Bill Text: NY S07786 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 7786 (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 (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-13 - PRINT NUMBER 7786A [S07786 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07786-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7786--A
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 12, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
          ing  --  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  This consent may be withdrawn at any time upon a finding by the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    12  have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed on  and  after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.
                                                                   LBD15336-02-6