STATE OF NEW YORK
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8575
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 13, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CERETTO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to Tribal-state
compact revenue accounts
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 1 of part W of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, is
3 amended to 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 city of Buffalo, the
12 city of Buffalo shall receive a minimum of [twenty-five] fifty percent
13 of the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming
14 devices the state receives pursuant to the compact, and provided further
15 that for any gaming facility located in the city of Niagara Falls, coun-
16 ty of Niagara a minimum of [twenty-five] fifty percent of the negotiated
17 percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state
18 receives pursuant to the compact shall be distributed in accordance with
19 subdivision four of this section, and provided further that for any
20 gaming facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau-
21 tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state hosting the
22 facility shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of
23 the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices
24 the state receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that
25 pursuant to chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the
2 state pursuant to the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe
3 shall be made available to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence,
4 and affected towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected
5 towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made available by the
6 state; and (b) support and services of treatment programs for persons
7 suffering from gambling addictions. Moneys not segregated for such
8 purposes shall be transferred to the general fund for the support of
9 government during the fiscal year in which they are received.
10 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law, as
11 amended by section 1 of part QQ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2009, is
12 amended to read as follows:
13 3. Moneys of the account, following appropriation by the legislature,
14 shall be available for purposes including but not limited to: (a)
15 reimbursements or payments to municipal governments that host tribal
16 casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for costs incurred in
17 connection with services provided to such casinos or arising as a result
18 thereof, for economic development opportunities and job expansion
19 programs authorized by the executive law; provided, however, that for
20 any gaming facility located in the city of Buffalo, the city of Buffalo
21 shall receive a minimum of [twenty-five] fifty percent of the negotiated
22 percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state
23 receives pursuant to the compact, and provided further that for any
24 gaming facility located in the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara
25 a minimum of [twenty-five] fifty percent of the negotiated percentage of
26 the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives pursuant
27 to the compact shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision four
28 of this section, and provided further that for any gaming facility
29 located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua or Allega-
30 ny, the municipal governments of the state hosting the facility shall
31 collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated
32 percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state
33 receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that pursuant to
34 chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand four, a minimum
35 of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the state pursuant to
36 the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe shall be made avail-
37 able to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, and affected towns in
38 such counties. Each such county and its affected towns shall receive
39 fifty percent of the moneys made available by the state; and (b) support
40 and services of treatment programs for persons suffering from gambling
41 addictions. Moneys not appropriated for such purposes shall be trans-
42 ferred to the general fund for the support of government during the
43 fiscal year in which they are received.
44 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
45 the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law
46 made by section one of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
47 subdivision, as provided in section 3 of part W of chapter 60 of the
48 laws of 2011 and shall be deemed to expire therewith; when upon such
49 date section two of this act shall take effect; provided, further, that
50 the amendments to subdivision 3 of section 99-h of the state finance law
51 made by section two of this act shall not affect the expiration of such
52 section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
