Assembly Bill A3652

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to certain payments of the horsemen's organization

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Current Bill Status Via S2076 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A3652 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2076
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §228, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9105, S7852

2023-A3652 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain payments to the horsemen's organization; extends such provision to 2024.

2023-A3652 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3652
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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
 200 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   The 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 thousand seven and contin-
 uing  through  August  thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-
 FOUR, two percent of all purses shall be withheld, and, in the  case  of
 the  franchised corporation, to pay such sum to the horsemen's organiza-
 tion or its successor that was first entitled to receive payments pursu-
 ant to this section in accordance with rules of the  commission  adopted
 effective  November third, nineteen hundred eighty-three representing at
 least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers using 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 determined 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08324-01-3
              

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