Bill Text: NY A08575 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases the minimum percentage collected by the municipal governments hosting the facility.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to ways and means [A08575 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08575-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8575
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                  September 13, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. CERETTO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Ways and Means
       AN ACT to amend the state  finance  law,  in  relation  to  Tribal-state
         compact revenue accounts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law,  as
    2  amended  by  section  1  of part W of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    3. Moneys of the account, following the segregation of  appropriations
    5  enacted  by  the  legislature, shall be available for purposes including
    6  but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to municipal  govern-
    7  ments  that  host  tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for
    8  costs incurred in connection with services provided to such  casinos  or
    9  arising  as a result thereof, for economic development opportunities and
   10  job expansion programs authorized by the executive law; provided, howev-
   11  er, that for any gaming facility located in the  city  of  Buffalo,  the
   12  city  of  Buffalo shall receive a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent
   13  of the negotiated percentage of the  net  drop  from  electronic  gaming
   14  devices the state receives pursuant to the compact, and provided further
   15  that for any gaming facility located in the city of Niagara Falls, coun-
   16  ty of Niagara a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent of the negotiated
   17  percentage  of  the  net  drop  from electronic gaming devices the state
   18  receives pursuant to the compact shall be distributed in accordance with
   19  subdivision four of this section, and  provided  further  that  for  any
   20  gaming  facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau-
   21  tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state  hosting  the
   22  facility  shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of
   23  the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices
   24  the state receives pursuant to the compact; and  provided  further  that
   25  pursuant  to  chapter  five  hundred  ninety of the laws of two thousand
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 8575                             2
    1  four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received  by  the
    2  state  pursuant  to  the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe
    3  shall be made available to the counties of Franklin  and  St.  Lawrence,
    4  and  affected  towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected
    5  towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made  available  by  the
    6  state;  and  (b)  support and services of treatment programs for persons
    7  suffering from gambling  addictions.  Moneys  not  segregated  for  such
    8  purposes  shall  be  transferred  to the general fund for the support of
    9  government during the fiscal year in which they are received.
   10    S 2. Subdivision 3 of section  99-h  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
   11  amended  by  section  1 of part QQ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
   12  amended to read as follows:
   13    3. Moneys of the account, following appropriation by the  legislature,
   14  shall  be  available  for  purposes  including  but  not limited to: (a)
   15  reimbursements or payments to municipal  governments  that  host  tribal
   16  casinos  pursuant  to  a  tribal-state  compact  for  costs  incurred in
   17  connection with services provided to such casinos or arising as a result
   18  thereof,  for  economic  development  opportunities  and  job  expansion
   19  programs  authorized  by  the executive law; provided, however, that for
   20  any gaming facility located in the city of Buffalo, the city of  Buffalo
   21  shall receive a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent of the negotiated
   22  percentage  of  the  net  drop  from electronic gaming devices the state
   23  receives pursuant to the compact, and  provided  further  that  for  any
   24  gaming  facility located in the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara
   25  a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent of the negotiated percentage of
   26  the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives  pursuant
   27  to  the compact shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision four
   28  of this section, and provided  further  that  for  any  gaming  facility
   29  located  in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua or Allega-
   30  ny, the municipal governments of the state hosting  the  facility  shall
   31  collectively  receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated
   32  percentage of the net drop from  electronic  gaming  devices  the  state
   33  receives  pursuant to the compact; and provided further that pursuant to
   34  chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand four, a  minimum
   35  of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the state pursuant to
   36  the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe shall be made avail-
   37  able to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, and affected towns in
   38  such  counties.  Each  such  county and its affected towns shall receive
   39  fifty percent of the moneys made available by the state; and (b) support
   40  and services of treatment programs for persons suffering  from  gambling
   41  addictions.  Moneys  not  appropriated for such purposes shall be trans-
   42  ferred to the general fund for the  support  of  government  during  the
   43  fiscal year in which they are received.
   44    S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   45  the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law
   46  made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of  such
   47  subdivision,  as  provided  in  section 3 of part W of chapter 60 of the
   48  laws of 2011 and shall be deemed to expire  therewith;  when  upon  such
   49  date  section two of this act shall take effect; provided, further, that
   50  the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law
   51  made by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of  such
   52  section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
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