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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2270--A
                                                                 Cal. No. 96
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, CLARK, CRESPO, ORTIZ, PEOPLES-STOKES
          -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  BARRETT,  BENEDETTO,  COOK,  ENGLE-
          BRIGHT, GALEF, JAFFEE, KEARNS, MARKEY, NOLAN, SWEENEY -- read once and

          referred  to  the  Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse -- passed by
          Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the  Senate,  vote
          reconsidered,  bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on
          the order of third reading
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation  to  powers  of  the
          commissioner of the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision (h) of section 19.09 of the mental hygiene law,
     2  as added by section 6 of part I of chapter 58 of the laws  of  2005,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (h)  The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring

     5  the [state] division of horse racing and  pari-mutuel  wagering  [board]
     6  and  the  [state lottery] division of lottery to provide for the posting
     7  of signs in facilities [licensed] regulated by the [state]  division  of
     8  horse  racing  and  pari-mutuel  wagering  [board to conduct pari-mutuel
     9  wagering] and facilities [licensed] regulated  by  the  [state  lottery]
    10  division of lottery advising where to get help in dealing with a compul-
    11  sion  to  gamble.  In  addition, the information contained on such signs
    12  shall be posted on the internet  at  appropriate  internet  sites.  Such
    13  signs  and  information posted on the internet shall include, but not be

    14  limited to, notice of the availability of  one  or  more  organizations,
    15  approved  by  the commissioner, which offer assistance in the prevention
    16  and treatment of compulsive gambling. Such signs, not  less  than  eight
    17  and one-half inches by eleven inches, shall be [conspicuously] posted in
    18  a  prominent  manner and within reasonable distance of each entrance and
    19  exit by the facility which is conducting the gambling.  Such signs shall
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06202-03-3
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     1  be available at the [state] division of  horse  racing  and  pari-mutuel
     2  wagering  [board],  the  [state  lottery]  division  of lottery, and the
     3  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services and shall be  distrib-
     4  uted by the appropriate licensing agency.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     6  it shall have become a law.