Senate Bill S2748

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee


  • 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-S2748 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §108, RWB L; amd §1617-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7043
2013-2014: S3417
2017-2018: S4229
2019-2020: S1979
2021-2022: S1446
2023-2024: S1557

2015-S2748 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling.

2015-S2748 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2748 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2748

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. ADDABBO, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Racing,  Gaming
  and Wagering

AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and
  the tax law, in relation to prohibiting individuals under the  age  of
  twenty-one from gambling

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 108  of  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 60
of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  No corporation, association or person that holds a license, regis-
tration, franchise, certificate or permit issued by the commission shall
permit any person who is actually or apparently under  [eighteen]  TWEN-
TY-ONE years of age to bet on gaming activity, as defined in subdivision
five of section one hundred one of this article.
  S  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 1617-a of the
tax law, as amended by section 2 of part O-1 of chapter 57 of  the  laws
of 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  The  division of the lottery is hereby authorized to license, pursuant
to rules and regulations to  be  promulgated  by  the  division  of  the
lottery,  the operation of video lottery gaming at Aqueduct, Monticello,
Yonkers, Finger Lakes, and Vernon Downs  racetracks,  or  at  any  other
racetrack  licensed pursuant to article three of the racing, pari-mutuel
wagering and breeding law that are located in a county  or  counties  in
which  video  lottery  gaming has been authorized pursuant to local law,
excluding the licensed racetrack commonly referred to in  article  three
of  the  racing,  pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law as the "New York
state exposition" held in Onondaga county  and  the  racetracks  of  the
non-profit  racing  association  known as Belmont Park racetrack and the
Saratoga thoroughbred racetrack.    Such  rules  and  regulations  shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06371-01-5
              

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