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Senate Bill S6667

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits regional off-track betting corporations from making payments to tracks

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2017-S6667 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8455
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1017, RWB L

2017-S6667 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits regional off-track betting corporations from making payments to tracks.

2017-S6667 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6667 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6667
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation  to  maintenance  of effort by off-track betting corporations
   accepting wagers on out-of-state or out-of-country races

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 1017 of the racing,
 pari-mutuel  wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 174 of the
 laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   a. Maintenance of effort.  Any  off-track  betting  corporation  which
 engages in accepting wagers on the simulcasts of thoroughbred races from
 out-of-state  or  out-of-country  as  permitted under subdivision one of
 this section shall submit to the commission, for its approval, a  sched-
 ule  of  payments  to  be made in any year or portion thereof, that such
 off-track corporation engages in nighttime thoroughbred simulcasting. In
 order to be approved by the commission,  PRIOR  TO  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, the payment schedule shall be identical to the actual
 payments and distributions of such payments to tracks and purses made by
 such  off-track  corporation  pursuant  to the provisions of section one
 thousand fifteen of this article during the year two  thousand  two,  as
 derived from out-of-state harness races displayed after 6:00 P.M. ON AND
 AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN NO SUCH PAYMENTS AND DISTRIB-
 UTIONS  OF  PAYMENTS SHALL BE MADE TO TRACKS FROM ANY REGIONAL OFF-TRACK
 BETTING CORPORATION IN WHICH A  TRACK  IS  WHOLLY  CONTAINED;  PROVIDED,
 FURTHER,  THAT  ON  AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY NO SUCH
 PAYMENTS AND DISTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE MADE TO TRACKS  FROM  ANY  OFF-TRACK
 BETTING  CORPORATION.    If  approved  by the commission, such scheduled
 payments shall be made  from  revenues  derived  from  any  simulcasting
 conducted  pursuant  to this section and section one thousand fifteen of
 this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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