY A04670 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the tax law and the state finance law, in relation to creating arts themed lottery tickets with the proceeds given to elementary and secondary arts education curriculums

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-05 - referred to ways and means [A04670 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04670-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4670
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 5, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. BRADLEY, MORELLE, MILLMAN, CARROZZA, ESPAILLAT,
         LATIMER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  FIELDS,  GREENE,  P. LOPEZ,
         PHEFFER,  J. RIVERA, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the tax law and the state finance law,  in  relation  to
         creating  arts  themed  lottery  tickets  with  the  proceeds given to
         elementary and secondary arts education curriculums
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The tax law is amended by adding a new section 1621 to read
    2  as follows:
    3    S  1621.  ARTS  EDUCATION LOTTERY TICKETS.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
    4  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE DIVISION OF LOTTERY SHALL  PRODUCE
    5  A  SCRATCH  OFF LOTTERY TICKET WITH AN ARTS THEME, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH
    6  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE SUPPORT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ARTS
    7  EDUCATION CURRICULUMS. THE NET PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE  OF  SUCH  TICKETS
    8  SHALL  BE DEPOSITED INTO THE ARTS EDUCATION ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED PURSUANT
    9  TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION NINETY-TWO-C OF THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   10    S 2. Subdivision 2 of section  92-c  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
   11  amended  by  chapter  913  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
   12  follows:
   13    2. Such fund shall consist of the  state  lottery  revenues  including
   14  those  revenues  derived  from  lottery  tickets sold for the support of
   15  winter sports physical education in commemoration of  the  XIII  olympic
   16  winter  games,  AS  WELL  AS THOSE REVENUES DERIVED FROM LOTTERY TICKETS
   17  SOLD FOR THE SUPPORT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ARTS EDUCATION  CURRIC-
   18  ULUMS,  if  any,  paid  into  the same by the division of the lottery as
   19  provided in section sixteen hundred twelve of the New York state lottery
   20  for education law, and all other moneys credited or transferred  thereto
   21  from  any  other  fund or sources pursuant to law. There shall be estab-
   22  lished within such fund an account to be  known  as  the  winter  sports
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03527-01-9
       A. 4670                             2
    1  physical education account which shall consist of state lottery revenues
    2  paid  into  the  fund as derived solely from the sale of lottery tickets
    3  sold for the support of winter  sports  physical  education  in  commem-
    4  oration  of  the  XIII olympic winter games.  THERE SHALL ALSO BE ESTAB-
    5  LISHED WITHIN SUCH FUND AN ACCOUNT TO BE KNOWN  AS  THE  ARTS  EDUCATION
    6  ACCOUNT WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF STATE LOTTERY REVENUES PAID INTO THE FUND
    7  AS  DERIVED  SOLELY  FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS FOR THE SUPPORT OF
    8  ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ARTS EDUCATION CURRICULUMS.  Upon  such  estab-
    9  lishment  there  shall  also  be established within such fund a separate
   10  account, to be known as the state lottery regular account,  which  shall
   11  consist  of  state lottery revenues other than revenues derived from the
   12  sale of lottery tickets sold for the support of winter  sports  physical
   13  education  in commemoration of the XIII olympic winter games AND ELEMEN-
   14  TARY AND SECONDARY ARTS EDUCATION CURRICULUMS.  Such state lottery regu-
   15  lar account shall also consist of any lottery revenues transferred  from
   16  the  winter sports physical education account to the state lottery regu-
   17  lar account in the manner provided  for  in  subdivision  five  of  this
   18  section.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
   19  MONIES DEPOSITED INTO THE ARTS EDUCATION ACCOUNT MAY NOT BE  TRANSFERRED
   20  FROM THAT ACCOUNT INTO ANY OTHER FUND OR ACCOUNT OF THE STATE.
   21    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.