STATE OF NEW YORK
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6835
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 12, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to the definition and licensing fees for dealer-controlled
electronic table games
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 41 of section 1301 of the racing, pari-mutuel
2 wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013,
3 is amended and a new subdivision 43 is added to read as follows:
4 41. "Table game". A game, including dealer-controlled electronic table
5 games, other than a slot machine, which is authorized by the commission
6 to be played in a gaming facility.
7 43. "Dealer-controlled electronic table game". A table game operated
8 by a live dealer in which the outcome is determined by the actions of
9 the dealer, that uses electronics as part of the game's operation in
10 connection with the collection and payoff of wagers, but not to deter-
11 mine the game outcome.
12 § 2. Section 1348 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding
13 law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
14 follows:
15 § 1348. Machine and table fees. In addition to any other tax or fee
16 imposed by this article, there shall be imposed an annual license fee of
17 five hundred dollars for each slot machine and table approved by the
18 commission for use by a gaming licensee at a gaming facility; provided,
19 however, that not sooner than five years after award of an original
20 gaming license, the commission may annually adjust the fee for
21 inflation. The fee shall be imposed as of July first of each year for
22 all approved slot machines and [tables] table games, including dealer-
23 controlled electronic table games, on that date and shall be assessed on
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 a pro rata basis for any slot machine or table, including dealer-cont-
2 rolled electronic table games, approved for use thereafter.
3 Such assessed fees shall be deposited into the commercial gaming
4 revenue fund established pursuant to section one thousand three hundred
5 fifty-two of this article.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
