Relates to payments in support of racing; sets up a fee applicants must pay if they are issued a gaming facility license and they do not possess either a pari-mutuel wagering license or franchise award.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1003
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. BONACIC, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to payments in support of racing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1355 of the racing, pari-mutuel
2 wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 2. If an applicant that does not possess either a pari-mutuel wagering
5 license or franchise awarded pursuant to article two or three of this
6 chapter is issued a gaming facility license pursuant to this article,
7 the licensee shall pay:
8 (a) an amount to horsemen for purses at the licensed racetracks in the
9 region and in the case of region five any licensed racetracks within
10 fifty miles of the licensee's facility, that will assure the purse
11 support from video lottery gaming facilities in the region and in the
12 case of region five any such licensed racetracks within fifty miles of
13 the licensee's facility, to the licensed racetracks in the region and in
14 the case of region five any such facilities within fifty miles of the
15 licensee's facility, to be maintained at the same dollar levels realized
16 in two thousand thirteen to be adjusted by the consumer price index for
17 all urban consumers, as published annually by the United States depart-
18 ment of labor bureau of labor statistics; and
19 (b) amounts to the agricultural and New York state horse breeding
20 development fund and the New York state thoroughbred breeding and devel-
21 opment fund to maintain payments from video lottery gaming facilities in
22 the region and in the case of region five any such facilities within
23 fifty miles of the licensee's facility, to such funds to be maintained
24 at the same dollar levels realized in two thousand thirteen to be
25 adjusted by the consumer price index for all urban consumers, as
26 published annually by the United States department of labor bureau of
27 labor statistics.
28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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