Bill Text: NY S07301 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-14 - PRINT NUMBER 7301A [S07301 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07301-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7301--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Finance  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT in relation to establishing the task force on responsible gaming;
         and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
         of
         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  recently enacted 2012-2013 state budget amended the state constitu-
    3  tion to allow for  non-tribal  casino  gaming  in  the  state.  It  also
    4  included  provisions  to create a New York state gaming commission, as a
    5  result of the merger between the division of lottery and the racing  and
    6  wagering board. The commission is charged with oversight of the division
    7  of  lottery,  the division of charitable gaming, the division of gaming,
    8  and the division of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering. This legisla-
    9  tive 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    S 2. Task force on responsible gaming.   A task force  on  responsible
   18  gaming is hereby established to:
   19    (a)  Identify policies and programs that mitigate the risks and conse-
   20  quences associated with  compulsive  gambling  and  promote  responsible
   21  gaming practices for all gaming activities authorized in New York state.
   22    (b)  Recommend  policies  and  procedures  to  be  enacted into law or
   23  promulgated in regulations by the New York state gaming  commission  and
   24  its divisions to ensure responsible gaming in all facilities licensed or
   25  enfranchised by such commission or divisions.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 7301--A                          2
    1    (c)  Recommend a structure by which all responsible gaming regulations
    2  promulgated by the  commission  or  its  divisions  shall  be  enforced,
    3  including  but  not  limited  to  penalties for violations of regulatory
    4  standards and corrective action.
    5    (d)  Identifying  methods  to measure effectiveness of any responsible
    6  gaming procedures implemented.
    7    (e) Identify and recommend provisions necessary to ensure  responsible
    8  gaming  practices  to  be  included  in enabling legislation authorizing
    9  casino style gaming facilities in the state.
   10    S 3. Composition. The task force shall consist of  9  members.    Task
   11  force  members  appointed or designated shall have experience and exper-
   12  tise in one or more of the following areas:
   13    1) the identification and prevention of problem gambling;
   14    2) the treatment of problem gambling;
   15    3) administration of problem gambling programs within a gaming facili-
   16  ty.
   17    The task force shall consist of 9 members as follows: two  members  to
   18  be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, two members to be appointed
   19  by the temporary president of the senate, the commissioner of alcoholism
   20  and  substance  abuse  services  or  his  or her designee, the executive
   21  director of the New York state gaming commission or his or her designee,
   22  the director of the division of lottery or  his  or  her  designee,  the
   23  director  of  the  division  of  gaming  or his or her designee, and the
   24  director of the division of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering or his
   25  or her designee. The chair shall be designated by the governor.
   26    S 4. Compensation. The members of the  task  force  shall  receive  no
   27  compensation  for  their  services  but  shall  be  reimbursed for their
   28  expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of any  of
   29  their duties.
   30    S 5. Report. The task force shall prepare a final report regarding all
   31  findings  and  recommendations  to  be  delivered upon completion of all
   32  objectives described herein, but in no event later than April  1,  2014,
   33  to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president
   34  of the senate. At the completion of all duties described herein the task
   35  force shall be dissolved.
   36    S  6.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
   37  deemed repealed April 1, 2014.