NY State Assembly Bill 2015-A362

Assembly Bill A362

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Returns the funding levels for municipalities in which video lottery gaming facilities are located to the state fiscal year 2008-2009 levels

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2015-A362 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3526
Current Committee:: Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:: State Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §54-l, St Fin L; amd §1, Chap 53 of 2013
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: A10633, S7479
2013-2014: A347, S2120
2017-2018: A3388
2019-2020: A6099

2015-A362 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Returns the funding levels for municipalities in which video lottery gaming facilities are located to the state fiscal year 2008-2009 levels.

2015-A362 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   362

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Ways and Means

AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to returning the  aid
  to  localities  payments  for  eligible  municipalities in which video
  lottery gaming facilities are located to the  2008-2009  state  fiscal
  year levels; and to amend chapter 53 of the laws of 2013, enacting the
  Aid  to  Localities budget, in relation to payments of aid to eligible
  municipalities in which video lottery gaming facilities are located

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 54-l of the state
finance law, as added by section 1 of part X of chapter 55 of  the  laws
of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  b.  Within  the amounts appropriated therefor, eligible municipalities
shall receive an amount equal to [seventy  percent  of]  the  state  aid
payment  received  in  the state fiscal year commencing April first, two
thousand eight from an appropriation  for  aid  to  municipalities  with
video lottery gaming facilities.
  S  2.  That part, entitled "Miscellaneous -- All state departments and
agencies -- Local Government Assistance", of section 1 of chapter 53  of
the  laws  of  2013  entitled  "Aid to Localities budget", is amended by
adding thereto the items hereinbelow set forth in italics and is amended
by deleting therefrom the items hereinbelow set  forth  in  brackets  as
follows:



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00016-01-5

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           MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES

                       LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE

                        AID TO LOCALITIES 2013-14

For payment according to the following schedule:

                                        APPROPRIATIONS  REAPPROPRIATIONS

  General Fund .......................   [826,336,217]        87,073,000
                                          832,591,954
  Fiduciary Funds ....................     30,000,000                  0
                                      ----------------  ----------------
    All Funds ........................   [856,336,217]        87,073,000
                                          862,591,954
                                      ================  ================

AID TO MUNICIPALITIES WITH VIDEO LOTTERY GAMING FACILITIES
  ........................................... [27,245,917]    33,501,654
                                            --------------

  General Fund
  Local Assistance Account

For payment of aid to the city of Yonkers as
  an  eligible city in which a video lottery
  gaming facility  is  located  pursuant  to
  section 54-l of the state finance law. The
  amount appropriated herein shall be avail-
  able  for  payment to the city pursuant to
  section 54-l of the state finance  law  no
  earlier  than  April  1, 2014 and no later
  than June 30, 2014 on audit and warrant of
  the state comptroller notwithstanding  any
  provision of law to the contrary including
  any  contrary  provision  of section 40 or
  section 54-l of the state finance law.
Such  payment  shall   constitute   complete
  liquidation  of  the state's obligation to
  the city under section 54-l of  the  state
  finance  law  for  the  state  fiscal year
  commencing on April 1, 2014 ... 19,600,000
For  payment  of  aid  to  eligible  munici-
  palities  in  which a video lottery gaming
  facility is located  pursuant  to  section
  54-l  of  the  state finance law. Notwith-
  standing  any  provision  of  law  to  the
  contrary,    such   municipalities   shall
  receive aid  in  an  amount  equal  to  55
  percent  of  the  aid  which  such munici-
  palities received  [in  the  state  fiscal
  year]  commencing  [April 1, 2008] JANUARY
  1, 2013 pursuant to section  54-l  of  the
  state finance law ............ [7,645,917]    13,901,654

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  S  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2013.

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