Assembly Bill A930

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the distribution of the additional vendor's marketing allowance by any operator of a racetrack located in the county of Westchester

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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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2015-A930 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6917
2011-2012: A3651
2013-2014: A3974
2017-2018: A1820
2019-2020: A4462
2021-2022: A3390
2023-2024: A3427

2015-A930 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the additional vendor's marketing allowance retained by any operator of a racetrack located in the county of Westchester shall not exceed 8 percent of the total revenue wagered at the vendor track after payout for prizes and the remainder of such additional vendor's marketing allowance, not to exceed 25 million dollars, shall be paid to the Yonkers city school district board of education in quarterly payments for the support and maintenance of certain educational programs.

2015-A930 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   930

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Racing and Wagering

AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation  to  the  distribution  of  the
  additional vendor's marketing allowance by any operator of a racetrack
  located in the county of Westchester

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

  Section 1.   Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph 1  of  subdivision  b  of
section  1612  of the tax law, as separately amended by chapters 174 and
175 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii) less an additional vendor's marketing allowance at a rate of ten
percent for the first one hundred million  dollars  annually  and  eight
percent  thereafter  of  the  total  revenue wagered at the vendor track
after payout for prizes to be used by the vendor track for the marketing
and promotion and associated costs of its  video  lottery  gaming  oper-
ations  and  pari-mutuel  horse  racing  operations, as long as any such
costs associated with pari-mutuel horse racing operations simultaneously
encourage increased attendance at such  vendor's  video  lottery  gaming
facilities, consistent with the customary manner of marketing comparable
operations in the industry and subject to the overall supervision of the
division;  provided,  however,  that  the  additional vendor's marketing
allowance shall not exceed eight percent in any year for any operator of
a racetrack located in the county of Westchester  or  Queens;  provided,
however,  a  vendor  track that receives a vendor fee pursuant to clause
(G) of subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph shall not receive  the  addi-
tional  vendor's  marketing  allowance;  provided, however, except for a
vendor track located west of State Route 14  from  Sodus  Point  to  the
Pennsylvania  border within New York shall continue to receive a market-
ing allowance of ten percent on total  revenue  wagered  at  the  vendor
track  after  payout for prizes in excess of one hundred million dollars
annually provided, however, a vendor that receives a vendor fee pursuant

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05562-01-5
              

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