Authorizes the Hamburg Central School District to utilize certain payments related to video lottery gaming facilities to provide increased support to public schools; authorizes such school district in which a video lottery gaming facility is located to receive payments to increase support for public schools.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3276
SPONSOR: Rivera TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to authorizing the
Hamburg Central School District to utilize certain payments related to
video lottery gaming facilities to provide increased support to public
schools
PURPOSE OF BILL:
This bill authorizes the Hamburg Central School District to utilize
certain payments related to video lottery gaming facilities to provide
increased support to public schools.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1, Paragraph B Subdivision 1, Paragraph B states that beginning
April first, two thousand twenty-three, "eligible municipality" shall
also the Hamburg Central School, District in the town of Hamburg, County
of Erie.
Subdivision 3, Paragraph B
State aid payments made to an eligible municipality pursuant to para-
graph b of subdivision two of this section shall be used by such eligi-
ble municipality to: (i) defray local costs associated with a video
lottery gaming facility, or (ii) minimize or reduce real property taxes,
or (iii) for an eligible municipality that is a school district,
increase support for public schools in such district.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Hamburg Fairgrounds Gaming & Raceway (HFGR) and the Hamburg Central
School District are both located in the Town of Hamburg, yet the school
district does not receive revenue through property tax, PILOT, or any
currently executed revenue sharing agreement, unlike a majority of other
school districts statewide. While other schools throughout New York
State have been able to benefit from video lottery gaming funds, Hamburg
Central School District is missing out on revenue that could be used to
amplify educational and support services for their students.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3276
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 2, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Education
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to authorizing the
Hamburg Central School District to utilize certain payments related to
video lottery gaming facilities to provide increased support to public
schools
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 and paragraph b of subdivision
2 3 of section 54-l of the state finance law, as added by section 1 of
3 part J of chapter 57 of the laws of 2011, are amended to read as
4 follows:
5 b. "Eligible municipality" shall mean a county, city, town or village
6 in which a video lottery gaming facility is located pursuant to section
7 sixteen hundred seventeen-a of the tax law that is not located in a city
8 with a population equal to or greater than one hundred twenty-five thou-
9 sand. Beginning April first, two thousand twenty-three, "eligible muni-
10 cipality" shall also include the Hamburg Central School District in the
11 town of Hamburg, county of Erie.
12 b. State aid payments made to an eligible municipality pursuant to
13 paragraph b of subdivision two of this section shall be used by such
14 eligible municipality to: (i) defray local costs associated with a video
15 lottery gaming facility, or (ii) minimize or reduce real property taxes,
16 or (iii) for an eligible municipality that is a school district,
17 increase support for public schools in such district.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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