Bill Text: NY A10205 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for and requires equine screening and advanced imaging to be conducted by a land grant university within this state at a location proximate to a racetrack owned by the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - reported referred to ways and means [A10205 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A10205-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10205 IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Pretlow) -- read once and referred to the Committee 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 certain provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is 2 amended by adding a new section 902-a to read as follows: 3 § 902-a. Equine screening and advanced imaging expenses. 1. In order 4 to assure the public's confidence and continue the high degree of integ- 5 rity in racing at the pari-mutuel betting tracks, clinical services 6 related to screening and advanced imaging shall be conducted by a land 7 grant university within this state at a location proximate to a race- 8 track owned by the state. 9 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the land grant 10 university's costs of operating such preventive screening and advanced 11 imaging services shall be offset by an assessment collected by the 12 commission pursuant to subdivision seven of section one thousand 13 twelve-a of this chapter, and distributed by the commission to such land 14 grant university. The commission shall determine the distribution sched- 15 ule of such assessments to the land grant university outlined in this 16 subdivision, provided that such distributions occur in a reasonable 17 amount of time subsequent to the commission collecting such assessments. 18 3. In consideration of the state and industry support provided for the 19 screening and advanced imaging services to the land grant university: 20 (a) the clinical services shall be provided for the benefit of New York 21 horsemen at reasonable costs; and (b) any data or educational material 22 generated from such program shall be shared with the commission and any 23 entity licensed or franchised pursuant to article one or two of this 24 chapter. 25 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 1012-a of the racing, pari-mutuel wager- 26 ing and breeding law, as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 2020, is 27 amended and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15547-03-4A. 10205 2 1 6. multi-jurisdictional account wagering providers shall pay a market 2 origin fee equal to five percent on each wager accepted from New York 3 residents. Multi-jurisdictional account wagering providers shall make 4 the required payments to the market origin account on or before the 5 fifth business day of each month and such required payments shall cover 6 payments due for the period of the preceding calendar month; provided, 7 however, that such payments required to be made on April fifteenth shall 8 be accompanied by a report under oath, showing the total of all such 9 payments, together with such other information as the commission may 10 require. A penalty of five percent and interest at the rate of one 11 percent per month from the date the report is required to be filed to 12 the date the payment shall be payable in case any payments required by 13 this subdivision are not paid when due. If the commission determines 14 that any moneys received under this subdivision were paid in error, the 15 commission may cause the same to be refunded without interest out of any 16 moneys collected thereunder, provided an application therefor is filed 17 with the commission within one year from the time the erroneous payment 18 was made. The commission shall pay into the racing regulation account, 19 under the joint custody of the comptroller and the commission, the total 20 amount of the fee collected pursuant to this section[.]; and 21 7. any multi-jurisdictional account wagering providers that are not 22 controlled by an entity otherwise licensed or franchised in this state 23 to conduct pari-mutuel wagering pursuant to article two or three of this 24 chapter through which New York residents have wagered an aggregate 25 amount of at least fifteen million dollars in every month of calendar 26 year two thousand twenty-three shall pay an additional assessment of 27 0.03 percent not to exceed one million dollars in calendar year two 28 thousand twenty-four, and 0.05 percent not to exceed one million seven 29 hundred fifty thousand dollars in calendar years two thousand twenty- 30 five through two thousand twenty-nine, which shall be distributed pursu- 31 ant to section nine hundred two-a of this chapter. This assessment shall 32 continue only as long as necessary to fund the operations of the screen- 33 ing and advanced imaging clinical services described in such section. 34 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 35 sections one and two of this act shall expire on March 31, 2029 when 36 upon such date the provisions of such sections shall be deemed repealed.
