Assembly Bill A3613

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Amends the distances allowable between harness horse racetracks

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A3613 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §307, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7969
2013-2014: A1586

2015-A3613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the distance between harness horse racetracks and other technical provisions relating thereto.

2015-A3613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3613

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. TENNEY, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Racing and Wagering

AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
  relation  to  the  distance between harness horse racetracks and other
  technical provisions relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 307 of the racing, pari-mutuel
wagering and breeding law is amended to read as follows:
  4. In considering an application for a license under this section  the
state  racing and wagering board may give consideration to the number of
licenses already granted and to the location of  the  tracks  previously
licensed.  No  such  license shall be granted to any track which has not
conducted pari-mutuel harness racing during at least ten calendar  years
and  which  is  located within ten miles of a state, county or town fair
conducting harness racing for the three  consecutive  years  immediately
preceding  April  second,  nineteen  hundred  fifty-three, which license
shall be operative during the racing dates  of  such  fair,  unless  the
association,  corporation or society conducting such fair shall affirma-
tively waive objection to the issuance of such license for dates  within
such period. No such license shall be granted to any track located with-
in  the  corporate  limits of a city of the first class. No such license
shall be granted to any harness horse racetrack OR HARNESS  HORSE  RACE-
TRACKS  WITH  VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINALS located within [twenty-five] SIXTY
miles of any track already licensed for the same dates and hours  except
with the consent of the licensee located within such [twenty-five] SIXTY
mile area.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07477-01-5

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