Assembly Bill A2196

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to video lottery gaming

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A2196 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4492
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1617-a & 1612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A10009, S7753
2017-2018: A1436
2019-2020: A549
2021-2022: A1895

2015-A2196 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to video lottery gaming; permits Ulster County to allow two existing destination resorts in such county to install video lottery terminals, subject to a local resolution.

2015-A2196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2196

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Racing and Wagering

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to video lottery gaming

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision a of section 1617-a of  the  tax
law,  as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
  (4) at a maximum of [two] FOUR facilities, ONE  EACH  IN  THE  SUFFOLK
REGION  AND  THE  NASSAU  REGION,  neither  to exceed one thousand video
lottery gaming devices, established within region three of zone  one  as
defined  by  section one thousand three hundred ten of the racing, pari-
mutuel wagering and breeding law, one each  operated  by  a  corporation
established pursuant to section five hundred two of the racing, pari-mu-
tuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  in the Suffolk region and the Nassau
region to be located within a facility authorized pursuant  to  sections
one  thousand  eight  or  one  thousand  nine of the racing, pari-mutuel
wagering and breeding law, AND TWO FACILITIES IN ULSTER COUNTY, NONE  TO
EXCEED  FIVE  HUNDRED  VIDEO  LOTTERY GAMING DEVICES, EACH OPERATED BY A
CORPORATION ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE
RACING,  PARI-MUTUEL  WAGERING  AND  BREEDING LAW TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A
FACILITY AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTIONS ONE THOUSAND EIGHT OR ONE THOU-
SAND NINE OF THE RACING,  PARI-MUTUEL  WAGERING  AND  BREEDING  LAW.  IN
RESPECT  TO  THE  ULSTER  COUNTY  FACILITIES, CATSKILL OFF-TRACK BETTING
CORPORATION WILL BE THE  GAMING  OPERATOR  AND  A  LOCAL  RESOLUTION  IN
SUPPORT  OF  THE  FACILITY WILL BE REQUIRED. ADDITIONALLY, IN RESPECT TO
THE ULSTER COUNTY FACILITIES, THE FACILITIES MUST BE DESTINATION  RESORT
PROPERTIES  WITH  AT  LEAST  ONE  HUNDRED  HOTEL ROOMS, HAVE SIGNIFICANT
RESORT AMENITIES, BE CURRENTLY OPEN AND  OPERATING,  AND  HAVE  BEEN  IN
CONTINUOUS  OPERATION FOR NO LESS THAN THE PAST THREE YEARS. The facili-
ties authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed  vendors  for
all purposes under this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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