What's happening
This bill restricts New York State lottery funds to only be used for education-related purposes and special education aid.
Why it matters
Ensures lottery funds are dedicated exclusively to public education and special education programs. , potentially increasing financial stability and predictability for schools and students with disabilities.
Removes previous exceptions that allowed lottery revenues to be diverted to other uses. , such as specific trust funds or non-educational programs, making it harder for future legislatures to reallocate these funds away from schools.
May improve transparency and public trust. by clearly aligning the use of lottery proceeds with the original public expectation that these revenues should support education, rather than being used for unrelated state expenses.
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Lottery Money Only For Schools
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History
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1841
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
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Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes
Stricken · Sponsor Luis R. Sepúlveda
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STATE OF NEW YORK
511
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting the use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 92-c of the state finance law, as amended by chapter 913 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
3. The moneys in such fund shall be appropriated or transferred only for providing aid to elementary and secondary education and for the purpose of providing aid to pupils with special educational needs as defined in paragraph e of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law, and pupils with handicapping conditions receiving state financial support for programs delineated in paragraph f of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two, article eightythree, article eighty-five, article eighty-seven, article eighty-eight, article eighty-nine, and article forty of the education law, and the purpose of providing aid to all school children pursuant to the provisions of subdivision four of this section; and shall not be co-mingled with funds designated for any other purpose, except (i) for repayment of first instance expenditures incurred in the operation of the state lottery, and (ii) [for the state fiscal year commencing April first, nineteen hundred seventy-six only for the purpose of providing aid to pupils with special educational needs as defined in paragraph e of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law, and pupils with handicapping conditions receiving state financial support for programs delineated in paragraph f of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two, article eighty-three, article eightyfive, article eighty-seven, article eighty-eight, article eighty-nine,
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article forty and subdivision seventeen of section thirty-six hundred two of the education law, and for any state fiscal year commencing after such nineteen hundred seventy-six fiscal year for the purpose of providing aid to all school children pursuant to the provisions of subdivision four of this section, (iii) for elementary and secondary education, (iv)] for expenditures for machines or other capital equipment which the division of the lottery is authorized to purchase for the operation of the lottery[ and (v) for payment in the state fiscal years commencing April first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, nineteen hundred seventyeight and nineteen hundred seventy-nine into the winter sports education trust fund, as created in section four hundred ninety-five-a of article ten-C of the education law, for the purposes of such fund in accordance with the provisions of subdivision five of this section. Payments into such trust fund shall discontinue at such time as the sum of one hundred million dollars, in the aggregate, has been paid into such fund or upon March thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty, whichever event occurs first]. Nothing herein shall prohibit the purchase of machines or other capital equipment from funds appropriated for expenditures under paragraph (i) [hereof] of this subdivision.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to revenues collected as a result of the New York state lottery for education occurring on or after such date.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the state finance law, in relation to prohibiting the use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education
Purpose or general idea of bill
Prohibits use of lottery funds for any purpose other than education and prohibits co-mingling with funds for other purposes.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1: Amends section 92-c (3) of the State Finance Law. Requires that the moneys in the state lottery fund shall be appropriated or transferred only for providing aid to elementary and secondary education and for providing aid to pupils with special education needs and to pupils with handicapping conditions, and for the purpose of providing aid to all school children. Provides that such funds shall not be co-mingled with funds designated for any other purpose except under certain conditions.
Section 2: Effective Date
Existing law
None.
Justification
This legislation would require that lottery money is used fot education, as it was meant to be. The public wants the assurance that lottery money that is designated for education is not going to be siphoned off for other things.
Prior legislative history
2014: S.383 - Passed Senate/A.2147 - Enacting Clause Stricken/A.8868 Referred to Ways and Means 2013: S.363 - Passed Senate/A.2147 - Referred to Ways and Means 2012: S.285-A - Passed Senate/A.9359 - Referred to Ways and Means 2011: S.285A - Passed Senate 2009-10: S.3148 - Referred to Racing, Gaming and Wagenng/A.4705 - Held for consideration in Ways and Means
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to revenues collected as a result of the New York State lottery for education occurring on or after such date.
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