S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9131
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 22, 2020
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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 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
122 of the laws of 2019, 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
[twenty] TWENTY-ONE, 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
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 commission adopted effective May twenty-third, nineteen hundred
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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eighty-six representing at least fifty-one percent of the owners and
trainers utilizing the facilities of such corporation.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.