BILL NO S03595A
SAME AS SAME AS A03651-A
SPONSOR ADAMS
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S1612, Tax L
Provides that the additional vendor's marketing allowance retained by any
operator of a racetrack located in the county of Westchester shall not exceed 8
percent of the total revenue wagered at the vendor track after payout for
prizes and the remainder of such additional vendor's marketing allowance, not
to exceed 25 million dollars, shall be paid to the Yonkers city school district
board of education in quarterly payments for the support and maintenance of
certain educational programs.
BILL NO S03595A
02/28/2011 REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
01/04/2012 REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
01/19/2012 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
01/19/2012 PRINT NUMBER 3595A
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3595--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 28, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
ing -- recommitted to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to the distribution of the
additional vendor's marketing allowance by any operator of a racetrack
located in the county of Westchester
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision b of
2 section 1612 of the tax law, as amended by section 1 of part 0-1 of
3 chapter 57 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
4 (iii) less an additional vendor's marketing allowance at a rate of ten
5 percent for the first one hundred million dollars annually and eight
6 percent thereafter of the total revenue wagered at the vendor track
7 after payout for prizes to be used by the vendor track for the marketing
8 and promotion and associated costs of its video lottery gaming oper-
9 ations and pari-mutuel horse racing operations, as long as any such
10 costs associated with pari-mutuel horse racing operations simultaneously
11 encourage increased attendance at such vendor's video lottery gaming
12 facilities, consistent with the customary manner of marketing comparable
13 operations in the industry and subject to the overall supervision of the
14 division; provided, however, that the additional vendor's marketing
15 allowance shall not exceed eight percent in any year for any operator of
16 a racetrack located in the county of [Westchester or] Queens; provided,
17 however, a vendor track that receives a vendor fee pursuant to clause
18 (G) of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph shall not receive the addi-
19 tional vendor's marketing allowance; AND PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT THE
20 ADDITIONAL VENDOR'S MARKETING ALLOWANCE FOR ANY OPERATOR OF A RACETRACK
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05826-02-1
S. 3595--A 2
1 LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER EXPENDED BY SUCH OPERATOR FOR
2 MARKETING SHALL NOT EXCEED EIGHT PERCENT OF THE TOTAL REVENUE WAGERED AT
3 THE VENDOR TRACK AFTER PAYOUT FOR PRIZES PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER IN ANY
4 YEAR AND THE REMAINDER OF SUCH ADDITIONAL VENDOR'S MARKETING ALLOWANCE
5 FOR SUCH OPERATOR CALCULATED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION, NOT TO EXCEED
6 TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY, SHALL BE PAID BY SUCH OPERATOR TO
7 THE YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION IN QUARTERLY
8 PAYMENTS COMMENCING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN TO SUPPORT AND
9 MAINTAIN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THE SETTLEMENT
10 AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWO IN UNITED STATES
11 OF AMERICA V. YONKERS BOARD OF EDUCATION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
12 PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH AMOUNT
13 PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY ANNUAL
14 MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT IMPOSED ON THE STATE OR CITY OF YONK-
15 ERS. In establishing the vendor fee, the division shall ensure the
16 maximum lottery support for education while also ensuring the effective
17 implementation of section sixteen hundred seventeen-a of this article
18 through the provision of reasonable reimbursements and compensation to
19 vendor tracks for participation in such program. Within twenty days
20 after any award of lottery prizes, the division shall pay into the state
21 treasury, to the credit of the state lottery fund, the balance of all
22 moneys received from the sale of all tickets for the lottery in which
23 such prizes were awarded remaining after provision for the payment of
24 prizes as herein provided. Any revenues derived from the sale of adver-
25 tising on lottery tickets shall be deposited in the state lottery fund.
26 S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.