Bill Text: NY A09894 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Allows funds held in trust by a franchised corporation for a recognized horsemen's organization to be used as collateral to secure workers' compensation insurance coverage.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-05 - print number 9894a [A09894 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A09894-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9894--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 20, 2018
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Racing and Wagering  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
          relation to funds held in trust by  a  franchised  corporation  for  a
          recognized  horsemen's organization to be used as collateral to secure
          workers' compensation insurance coverage
          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 7 of section 221 of
     2  the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by section
     3  2 of part SS of chapter 59 of the laws of 2017, is amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    In  order  to  pay the costs of the insurance required by this section
     6  and by the workers' compensation law and to carry out its  other  powers
     7  and  duties  and  to  pay for any of its liabilities under section four-
     8  teen-a of the workers' compensation law,  the  New  York  Jockey  Injury
     9  Compensation  Fund, Inc. shall ascertain the total funding necessary and
    10  establish the sums that are to  be  paid  by  all  owners  and  trainers
    11  licensed  or required to be licensed under section two hundred twenty of
    12  this article, to obtain the total funding amount required  annually.  In
    13  order to provide that any sum required to be paid by an owner or trainer
    14  is  equitable,  the fund shall establish payment schedules which reflect
    15  such  factors  as  are  appropriate,  including  where  applicable,  the
    16  geographic  location  of  the  racing  corporation at which the owner or
    17  trainer participates, the duration of such participation, the amount  of
    18  any purse earnings, the number of horses involved, or such other factors
    19  as the fund shall determine to be fair, equitable and in the best inter-
    20  ests  of  racing.  In no event shall the amount deducted from an owner's
    21  share of purses exceed two per centum; provided, however, for two  thou-
    22  sand  [seventeen] eighteen the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund,
    23  Inc. may use up to two million  dollars  from  the  account  established
    24  pursuant  to subdivision nine of section two hundred eight of this arti-
    25  cle to pay the annual costs required by this section and the funds  from
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14725-03-8

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     1  such  account  shall  not  count  against  the  two per centum of purses
     2  deducted from an owner's share of purses. The amount  deducted  from  an
     3  owner's  share  of  purses  shall  not exceed one per centum after April
     4  first,  two  thousand  twenty.  In  the cases of multiple ownerships and
     5  limited racing appearances, the fund  shall  equitably  adjust  the  sum
     6  required.
     7    §  2.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 9 of section 208 of the racing,
     8  pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by section 2  of  part
     9  PP of chapter 60 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    10    (a)  The  franchised corporation shall maintain a separate account for
    11  all funds held on deposit in trust by  the  corporation  for  individual
    12  horsemen's  accounts.  Purse  funds  shall be paid by the corporation as
    13  required to meet its purse payment obligations. Funds held in horsemen's
    14  accounts shall only be released or applied as requested and directed  by
    15  the  individual  horseman.  For  two thousand [sixteen] eighteen the New
    16  York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc. may use  up  to  two  million
    17  dollars from the account established pursuant to this subdivision to pay
    18  the  annual  costs  required  by  section two hundred twenty-one of this
    19  article.
    20    § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 9 of  section  208  of  the  racing,
    21  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding law is relettered paragraph (e) and
    22  two new paragraphs (c) and (d) are added to read as follows:
    23    (c) The franchised corporation shall establish and maintain a separate
    24  account for funds to be held on  deposit  in  trust  by  the  franchised
    25  corporation  for  the  horsemen's  organization  recognized  pursuant to
    26  section two hundred twenty-eight of this article. Starting in two  thou-
    27  sand  eighteen  and  annually  thereafter, funds from the account estab-
    28  lished pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in  the  separate
    29  account  established under this paragraph in an amount to be agreed upon
    30  by the franchised corporation and the horsemen's organization recognized
    31  pursuant to section two hundred twenty-eight of  this  article.    Funds
    32  held  in  this  account  shall  be  used by the appropriately recognized
    33  horsemen's organization solely as collateral to secure workers'  compen-
    34  sation  insurance coverage, including loss sensitive programs, including
    35  through the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund, Inc.
    36    (d) In the event the horsemen's organization  recognized  pursuant  to
    37  section  two  hundred  twenty-eight  of this article determines that the
    38  funds are no longer needed as collateral to secure workers' compensation
    39  insurance coverage, then, upon agreement by the  franchised  corporation
    40  and  the  appropriately recognized horsemen's organization, funds in the
    41  separate account established under paragraph  (c)  of  this  subdivision
    42  shall  be  returned to the account established pursuant to this subdivi-
    43  sion.
    44    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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