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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5670--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 26, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommitted  to
          the  Committee  on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the state finance law, in relation to the sharing of
          revenue from gaming devices located within the county of 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 7 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  city  of  Buffalo,  the
    12  city  of  Buffalo  shall receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the
    13  negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices the
    14  state receives pursuant to the compact, and provided  further  that  for
    15  any  gaming  facility  located  in  the city of Niagara Falls, county of
    16  Niagara a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated percentage of
    17  the net drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives  pursuant
    18  to  the compact shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision four
    19  of this section, and provided  further  that  for  any  gaming  facility
    20  located  in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chautauqua or Allega-
    21  ny, the municipal governments of the state hosting  the  facility  shall
    22  collectively  receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  percentage of the net drop from  electronic  gaming  devices  the  state
     2  receives  pursuant to the compact; and provided further that pursuant to
     3  chapter five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand four, a  minimum
     4  of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the state pursuant to
     5  the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe shall be made avail-
     6  able to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, and affected towns in
     7  such  counties.  Each  such  county and its affected towns shall receive
     8  fifty percent of the moneys made available by the  state;  and  provided
     9  further  that  the  state shall annually make twenty-five percent of the
    10  negotiated percentage of the net drop from all gaming devices the  state
    11  actually  receives pursuant to the Oneida Settlement Agreement confirmed
    12  by section eleven of the executive law as available  to  the  county  of
    13  Oneida, twenty-five percent of the negotiated percentage of the net drop
    14  from  all  gaming devices located within the county of Madison for which
    15  the state actually receives payment and a  sum  of  three  and  one-half
    16  million  dollars to the county of Madison. Additionally, the state shall
    17  distribute for a period of nineteen and one-quarter years, an additional
    18  annual sum of two and one-half million dollars to the county of  Oneida.
    19  Additionally,  the  state  shall  distribute the one-time eleven million
    20  dollar payment received by the state pursuant to such agreement with the
    21  Oneida Nation of New York to the county of Madison by wire transfer upon
    22  receipt of such payment by the state; and (b) support  and  services  of
    23  treatment  programs  for  persons  suffering  from  gambling addictions.
    24  Moneys not segregated for such purposes  shall  be  transferred  to  the
    25  general  fund  for  the  support of government during the fiscal year in
    26  which they are received.
    27    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section  99-h  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
    28  amended by section 7-a of chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
    29  read as follows:
    30    3.  Moneys of the account, following appropriation by the legislature,
    31  shall be available for  purposes  including  but  not  limited  to:  (a)
    32  reimbursements  or  payments  to  municipal governments that host tribal
    33  casinos pursuant  to  a  tribal-state  compact  for  costs  incurred  in
    34  connection with services provided to such casinos or arising as a result
    35  thereof,  for  economic  development  opportunities  and  job  expansion
    36  programs authorized by the executive law; provided,  however,  that  for
    37  any  gaming facility located in the city of Buffalo, the city of Buffalo
    38  shall receive  a  minimum  of  twenty-five  percent  of  the  negotiated
    39  percentage  of  the  net  drop  from electronic gaming devices the state
    40  receives pursuant to the compact, and  provided  further  that  for  any
    41  gaming  facility located in the city of Niagara Falls, county of Niagara
    42  a minimum of twenty-five percent of the negotiated percentage of the net
    43  drop from electronic gaming devices the state receives pursuant  to  the
    44  compact shall be distributed in accordance with subdivision four of this
    45  section,  and  provided  further that for any gaming facility located in
    46  the county or counties  of  Cattaraugus,  Chautauqua  or  Allegany,  the
    47  municipal  governments  of  the state hosting the facility shall collec-
    48  tively receive a  minimum  of  twenty-five  percent  of  the  negotiated
    49  percentage  of  the  net  drop  from electronic gaming devices the state
    50  receives pursuant to the compact; and provided further that pursuant  to
    51  chapter  five hundred ninety of the laws of two thousand four, a minimum
    52  of twenty-five percent of the revenues received by the state pursuant to
    53  the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe shall be made avail-
    54  able to the counties of Franklin and St. Lawrence, and affected towns in
    55  such counties. Each such county and its  affected  towns  shall  receive
    56  fifty  percent  of  the moneys made available by the state; and provided
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     1  further that the state shall annually make twenty-five  percent  of  the
     2  negotiated  percentage of the net drop from all gaming devices the state
     3  actually  receives  pursuant  to  the  Oneida  Settlement  Agreement  as
     4  confirmed  by  section  eleven  of the executive law as available to the
     5  county of Oneida, twenty-five percent of the  negotiated  percentage  of
     6  the  net drop from all gaming devices located within the county of Madi-
     7  son for which the state actually receives payment and a sum of three and
     8  one-half million dollars to the county  of  Madison.  Additionally,  the
     9  state  shall  distribute for a period of nineteen and one-quarter years,
    10  an additional annual sum of two and  one-half  million  dollars  to  the
    11  county  of Oneida. Additionally, the state shall distribute the one-time
    12  eleven million dollar payment received by the  state  pursuant  to  such
    13  agreement with the Oneida Nation of New York to the county of Madison by
    14  wire transfer upon receipt of such payment by the state; and (b) support
    15  and  services  of treatment programs for persons suffering from gambling
    16  addictions. Moneys not appropriated for such purposes  shall  be  trans-
    17  ferred  to  the  general  fund  for the support of government during the
    18  fiscal year in which they are received.
    19    § 3. Subdivision 3 of section  99-h  of  the  state  finance  law,  as
    20  amended  by  section 8 of chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
    21  read as follows:
    22    3. Moneys of the account, following the segregation of  appropriations
    23  enacted  by  the  legislature, shall be available for purposes including
    24  but not limited to: (a) reimbursements or payments to municipal  govern-
    25  ments  that  host  tribal casinos pursuant to a tribal-state compact for
    26  costs incurred in connection with services provided to such  casinos  or
    27  arising  as a result thereof, for economic development opportunities and
    28  job expansion programs authorized by the executive law; provided, howev-
    29  er, that for any gaming facility  located  in  the  county  of  Erie  or
    30  Niagara,  the  municipal  governments hosting the facility shall collec-
    31  tively 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  for  any
    34  gaming  facility located in the county or counties of Cattaraugus, Chau-
    35  tauqua or Allegany, the municipal governments of the state  hosting  the
    36  facility  shall collectively receive a minimum of twenty-five percent of
    37  the negotiated percentage of the net drop from electronic gaming devices
    38  the state receives pursuant to the compact; and  provided  further  that
    39  pursuant  to  chapter  five  hundred  ninety of the laws of two thousand
    40  four, a minimum of twenty-five percent of the revenues received  by  the
    41  state  pursuant  to  the state's compact with the St. Regis Mohawk tribe
    42  shall be made available to the counties of Franklin  and  St.  Lawrence,
    43  and  affected  towns in such counties. Each such county and its affected
    44  towns shall receive fifty percent of the moneys made  available  by  the
    45  state;  and  provided further that the state shall annually make twenty-
    46  five percent of the negotiated percentage  of  the  net  drop  from  all
    47  gaming  devices  the  state  actually  receives  pursuant  to the Oneida
    48  Settlement Agreement confirmed by section eleven of  the  executive  law
    49  available to the county of Oneida, twenty-five percent of the negotiated
    50  percentage  of  the  net drop from all gaming devices located within the
    51  county of Madison for which the state actually receives  payment  and  a
    52  sum  of  three  and  one-half  million dollars to the county of Madison.
    53  Additionally, the state shall distribute, for a period of  nineteen  and
    54  one-quarter  years, an additional annual sum of two and one-half million
    55  dollars to the county of Oneida. Additionally, the state shall  distrib-
    56  ute  the one-time eleven million dollar payment actually received by the
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     1  state pursuant to the Oneida Settlement Agreement to the county of Madi-
     2  son by wire transfer upon receipt of such payment by the state; and  (b)
     3  support  and  services  of treatment programs for persons suffering from
     4  gambling  addictions.   Moneys not segregated for such purposes shall be
     5  transferred to the general fund for the support of government during the
     6  fiscal year in which they are received.
     7    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  in
     8  full  force  and  effect on the date the state actually receives payment
     9  from gaming devices located in Madison county, provided that:
    10    1.   the amendments to subdivision 3 of  section  99-h  of  the  state
    11  finance  law  made  by  section  one of this act shall be subject to the
    12  expiration and reversion of such subdivision as provided in section 3 of
    13  part W of chapter 60 of the laws of 2011, as amended when upon such date
    14  the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect; and
    15    2. the amendments to subdivision  3  of  section  99-h  of  the  state
    16  finance  law  made  by  section  two of this act shall be subject to the
    17  expiration and reversion of such section as provided  in  section  2  of
    18  chapter  747  of  the  laws  of 2006, as amended when upon such date the
    19  provisions of section three of this act shall take effect.