 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6801
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 18, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  BONACIC, GRIFFO, AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the tax law,  in  relation  to  vendor  fees  for  video
          lottery  gaming;  and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon
          expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section
     2  1612  of  the tax law, as amended by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (i) less ten percent of the total revenue  wagered  after  payout  for
     5  prizes to be retained by the division for operation, administration, and
     6  procurement  purposes,  provided  however,  that  a vendor track located
     7  within Oneida county, within fifteen miles of a  Native  American  class
     8  III  gaming  facility,  and maintaining at least ninety percent of full-
     9  time equivalent employees as they employed  in  the  year  two  thousand
    10  sixteen,  as  determined by the gaming commission shall be able to with-
    11  hold up to seventy-five percent of such funds for operational expenses;
    12    § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 1612
    13  of the tax law is amended by adding a new clause (J) to read as follows:
    14    (J) Notwithstanding clause (H) of this subparagraph,  a  vendor  track
    15  located  within Oneida county, within fifteen miles of a Native American
    16  class III gaming facility, and maintaining at least  ninety  percent  of
    17  full-time equivalent employees as they employed in the year two thousand
    18  sixteen, as determined by the gaming commission, shall be eligible for a
    19  vendor's  capital  award  of  up  to  four  percent of the total revenue
    20  wagered at the vendor track after payout for  prizes  pursuant  to  this
    21  chapter  each  year, which may be used for operations or capital invest-
    22  ments, in such vendor track operator's discretion.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    24  deemed repealed two years after such date.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13274-01-7
Relates to vendor fees for video lottery gaming

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