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                                   10211
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2024
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pretlow,
   Wallace) -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Racing  and
   Wagering
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law,in
   relation to authorizing one percent of mobile sports  tax  revenue  be
   used  for problem gambling, one percent for youth sports and education
   funding, and one percent for youth team sports funding
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  8 of section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 wagering and breeding law, as added by section 3 of part Y of chapter 59
 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   8. (A) Notwithstanding section  thirteen  hundred  fifty-one  of  this
 article,  mobile  sports  wagering  gross gaming revenue and tax revenue
 shall be excluded from sports wagering  gross  gaming  revenue  and  tax
 revenue.    Mobile sports wagering tax revenue shall be separately main-
 tained and returned to the state for deposit into the state lottery fund
 for education aid except as otherwise provided in this subdivision.  Any
 interest  and  penalties  imposed  by  the  commission relating to those
 taxes, all penalties levied and collected by  the  commission,  and  the
 appropriate  funds,  cash or prizes forfeited from sports wagering shall
 be deposited into the state lottery fund for education.
   (B) In the first fiscal year in which mobile sports wagering licensees
 commence operations and accept mobile sports  wagers  pursuant  to  this
 section,  the  commission  shall pay into the commercial gaming fund one
 percent of the state tax imposed  on  mobile  sports  wagering  by  this
 section  to  be distributed for problem gambling education and treatment
 purposes pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision four of section  ninety-
 seven-nnnn  of the state finance law; provided however, that such amount
 shall be equal to ONE PERCENT OF MOBILE SPORTS TAX REVENUE AND  NO  LESS
 THAN six million dollars for each fiscal year thereafter.
   (C) In the first fiscal year in which mobile sports wagering licensees
 commence  operations  and  accept  mobile sports wagers pursuant to this
 section, the commission shall pay one percent of the state  tax  imposed
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 on mobile sports wagering by this section to the general fund, a program
 to  be  administered by the office of children and family services for a
 statewide youth sports activities and education grant  program  for  the
 purpose  of  providing  annual  awards  to sports TEAMS AND programs for
 underserved youth under the  age  of  eighteen  years  FOR  PROGRAMMING,
 IMPROVEMENTS,  AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT; provided however, that such amount
 shall be equal to ONE PERCENT OF MOBILE SPORTS TAX REVENUE AND  NO  LESS
 THAN  five million dollars for each fiscal year thereafter. THIS FUNDING
 SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY COUNTY YOUTH BUREAUS, EXCEPT IN THE CITY OF  NEW
 YORK,  WHERE  THE FUNDING SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED BY LAUREUS SPORT FOR GOOD
 FOUNDATION USA. IN ALL CASES, AVAILABILITY OF FUNDING AND STANDARDS  FOR
 BEING AWARDED A GRANT SHALL BE WIDELY ADVERTISED, AND A REPORT ON ORGAN-
 IZATIONS  RECEIVING  AWARDS  AND  THE IMPACT OF THE AWARDS SHALL BE MADE
 ANNUALLY BY THE DECEMBER FIRST FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE GRANT  TO
 THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES.
   (D)  The commission shall require at least monthly deposits by a plat-
 form provider of any payments pursuant  to  subdivision  seven  of  this
 section,  at such times, under such conditions, and in such depositories
 as shall be prescribed by the state comptroller. The deposits  shall  be
 deposited to the credit of the state commercial gaming revenue fund. The
 commission  shall  require a monthly report and reconciliation statement
 to be filed with it on or before the  tenth  day  of  each  month,  with
 respect  to gross revenues and deposits received and made, respectively,
 during the preceding month.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.