STATE OF NEW YORK
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5459--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY, McDONOUGH, THIELE, PALUMBO, GARBARINO --
read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to video lottery gaming devices
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subdivision a of section 1617-a of the tax
2 law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 (4) at a maximum of two facilities, neither to exceed one thousand
5 video lottery gaming devices, established within region three of zone
6 one as defined by section one thousand three hundred ten of the racing,
7 pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, one each operated by a corpo-
8 ration established pursuant to section five hundred two of the racing,
9 pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law in the Suffolk region and the
10 Nassau region to be located within a facility authorized pursuant to
11 sections one thousand eight or one thousand nine of the racing, pari-mu-
12 tuel wagering and breeding law. The facilities authorized pursuant to
13 this paragraph shall be deemed vendors for all purposes under this arti-
14 cle. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for any
15 facility which shall be located in the Suffolk region, the state gaming
16 commission must consult with the host community and consider market
17 factors such as potential revenue impact, job development and capital
18 investment. Consultation with host communities shall include, but not be
19 limited to, local governments, chambers of commerce, civic organiza-
20 tions, special and fire districts and law enforcement agencies.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08870-03-5
