New York S 4608: Relates to the acceleration of the downstate casino licenses

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S04608 Summary:

BILL NOS04608A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORADDABBO

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§109-a, 1321-b & 1321-d, RWB L

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Relates to the acceleration of the downstate casino licenses; sets forth fixed deadlines for different steps of the application process.

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BILL NOS04608A

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02/10/2025REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

03/19/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

03/19/2025PRINT NUMBER 4608A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4608--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
 ing -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to the acceleration of the downstate casino licenses

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 109-a of the racing, pari-mutuel
 2 wagering and breeding law, as amended by section 9 of part RR of chapter
 3 56 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 4 7. Utilizing the powers and duties prescribed for it by article thir-
 5 teen of this chapter, the board shall select, through a competitive
 6 process consistent with provisions of article thirteen of this chapter,
 7 not more than seven gaming facility license applicants. Such selectees
 8 shall be authorized to receive a gaming facility license, if found suit-
 9 able by the commission. The board may select another applicant for
 10 authorization to be licensed as a gaming facility if a previous selectee
 11 fails to meet licensing thresholds, is revoked or surrenders a license
 12 opportunity. For the purposes of title two-a of article thirteen of
 13 this chapter, such selection shall take place pursuant to section thir-
 14 teen hundred twenty-one-d of this chapter.
 15 § 2. Section 1321-b of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding
 16 law, as added by section 7 of part RR of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022,
 17 is amended to read as follows:
 18 § 1321-b. Requests for applications. Requests for applications shall
 19 be handled in the same manner as provided for in section thirteen
 20 hundred twelve of this article for gaming licenses authorized but not
 21 awarded, provided however that any requests for applications for gaming
 22 facility licenses authorized but not awarded may be for gaming facility
 23 licenses in any region in zone one or in regions one, two and five in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09121-02-5

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 1 zone two. All applications under this section must be submitted by June
 2 twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-five.
 3 § 3. Section 1321-d of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding
 4 law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 5 and 6 to read as
 5 follows:
 6 5. The board shall complete a review of all applications that have
 7 received approval from the applicable community advisory committee and
 8 submit decisions to the commission for the selection of up to three
 9 licenses by December first, two thousand twenty-five.
 10 6. The commission shall select up to three applicants to receive
 11 licenses by December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five.
 12 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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