New York A 4472: Directs revenue from certain mobile casino gaming activities to be used for school safety and security purposes

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A04472 Summary:

BILL NOA04472 

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Directs revenue from certain mobile casino gaming activities to be used for school safety and security purposes.

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BILL NOA04472 

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02/04/2025referred to racing and wagering

01/07/2026referred to racing and wagering

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4472

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to directing revenue
 from certain mobile casino gaming activities to be used for school
 safety and security purposes

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 92-c of the state finance law, as
 2 amended by chapter 913 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 3. The moneys in such fund shall be appropriated or transferred only
 5 (i) for repayment of first instance expenditures incurred in the opera-
 6 tion of the state lottery, (ii) for the state fiscal year commencing
 7 April first, nineteen hundred seventy-six only for the purpose of
 8 providing aid to pupils with special educational needs as defined in
 9 paragraph e of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of the
 10 education law, and pupils with handicapping conditions receiving state
 11 financial support for programs delineated in paragraph f of subdivision
 12 one of section thirty-six hundred two, article eighty-three, article
 13 eighty-five, article eighty-seven, article eighty-eight, article eight-
 14 y-nine, article forty and subdivision seventeen of section thirty-six
 15 hundred two of the education law, and for any state fiscal year commenc-
 16 ing after such nineteen hundred seventy-six fiscal year for the purpose
 17 of providing aid to all school children pursuant to the provisions of
 18 subdivision four of this section, (iii) for elementary and secondary
 19 education, provided, however, upon the authorization and legalization of
 20 interactive gaming, including any internet-based version or substantial
 21 equivalent of a table game, slot machine constituting spinning reels,
 22 poker tournament, or any other game as set forth in subdivision four,
 23 nineteen, thirty-eight, thirty-nine or forty-one of section thirteen
 24 hundred one of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08302-01-5

 A. 4472 2

 1 approved by the gaming commission and which is accessed by a computer or
 2 mobile device which is connected to the internet, at least ten million
 3 dollars or one percent, whichever is greater, of such revenues shall be
 4 used for any expenses related to school safety and security purposes as
 5 determined by the commissioner of education, (iv) for expenditures for
 6 machines or other capital equipment which the division of the lottery is
 7 authorized to purchase for the operation of the lottery and (v) for
 8 payment in the state fiscal years commencing April first, nineteen
 9 hundred seventy-seven, nineteen hundred seventy-eight and nineteen
 10 hundred seventy-nine into the winter sports education trust fund, as
 11 created in section four hundred ninety-five-a of article ten-C of the
 12 education law, for the purposes of such fund in accordance with the
 13 provisions of subdivision five of this section. Payments into such trust
 14 fund shall discontinue at such time as the sum of one hundred million
 15 dollars, in the aggregate, has been paid into such fund or upon March
 16 thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty, whichever event occurs first.
 17 Nothing herein shall prohibit the purchase of machines or other capital
 18 equipment from funds appropriated for expenditures under paragraph (i)
 19 hereof.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.