§ 1321-A — License authorization; restrictions

§ 1321-a. License authorization; restrictions. 1. The commission is\nauthorized to award up to three additional gaming facility licenses. The\nduration of such initial license and the term of renewal shall be\ndetermined by the commission; provided however, that such initial\nlicense term shall be no less than ten years but no more than thirty\nyears based on the proposed total investment of the applicant's project.\n 2. If any of the three additional gaming facility licenses are awarded\nto an entity that was licensed for video lottery gaming pursuant to\nsection sixteen hundred seventeen-a of the tax law as of January first\ntwo thousand twenty-two, a hold harmless provision shall apply. For the\npurposes of this section, video lottery gaming operations of an entity\nshall include any hosted video lottery devices.\n 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no casino gaming facility shall be\nauthorized:\n (a) in the counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson,\nLewis, Saint Lawrence and Warren;\n (b) within the following area: (1) to the east, State Route 14 from\nSodus Point to the Pennsylvania border with New York; (2) to the north,\nthe border between New York and Canada; (3) to the south, the\nPennsylvania border with New York; and (4) to the west, the border\nbetween New York and Canada and the border between Pennsylvania and New\nYork; and\n (c) in the counties of Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Lewis,\nMadison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Otsego.\n