Assembly Actions -
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Jul 25, 2017 |
signed chap.111 |
Jul 13, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 08, 2017 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.200 substituted for s4154 |
Jun 08, 2017 |
substituted by a4413 |
Mar 01, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 28, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 14, 2017 |
1st report cal.200 |
Feb 03, 2017 |
referred to racing, gaming and wagering |
Senate Bill S4154
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A4413 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S4154 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S4154 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4154 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to certain payments to the horsemen's organization PURPOSE : The purpose of this legislation is to extend the authority of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association to receive an additional 1.0% of purse funds for the support of additional medical and mental health services for backstretch employees. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 228 of the Racing Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law to extend, for one year, the authorization for the horsemen's organization to receive an additional 1.0% of purse monies collected from race meetings at Aqueduct, Saratoga, and Belmont racetracks until August 31, 2018. Section 2. Effective date. JUSTIFICATION :
2017-S4154 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4154 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 3, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- 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 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 291 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: The New York state gaming commission 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 [seventeen] EIGHTEEN, 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 commission adopted effective November third, nineteen hundred eight- y-three representing at least fifty-one percent of the owners and train- ers 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 state college within this state with an approved equine science program to test for the presence of steroids in horses, provided further that the qualified organization shall also, in an amount to be deter- mined by its board of directors, annually include in its expenditures for benevolence programs, funds to support an organization providing services necessary to backstretch employees, and, in the case of every EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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