Bill Text: NY S09016 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, either in-state or out-of-state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-02 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10028 [S09016 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09016-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9016

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 4, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
          ing

        AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
          relation to allowing New York sire stakes eligibility for foals  sired
          by New York state stallions

          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 1 and subdivision 2 of
     2  section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  the
     3  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 645 of the laws
     4  of 2021 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 1997,
     5  are amended and a new subdivision 3-a is added to read as follows:
     6    The  fund  is further authorized and directed to conduct each year, at
     7  the New York state exposition, with the approval of the director of  the
     8  exposition, or at any licensed pari-mutuel track in New York state, with
     9  a  preference  given to any available licensed pari-mutuel track that is
    10  five-eighths of a mile long or larger, colt, stake and overnight  events
    11  for  standardbred  horses to provide contests for two year old and three
    12  year old colts and fillies at each gait  of  trotting  and  pacing.  The
    13  colt, stake and overnight events so conducted for two year old and three
    14  year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing hereunder
    15  shall be conditioned to admit only those colts and fillies [dropped from
    16  a  mare  bred in this state and] sired by a stallion owned or leased and
    17  permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
    18  the said foal's conception, provided, however, that such  [mare,]  stal-
    19  lion,  and  foal  shall  be microchipped with such microchip information
    20  which the commission may request be provided and made available pursuant
    21  to section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Such colt, stake and
    22  overnight events shall be opened for nomination  not  earlier  than  the
    23  first  day of January in the year the event is to be held and only colts
    24  and fillies and horses complying with the following standards  shall  be
    25  eligible for such nomination:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15436-01-2
        S. 9016                             2

     1    2.  The fund is further authorized and directed in each year, in coop-
     2  eration with each licensee harness track in this state, to  provide  for
     3  the  running  of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old and
     4  three year old colts and fillies [dropped from a mare bred in this state
     5  and]  sired  by  a stallion owned or leased and permanently standing for
     6  service at and within  this  state  at  the  time  of  the  said  foal's
     7  conception,  at  each  gait  of trotting and pacing, to be known as "New
     8  York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses, stakes or  prizes  to
     9  be  awarded  in such "New York sire stakes", such sums as the fund shall
    10  deem advisable. The fund may prescribe a  starting  fee  for  such  "New
    11  York-bred  harness  horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be less
    12  than two per centum of the estimated  purse  for  each  entry.  The  fee
    13  prescribed shall be added to the purses awarded.
    14    3-a.  Subsequent  to the year two thousand twenty-two, a foal shall be
    15  eligible for the "New York sire stakes" if sired by a stallion owned  by
    16  a  resident  of  this  state or leased to a resident of this state for a
    17  period of no less than one year and  standing  for  service  within  the
    18  state at the time of the foal's conception.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.