Assembly Bill A8310

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 8310--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Racing and Wagering -- reported and referred to  the  Committee
  on   Rules  --  Rules  Committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
  relation to certain payments to the horsemen's organization

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of  section  228  of
the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter
267 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  The  state  racing and wagering board shall, as a condition of racing,
require any franchised corporation and every other  corporation  subject
to  its  jurisdiction to withhold one percent of all purses, except that
for the franchised corporation, starting on September first,  two  thou-
sand  seven  and  continuing  through  August thirty-first, two thousand
[nine] TEN, two percent of all purses shall be  withheld,  and,  in  the
case  of  the  franchised corporation, to pay such sum to the horsemen's
organization or  its  successor  that  was  first  entitled  to  receive
payments  pursuant to this section in accordance with rules of the board
adopted effective November third, nineteen hundred eighty-three  repres-
enting  at  least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers utilizing
the facilities of such franchised corporation,  on  the  condition  that
such  horsemen's  organization shall expend as much as is necessary, but
not to exceed one-half of one percent of such total sum, to acquire  AND
MAINTAIN  the  equipment required to establish a program at a land grant
university within this state with a regents approved veterinary  college
facility,  to  test  for  the  presence  of steroids in horses, provided
further that the qualified organization shall also, in an amount  to  be
determined  by  its board of directors, annually include in its expendi-
tures for benevolence programs, funds to support an organization provid-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09805-07-9
              

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ing services necessary to backstretch employees, and,  in  the  case  of
every  other  corporation,  to pay such one percent sum of purses to the
horsemen's organization or its successor  that  was  first  entitled  to
receive  payments  pursuant  to this section in accordance with rules of
the board adopted effective May twenty-third, nineteen  hundred  eighty-
six  representing  at least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers
utilizing the facilities of such corporation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.