Bill Text: NY A09294 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to certain payments to the horsemen's organization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - signed chap.134 [A09294 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A09294-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9294 I N A S S E M B L Y February 14, 2012 ___________ 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: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 228 of 2 the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 3 175 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 4 The state racing and wagering board shall, as a condition of racing, 5 require any franchised corporation and every other corporation subject 6 to its jurisdiction to withhold one percent of all purses, except that 7 for the franchised corporation, starting on September first, two thou- 8 sand seven and continuing through August thirty-first, two thousand 9 [twelve] THIRTEEN, two percent of all purses shall be withheld, and, in 10 the case of the franchised corporation, to pay such sum to the 11 horsemen's organization or its successor that was first entitled to 12 receive payments pursuant to this section in accordance with rules of 13 the board adopted effective November third, nineteen hundred eighty- 14 three representing at least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers 15 utilizing the facilities of such franchised corporation, on the condi- 16 tion that such horsemen's organization shall expend as much as is neces- 17 sary, but not to exceed one-half of one percent of such total sum, to 18 acquire and maintain the equipment required to establish a program at a 19 state college within this state with an approved equine science program 20 to test for the presence of steroids in horses, provided further that 21 the qualified organization shall also, in an amount to be determined by 22 its board of directors, annually include in its expenditures for benevo- 23 lence programs, funds to support an organization providing services 24 necessary to backstretch employees, and, in the case of every other 25 corporation, to pay such one percent sum of purses to the horsemen's 26 organization or its successor that was first entitled to receive 27 payments pursuant to this section in accordance with rules of the board 28 adopted effective May twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-six repres- 29 enting at least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers utilizing 30 the facilities of such corporation. 31 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14450-01-2