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                                   8533
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2024
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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 allowing New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired
   by New York state stallions; and to repeal certain provisions of  such
   law relating thereto

   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 1 and subdivision 2 of
 section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering  and  breeding  law,  as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutu-
 el  wagering  and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes
 eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed  in
 legislative  bills  numbers  S. 2779 and A. 3528, are amended to read as
 follows:
   The fund is further authorized and directed to conduct each  year,  at
 the  New York state exposition, with the approval of the director of the
 exposition, or at any licensed pari-mutuel track in New York state, with
 a preference given to any available licensed pari-mutuel track  that  is
 five-eighths  of a mile long or larger, colt, stake and overnight events
 for standardbred horses to provide contests for two year old  and  three
 year  old  colts  and  fillies  at each gait of trotting and pacing. The
 colt, stake and overnight events so conducted for two year old and three
 year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing hereunder
 shall be conditioned to admit only those colts and fillies DROPPED  FROM
 A  MARE  BRED  IN THIS STATE AND sired by a stallion owned or leased and
 permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
 the said foal's conception, provided, however, that such MARE, stallion,
 and foal shall be microchipped with such microchip information which the
 commission may request  be  provided  and  made  available  pursuant  to
 section  two  hundred  twenty-five of this chapter. Such colt, stake and
 overnight events shall be opened for nomination  not  earlier  than  the
 first  day of January in the year the event is to be held and only colts
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 and fillies and horses complying with the following standards  shall  be
 eligible for such nomination:
   2.  The fund is further authorized and directed in each year, in coop-
 eration with each licensee harness track in this state, to  provide  for
 the  running  of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old and
 three year old colts and fillies sired by a stallion owned or leased and
 permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
 the said foal's conception, at each gait of trotting and pacing,  to  be
 known  as "New York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses, stakes
 or prizes to be awarded in such "New York sire stakes", such sums as the
 fund shall deem advisable. THE FUND MAY ESTABLISH A SYSTEM THAT  DISTIN-
 GUISHES BETWEEN (A) FOALS SIRED BY A STALLION STANDING IN THIS STATE AND
 BRED  WITHIN  THIS STATE, (B) FOALS SIRED BY A STALLION STANDING IN THIS
 STATE AND WITH A MARE BRED OUTSIDE THIS STATE, AND (C) FOALS SIRED BY  A
 STALLION  STANDING  IN  THIS STATE AND DROPPED FROM A MARE WHO WAS BRED,
 AND RESIDED, IN THIS STATE FOR AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS  IN  THE
 YEAR OF CONCEPTION. THE FUND SHALL PROVIDE BONUS PAYMENTS TO THOSE FOALS
 BRED  WITHIN  THE  STATE THAT MEET OTHER CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE FUND.
 The fund may prescribe a starting fee for such  "New  York-bred  harness
 horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be less than two per centum
 of the estimated purse for each entry. The fee prescribed shall be added
 to the purses awarded.
   §  2. Subdivision 3-a of section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wager-
 ing and breeding law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending
 the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law relating  to  allowing
 New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York state stal-
 lions,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, is
 REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutuel
 wagering  and  breeding  law  relating  to allowing New York sire stakes
 eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed  in
 legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, takes effect.