Bill Text: NY A10215 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 10215 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides authority for track owners and directors to race horses at such tracks subject to the consent of the certified representative organization of horsemen at such tracks.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-29 - print number 10215a [A10215 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10215-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                        10215--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 17, 2016
                                       ___________
        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 authority for certain track owners and directors  to  race
          horses at such tracks; 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:
     1    Section 1. The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new section 307-b to read as follows:
     3    §  307-b.  Racing  of  horses by track owners. An officer, director or
     4  executive, or spouse thereof, of any tracks located in Oneida  or  Tioga
     5  counties  may  own  a  horse  which races at such tracks, subject to the
     6  consent of the certified representative organization of horsemen at such
     7  tracks. This consent may be withdrawn at any time upon a finding by  the
     8  certified  representative  organization  of horsemen that this privilege
     9  has been abused. The board shall be authorized to promulgate regulations
    10  to effectuate the intent of this section.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    12  have  become  a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed on and after
    13  December 31, 2021; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
    14  addition  and/or  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the
    15  implementation of this act on its  effective  date  are  authorized  and
    16  directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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