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Senate Bill S3698

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Permits racing or licensing race meetings on Palm Sunday

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2011-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง105, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2718
2013-2014: S3821
2015-2016: S4934

2011-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits racing or licensing race meetings on Palm Sunday.

2011-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S3698 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3698

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 2, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
  ing

AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
  relation to allotting dates for racing or licensing race  meetings  at
  which pari-mutuel betting is permitted on Palm Sunday

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

  Section 1. Section 105 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breed-
ing law is amended to read as follows:
  S  105. Supplementary regulatory powers of the board.  Notwithstanding
any inconsistent provision of law, the board through its rules and regu-
lations or in allotting dates for racing or in licensing  race  meetings
at  which  pari-mutuel  betting  is permitted shall be empowered to: (i)
permit racing at which pari-mutuel betting is conducted on  any  or  all
dates  from  the  first  day  of January through the thirty-first day of
December, inclusive of Sundays but exclusive  of  December  twenty-fifth
[and  Palm  Sunday]  and Easter Sunday; and (ii) fix minimum and maximum
charges for admission at any race meeting.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07535-01-1

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