S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2306
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to antitrust exemptions for horse racing agreements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is
amended by adding a new section 113-a to read as follows:
§ 113-A. ANTITRUST EXEMPTIONS. STATE AND FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAWS SHALL
NOT APPLY TO ANY JOINT AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO, IN CONSULTATION WITH AND
JOINTLY APPROVED BY THE STATE GAMING COMMISSION AND THE ATTORNEY GENER-
AL, BY OR AMONG NON-PROFIT RACING ASSOCIATIONS, THOROUGHBRED RACING
ASSOCIATIONS OR CORPORATIONS, HARNESS RACING ASSOCIATIONS OR CORPO-
RATIONS, QUARTER HORSE RACING ASSOCIATIONS OR CORPORATIONS, AND REGIONAL
OFF-TRACK BETTING CORPORATIONS TO COORDINATE THE DATES AND TIMES UNDER
WHICH THEY WILL CONDUCT PROGRAMS OF RACING AND OFFER PARI-MUTUEL WAGER-
ING. IN ADDITION, SUCH ANTITRUST LAWS SHALL NOT APPLY TO JOINT AGREE-
MENTS ENTERED INTO, IN CONSULTATION WITH AND JOINTLY APPROVED BY THE
STATE GAMING COMMISSION AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BY OR AMONG NON-PROFIT
RACING ASSOCIATIONS, THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATIONS OR CORPORATIONS,
HARNESS RACING ASSOCIATIONS OR CORPORATIONS, QUARTER HORSE RACING ASSO-
CIATIONS OR CORPORATIONS, AND REGIONAL OFF-TRACK BETTING CORPORATIONS TO
SELL, TRANSFER, ASSIGN OR PURCHASE THE RIGHTS TO BROADCAST, SIMULCAST,
ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT OR OFFER PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING ON HORSE RACES.
THE STATE GAMING COMMISSION AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL JOINTLY
CONSIDER AND APPROVE SUCH AGREEMENTS AND THE TERMS THEREIN TO FURTHER
THE STATE'S INTEREST IN ENSURING THE VIABILITY AND CONTINUED EXISTENCE
IN THIS STATE OF THE HORSE RACING AND AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIES.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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