Assembly Bill A5276

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "local empowerment through gaming opportunities act of 2013"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A5276 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 12-A §§210 - 216, Gen Bus L

2013-A5276 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "local empowerment through gaming opportunities act of 2013".

2013-A5276 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  5276

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Racing and Wagering

AN  ACT  to  amend the general business law, in relation to enacting the
  "local empowerment through gaming opportunities act of 2013"

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  finds  and hereby
declares that responsible commercial casino gambling  in  New  York  can
greatly enhance commerce within the state, and stimulate various sectors
of  its  economy,  most notably the construction, hospitality, hotel and
tourist segments of the existing state economy.  It is an industry  that
can  maintain  existing  and generate new and substantial employment for
good paying, quality work. To  ensure  adequate  wages  on  construction
projects building or renovating the casino facilities authorized in this
act,  the  legislature  would require payment of prevailing wages, under
section 220 of the labor law, on all such projects unless such  projects
are covered by a comprehensive project labor agreement. It further finds
that the location of a new, large scale commercial casino operation in a
supportive  host  community  can be beneficial to that host community as
well as to its surrounding localities and the state, provided  that  the
host community is empowered to affirmatively choose to host a commercial
casino,  and provided that appropriate measures are taken to ensure that
casino gambling revenues are reinvested into the local  community.  This
act  will  assist  the public and private sectors of New York's existing
economy to obtain the necessary information from potential casino opera-
tors requisite for decision makers to select  those  who  have  business
plans which can be best assimilated with the least adverse impact on the
status  quo and are most likely to grow the economies of the host, local
and state governments.
  It is expected that the state, through  its  licensure  process,  will
secure commitments from, and set goals and metrics for potential commer-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08943-02-3
              

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