Provides for the sharing of thirty percent of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Oneida; provides for the sharing of twenty-five percent of revenue from gaming devices located within the county of Madison.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5901
SPONSOR: Woerner TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of
revenue from gaming devices located within the counties of Oneida and
Madison
PURPOSE OF BILL:
This bill amends the proper sections of the executive law, the Indian
law, and the state finance law to provide an increase in sharing of
revenue from gaming devices located within Oneida and Madison Counties
from 25% to 30%.
JUSTIFICATION:
It is typical and imperative to ensure host counties of gaming devices
to receive an increased share of the revenue in order to provide for the
increased use of infrastructure and services that are provided by the
county.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-2024 referred to Racing and Wagering
2021-2022 A1752A amended and referred to Racing and Wagering
2019-2020 A8423 referred to Racing and Wagering
2017-2018 A5044 new bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
This bill would provide increased revenue to assist the residents of
Oneida and Madison Counties to provide for infrastructure and community
services such as emergency services and security. Cost to the state to
be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect June 1, 2025, and shall be deemed in full
force and effect on the date the state receives payment from gaming
devices located in Oneida County and Madison County
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5901
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of
revenue from gaming devices located within the counties of Oneida and
Madison
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law, as
2 amended by section 8 of chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 3. Moneys of the account, following the segregation of appropriations
5 enacted by the legislature, shall be available for purposes including
6 but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to municipal govern-
7 ments that host tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for
8 costs incurred in connection with services provided to such casinos or
9 arising as a result thereof, for economic development opportunities and
10 job expansion programs authorized by the executive law; provided, howev-
11 er, that for any gaming facility located in the county of Erie or
12 Niagara, the municipal governments hosting the facility shall collec-
13 tively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated
14 percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state
15 receives pursuant to the compact and provided further that for any
16 gaming facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau-
17 tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state hosting the
18 facility shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of
19 the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices
20 the state receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that
21 pursuant to chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand
22 four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the
23 state pursuant to the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe
24 shall be made available to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 and affected towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected
2 towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made available by the
3 state; and provided further that the state shall annually make [twenty-
4 five] thirty percent of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from
5 all gaming devices the state actually receives pursuant to the Oneida
6 Settlement Agreement confirmed by section eleven of the executive law
7 available to the county of Oneida, thirty percent of the negotiated
8 percentage of the net drop from all gaming devices located within the
9 county of Oneida for which the state actually receives payment, twenty-
10 five percent of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from all
11 gaming devices located within the county of Madison for which the state
12 actually receives payment and a sum of three and one-half million
13 dollars to the county of Madison. Additionally, the state shall distrib-
14 ute, for a period of nineteen and one-quarter years, an additional annu-
15 al sum of two and one-half million dollars to the county of Oneida.
16 Additionally, the state shall distribute the one-time eleven million
17 dollar payment actually received by the state pursuant to the Oneida
18 Settlement Agreement to the county of Madison by wire transfer upon
19 receipt of such payment by the state; and (b) support and services of
20 treatment programs for persons suffering from gambling addictions.
21 Moneys not segregated for such purposes shall be transferred to the
22 general fund for the support of government during the fiscal year in
23 which they are received.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2025 and shall be deemed in
25 full force and effect on the date the state actually receives payment
26 from gaming devices located in Oneida county and Madison county.
