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                                  8575

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                           September 13, 2011
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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:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law,  as
amended  by  section  1  of part W of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
  3. Moneys of the account, following the segregation of  appropriations
enacted  by  the  legislature, shall be available for purposes including
but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to municipal  govern-
ments  that  host  tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for
costs incurred in connection with services provided to such  casinos  or
arising  as a result thereof, for economic development opportunities and
job expansion programs authorized by the executive law; provided, howev-
er, that for any gaming facility located in the  city  of  Buffalo,  the
city  of  Buffalo shall receive a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent
of the negotiated percentage of the  net  drop  from  electronic  gaming
devices the state receives pursuant to the compact, and provided further
that for any gaming facility located in the city of Niagara Falls, coun-
ty of Niagara a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent of the negotiated
percentage  of  the  net  drop  from electronic gaming devices the state
receives pursuant to the compact shall be distributed in accordance with
subdivision four of this section, and  provided  further  that  for  any
gaming  facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau-
tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state  hosting  the
facility  shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of
the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices
the state receives pursuant to the compact; and  provided  further  that
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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four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received  by  the
state  pursuant  to  the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe
shall be made available to the counties of Franklin  and  St.  Lawrence,
and  affected  towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected
towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made  available  by  the
state;  and  (b)  support and services of treatment programs for persons
suffering from gambling  addictions.  Moneys  not  segregated  for  such
purposes  shall  be  transferred  to the general fund for the support of
government during the fiscal year in which they are received.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section  99-h  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
amended  by  section  1 of part QQ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
amended to read as follows:
  3. Moneys of the account, following appropriation by the  legislature,
shall  be  available  for  purposes  including  but  not limited to: (a)
reimbursements or payments to municipal  governments  that  host  tribal
casinos  pursuant  to  a  tribal-state  compact  for  costs  incurred in
connection with services provided to such casinos or arising as a result
thereof,  for  economic  development  opportunities  and  job  expansion
programs  authorized  by  the executive law; provided, however, that for
any gaming facility located in the city of Buffalo, the city of  Buffalo
shall receive a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent of the negotiated
percentage  of  the  net  drop  from electronic gaming devices the state
receives pursuant to the compact, and  provided  further  that  for  any
gaming  facility located in the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara
a minimum of [twenty-five] FIFTY percent of the negotiated percentage of
the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives  pursuant
to  the compact shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision four
of this section, and provided  further  that  for  any  gaming  facility
located  in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua or Allega-
ny, the municipal governments of the state hosting  the  facility  shall
collectively  receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated
percentage of the net drop from  electronic  gaming  devices  the  state
receives  pursuant to the compact; and provided further that pursuant to
chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand four, a  minimum
of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the state pursuant to
the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe shall be made avail-
able to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, and affected towns in
such  counties.  Each  such  county and its affected towns shall receive
fifty percent of the moneys made available by the state; and (b) support
and services of treatment programs for persons suffering  from  gambling
addictions.  Moneys  not  appropriated for such purposes shall be trans-
ferred to the general fund for the  support  of  government  during  the
fiscal year in which they are received.
  S  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law
made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of  such
subdivision,  as  provided  in  section 3 of part W of chapter 60 of the
laws of 2011 and shall be deemed to expire  therewith;  when  upon  such
date  section two of this act shall take effect; provided, further, that
the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law
made by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of  such
section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.