Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-251-R1

Redraft ECO 251

Payments to Cities and Towns for Local Share of Racing

Messrs. Ross and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item XXXX-XXXX, Mr. Ross moves to amend the bill (Senate No. 4), by inserting, in section 2, the following item:-

“7006-0140 Upon certification from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, the state treasurer shall quarterly distribute to each city and town within which racing meetings are conducted, including racing meetings conducted in connection with a state or county fair, under licenses issued under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-eight A, the sum of .35 percent of the total pari-mutuel wager for each such racetrack within said city or town for the three months ending two quarters prior to the quarter for which said distribution is being made, which sum shall be allocated from the commonwealth’s share; provided, however, that if the parcel of land containing such racetrack is located in two cities or towns, said sum shall be divided so that two-thirds shall be distributed to the city or town in which the major portion of said parcel is located, and one-third shall be distributed to the other city or town……………………$1,150,000.”;

and further amends the bill by inserting, after SECTION XX, the following new section:-

“SECTION XX. The state treasurer, upon certification by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, shall quarterly distribute to each city and town within which racing meetings are conducted, including racing meetings conducted in connection with a state or county fair, under licenses issued under the provisions of chapter 128A, the sum of .35 per cent of the total pari-mutuel wager for each such racetrack within said city or town for the 3 months ending 2 quarters prior to the quarter for which said distribution is being made, which sum shall be allocated from the commonwealth’s share; provided, however, that if the parcel of land containing such racetrack is located in 2 cities or towns, said sum shall be divided so that two-thirds shall be distributed to the city or town in which the major portion of said parcel is located and one-third shall be distributed to the other city or town.”