S3682-2013 Actions

• Feb 11, 2013: REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

S3682-2013 Meetings

S3682-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    3682

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              February 11, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
    ing

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax law, in relation to authorizing advertising
    during quick draw

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


    Section  1. Section 1604 of the tax law is amended by adding three new
  subdivisions d, e and f to read as follows:

    D. THE DIVISION MAY CONTRACT WITH ONE OR MORE  PERSONS  TO  ALLOW  THE
  PLACEMENT  OF  ADVERTISING  OR  PROMOTIONAL  MATERIAL ON AVAILABLE MEDIA
  RELATED TO ANY ONLINE LOTTERY GAME OR TO SPONSOR INDIVIDUAL DRAWS IN ANY
  ONLINE LOTTERY GAME. IF THE DIVISION ENTERS INTO A CONTRACT  UNDER  THIS
  SUBDIVISION,  THE DIVISION SHALL ALLOW AT LEAST ONE MINUTE BETWEEN DRAWS
  OF ONLINE LOTTERY GAMES DURING WHICH ONE OR MORE ADVERTISEMENTS  MAY  BE
  EXHIBITED.
    E.  A  CONTRACT ENTERED INTO UNDER SUBDIVISION D OF THIS SECTION SHALL
  PROVIDE THAT  ANY  ADVERTISEMENTS  EXHIBITED  BETWEEN  DRAWS  OF  ONLINE
  LOTTERY GAMES SHALL COMPLY WITH CONTENT REGULATIONS FOR TELEVISED BROAD-
  CAST  ADOPTED  BY THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, WITH THE EXCEP-
  TION THAT THE ADVERTISING  UNDER  SUBDIVISION  D  OF  THIS  SECTION  MAY
  INCLUDE ADVERTISEMENTS FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITH RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED
  ONLY BY THE DIVISION.
    F. THE DIVISION SHALL SOLICIT BIDS FROM RESPONSIBLE PERSONS FOR ADVER-
  TISING OR PROMOTIONAL CONTRACTS UNDER SUBDIVISION D OF THIS SECTION. THE
  DIVISION  SHALL SELECT FROM AMONG THE BIDS RECEIVED SO AS TO PRODUCE THE
  MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF NET REVENUE FOR THE STATE CONSISTENT WITH THE  GENERAL
  WELFARE  OF THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE. IN DECIDING WHETHER TO ENTER INTO
  A CONTRACT UNDER SUBDIVISION D  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  DIVISION  SHALL
  CONSIDER  WHETHER  THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT ARE COMPARABLE TO THE TERMS
  OF SIMILAR ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONAL CONTRACTS RELATING TO  LOTTERY  OR
  OTHER GAMING IN OTHER STATES.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD08675-01-3