§ 97-NNNN — Commercial gaming revenue fund

§ 97-nnnn. Commercial gaming revenue fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the comptroller and the commissioner\nof taxation and finance an account in the miscellaneous special revenue\nfund to be known as the "commercial gaming revenue fund".\n 2. Such account shall consist of all revenues received from the gaming\ncommission pursuant to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of\nsubdivision one of section thirteen hundred fifty-two of the racing,\npari-mutuel wagering and breeding law.\n 3. Moneys of the account shall be available as follows, unless\notherwise specified by the upstate New York gaming economic development\nact of two thousand thirteen, following appropriation by the\nlegislature:\n a. eighty percent of the moneys in such fund shall be appropriated or\ntransferred only for elementary and secondary education or real property\ntax relief.\n b. ten percent of the moneys in such fund, as attributable to a\nspecific licensed gaming facility, shall be appropriated or transferred\nfrom the commercial gaming revenue fund equally between the host\nmunicipality and host county of such facility.\n c. ten percent of the moneys in such fund, as attributable to a\nspecific licensed gaming facility, shall be appropriated or transferred\nfrom the commercial gaming revenue fund among counties within the\nregion, as defined by section one thousand three hundred ten of the\nracing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, hosting said facility for\nthe purpose of real property tax relief and for education assistance.\nSuch distribution shall be made among the counties on a per capita\nbasis, subtracting the population of host municipality and county.\n 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, monies received pursuant to:\n a. sections one thousand three hundred forty-five and one thousand\nthree hundred forty-eight of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and\nbreeding law shall be exclusively appropriated to the office of\nalcoholism and substance abuse services to be used for problem gambling\neducation and treatment purposes.\n b. section one thousand three hundred forty-nine of the racing,\npari-mutuel wagering and breeding law shall be exclusively appropriated\nto the commission for regulatory investigations.\n c. section one thousand three hundred fifty of the racing, pari-mutuel\nwagering and breeding law shall be exclusively appropriated to the\ncommission for costs regulation.\n 5. a. Moneys appropriated from the fund for the two thousand\nfourteen--two thousand fifteen and two thousand fifteen--two thousand\nsixteen school years, for the purposes of providing aid pursuant to\nparagraph a of subdivision three of this section shall be apportioned\nand paid by the education department on or after April first, two\nthousand fifteen.\n b. Each school district eligible to receive total foundation aid\npursuant to section thirty-six hundred two of the education law shall\nreceive a commercial gaming grant in an amount equal to the product of\nthe amount of the appropriation of such commercial gaming grants for the\ncurrent state fiscal year multiplied by the district's commercial gaming\nratio. The "commercial gaming ratio" shall be equal to the quotient of\nthe moneys apportioned for such district pursuant to section thirty-six\nhundred nine-a of the education law as set forth in the school aid\ncomputer listing produced by the commissioner in support of the enacted\nstate budget for the current school year, divided by the sum of such\nmoneys apportioned for all school districts as set forth in such school\naid computer listing in support of the enacted state budget for the\ncurrent school year.\n Moneys to be appropriated from the fund in any state fiscal year,\ncommencing on and after April first, two thousand fifteen, for the\npurposes of providing aid pursuant to this subparagraph shall be\napportioned and paid by the education department pursuant to section\nthirty-six hundred nine-h of the education law.\n 6. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, any\nmoney deposited into this fund pursuant to section thirteen hundred\nfifty-two of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law shall be\ndistributed as specified in that section.\n