43                                   PART SS

   44    Section 1. Section 1617-a of the tax law, as amended by section  2  of

   45  part  Z-3 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, subdivision a as amended by

   46  section 2 and subdivision e as added by section 3 of part O-1 of chapter

   47  57 of the laws of 2009, subdivision b and paragraph 3 of  subdivision  f

   48  as  amended  by chapter 137 of the laws of 2014, paragraph 4 of subdivi-

   49  sion a and subdivision (h) as added by chapter 174 of the laws of  2013,

   50  subdivision  f as added by section 2 of part O of chapter 61 of the laws

   51  of 2011, and subdivision g as amended by section 5 of part EE of chapter

   52  59 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:

   53    § 1617-a. Video lottery gaming.  a.  The  [division  of  the  lottery]

   54  gaming commission is hereby authorized to license, pursuant to rules and

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    1  regulations  to  be  promulgated by the [division of the lottery] gaming

    2  commission, the operation of video lottery gaming at;

    3    (1)  Aqueduct,  Monticello,  Yonkers,  Finger  Lakes, and Vernon Downs

    4  racetracks[, or at];

    5    (2) any other racetrack licensed pursuant  to  article  three  of  the

    6  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and breeding law [that are] located in a

    7  county or counties in which video lottery  gaming  has  been  authorized

    8  pursuant  to  local  law,  excluding  the  licensed  racetrack  commonly

    9  referred to in article three of the  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and

   10  breeding  law as the "New York state exposition" held in Onondaga county

   11  and the racetracks of the non-profit racing association known as Belmont

   12  Park racetrack and the Saratoga thoroughbred racetrack[.];

   13    (3) a maximum of two  facilities,  which  shall  be  vendors  for  all

   14  purposes  under  this  article,  neither  to  exceed  one thousand video

   15  lottery gaming devices, established within region three of zone  one  as

   16  defined  by  section one thousand three hundred ten of the racing, pari-

   17  mutuel wagering and breeding law, one each  operated  by  a  corporation

   18  established pursuant to section five hundred two of the racing, pari-mu-

   19  tuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  in the Suffolk region and the Nassau

   20  region to be located within a facility authorized pursuant  to  sections

   21  one  thousand  eight  or  one  thousand  nine of the racing, pari-mutuel

   22  wagering and breeding law; and

   23    (4) Aqueduct racetrack, within the lottery terminal facility, pursuant

   24  to an agreement between the corporation established pursuant to  section

   25  five hundred two of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law in

   26  the  Nassau  region and the operator of video lottery gaming at Aqueduct

   27  racetrack, when such agreement is approved by the gaming commission  and

   28  as long as such agreement is in place, and when such agreement is accom-

   29  panied  by  a  detailed  spending  plan  for the corporation established

   30  pursuant to section five hundred two of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering

   31  and breeding law in the Nassau region, which includes  a  plan  for  the

   32  timely  payment  of  liabilities  due to the franchised corporation, and

   33  when such video lottery devices are hosted  by  the  operator  of  video

   34  lottery gaming at Aqueduct racetrack on behalf of the corporation estab-

   35  lished  pursuant  to section five hundred two of the racing, pari-mutuel

   36  wagering and breeding law in the Nassau region in lieu of  the  develop-

   37  ment  of a facility in Nassau county as authorized by paragraph three of

   38  subdivision a of this section. Such agreement  reached  by  the  parties

   39  shall identify the agency principally responsible for funding, approving

   40  or undertaking any actions of such agreement. Provided, however, nothing

   41  in  this  paragraph  shall  infringe  upon the rights of the corporation

   42  established pursuant to section five hundred two of the racing, pari-mu-

   43  tuel wagering and breeding law in the Nassau region to develop a facili-

   44  ty pursuant to paragraph three of this subdivision upon the  expiration,

   45  termination, or withdrawal of such agreement.

   46    b.  Such rules and regulations shall provide, as a condition of licen-

   47  sure, that racetracks to be licensed are certified to be  in  compliance

   48  with  all  state  and  local  fire and safety codes, that the [division]

   49  gaming commission is afforded adequate space, infrastructure, and  amen-

   50  ities  consistent  with industry standards for such video lottery gaming

   51  operations as found  at  racetracks  in  other  states,  that  racetrack

   52  employees  involved in the operation of video lottery gaming pursuant to

   53  this section are licensed by the [racing  and  wagering  board,]  gaming

   54  commission  and  such  other  terms  and  conditions of licensure as the

   55  [division] gaming commission may establish. Notwithstanding  any  incon-

   56  sistent  provision  of law, video lottery gaming at a racetrack pursuant

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