Senate Bill S9600

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9600
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 27, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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 off-track betting maintenance of effort payments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2 of section 1017 of the racing, pari-mutuel
 wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter  174  of  the  laws  of
 2013,  paragraph  a  as  amended  by chapter 243 of the laws of 2020, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. [a. Maintenance of effort.] Any off-track betting corporation  that
 engages in accepting wagers on the simulcasts of thoroughbred races from
 out-of-state  or  out-of-country  as  permitted under subdivision one of
 this section shall [submit to the commission, for its approval, a sched-
 ule of payments to be made in any year or  portion  thereof,  that  such
 off-track corporation engages in nighttime thoroughbred simulcasting. In
 order  to  be  approved by the commission, the payment schedule shall be
 identical to the actual payments and distributions of such  payments  to
 tracks  and  purses  made  by such off-track corporation pursuant to the
 provisions of section one thousand fifteen of this  article  during  the
 year  two  thousand  two,  as  derived  from  out-of-state harness races
 displayed after 6:00 P.M. If approved by the commission, such  scheduled
 payments  shall  be  made  from  revenues  derived from any simulcasting
 conducted pursuant to this section and section one thousand  fifteen  of
 this article.
   b.  Additional payments. During each calendar year, to the extent, and
 at such time in the event,  that  aggregate  statewide  wagering  handle
 after  7:30  P.M.  on out-of-state and out-of-country thoroughbred races
 exceeds one hundred million dollars, each off-track betting  corporation
 conducting  such simulcasting shall pay to its regional harness track or
 tracks, an amount equal to two percent of  its  proportionate  share  of
 such  excess  handle. In any region where there are two or more regional
 harness tracks, such two percent shall be divided between or  among  the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 tracks in a proportion equal to the proportion of handle on live harness
 races conducted at such tracks during the preceding calendar year. Fifty
 percent  of  the  sum  received by each track pursuant to this paragraph
 shall  be  used  exclusively for increasing purses, stakes and prizes at
 that regional harness track. For the purpose of determining whether such
 aggregate statewide handle exceeds  one  hundred  million  dollars,  all
 wagering on such thoroughbred races accepted by licensed multi-jurisdic-
 tional  account  wagering providers from customers within New York state
 shall be excluded] PAY TO ITS  REGIONAL  HARNESS  TRACK  OR  TRACKS  THE
 AMOUNT EQUAL TO THREE PERCENT OF HANDLE GENERATED FROM THE ACCEPTANCE OF
 SUCH  WAGERS  FROM  OUT-OF-STATE  OR  OUT-OF-COUNTRY THOROUGHBRED TRACKS
 AFTER 7:30 P.M.
   § 2. The act shall take effect immediately.