Assembly Bill A6006

                             
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                                   6006
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 25, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- 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  equine  screening  and  advanced  imaging  expenses; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding law is
 amended by adding a new section 902-a to read as follows:
   § 902-A. EQUINE SCREENING AND ADVANCED IMAGING EXPENSES. 1.  IN  ORDER
 TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC'S CONFIDENCE AND CONTINUE THE HIGH DEGREE OF INTEG-
 RITY  IN  RACING  AT  THE  PARI-MUTUEL BETTING TRACKS, CLINICAL SERVICES
 RELATED TO SCREENING AND ADVANCED IMAGING SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY  A  LAND
 GRANT  UNIVERSITY  WITHIN  THIS STATE AT A LOCATION PROXIMATE TO A RACE-
 TRACK OWNED BY THE STATE.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, THE  LAND  GRANT
 UNIVERSITY'S  COSTS  OF OPERATING SUCH PREVENTIVE SCREENING AND ADVANCED
 IMAGING SERVICES SHALL BE OFFSET  BY  AN  ASSESSMENT  COLLECTED  BY  THE
 COMMISSION  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND
 TWELVE-A OF THIS CHAPTER, AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE COMMISSION TO SUCH LAND
 GRANT UNIVERSITY. THE COMMISSION SHALL DETERMINE THE DISTRIBUTION SCHED-
 ULE OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS TO THE LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY  OUTLINED  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  DISTRIBUTIONS  OCCUR IN A REASONABLE
 AMOUNT OF TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THE COMMISSION COLLECTING SUCH ASSESSMENTS.
   3. IN CONSIDERATION OF THE STATE AND INDUSTRY SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR THE
 SCREENING AND ADVANCED IMAGING SERVICES TO THE  LAND  GRANT  UNIVERSITY:
 (A)  THE CLINICAL SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW YORK
 HORSEMEN AT REASONABLE COSTS; AND (B) ANY DATA OR  EDUCATIONAL  MATERIAL
 GENERATED  FROM SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE SHARED WITH THE COMMISSION AND ANY
 ENTITY LICENSED OR FRANCHISED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE  OR  TWO  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09464-01-5
              

 A. 6006                             2
 
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 1012-a of the racing, pari-mutuel wager-
 ing  and breeding law, as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 2020, is
 amended and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows:
   6.  multi-jurisdictional account wagering providers shall pay a market
 origin fee equal to five percent on each wager accepted  from  New  York
 residents.  Multi-jurisdictional  account  wagering providers shall make
 the required payments to the market origin  account  on  or  before  the
 fifth  business day of each month and such required payments shall cover
 payments due for the period of the preceding calendar  month;  provided,
 however, that such payments required to be made on April fifteenth shall
 be  accompanied  by  a  report under oath, showing the total of all such
 payments, together with such other information  as  the  commission  may
 require.  A  penalty  of  five  percent  and interest at the rate of one
 percent per month from the date the report is required to  be  filed  to
 the  date  the payment shall be payable in case any payments required by
 this subdivision are not paid when due.  If  the  commission  determines
 that  any moneys received under this subdivision were paid in error, the
 commission may cause the same to be refunded without interest out of any
 moneys collected thereunder, provided an application therefor  is  filed
 with  the commission within one year from the time the erroneous payment
 was made. The commission shall pay into the racing  regulation  account,
 under the joint custody of the comptroller and the commission, the total
 amount of the fee collected pursuant to this section[.]; AND
   7.  ANY  MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL  ACCOUNT WAGERING PROVIDERS THAT ARE NOT
 CONTROLLED BY AN ENTITY OTHERWISE LICENSED OR FRANCHISED IN  THIS  STATE
 TO CONDUCT PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWO OR THREE OF THIS
 CHAPTER  THROUGH  WHICH  NEW  YORK  RESIDENTS  HAVE WAGERED AN AGGREGATE
 AMOUNT OF AT LEAST FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS IN EVERY  MONTH  OF  CALENDAR
 YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR SHALL PAY AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF 0.03
 PERCENT  NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE, AND 0.05 PERCENT NOT TO EXCEED ONE  MILLION  SEVEN  HUNDRED
 FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CALENDAR YEARS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX THROUGH
 TWO THOUSAND THIRTY, WHICH SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINE
 HUNDRED  TWO-A  OF  THIS CHAPTER. THIS ASSESSMENT SHALL CONTINUE ONLY AS
 LONG AS NECESSARY TO FUND THE OPERATIONS OF THE SCREENING  AND  ADVANCED
 IMAGING CLINICAL SERVICES DESCRIBED IN SUCH SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire March 31,
 2030  when  upon  such  date  the provisions of this act shall be deemed
 repealed.