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STATE RACING AND WAGERING BOARD 


                            Adjusted     Executive    Legislative                       
                             Approp.       Request        Approp.
                             2000-01       2001-02        2001-02     Change

STATE OPERATIONS
  General Fund             9,948,000     9,427,000      9,427,000          0 
  Special Rev.-Other       5,265,300     5,312,000      5,312,000          0 
  Total for 
  STATE OPERATIONS:       15,213,300    14,739,000     14,739,000          0 

AID TO LOCALITIES
  General Fund               200,000             0        200,000    200,000 
  Total for 
  AID TO LOCALITIES:         200,000             0        200,000    200,000

Agency Mission

The State Racing and Wagering Board regulates all legalized gambling activities in New York State, except the State Lottery. The agency also has shared responsibility for the oversight of bingo and other permitted games of chance conducted by not-for-profit and religious organizations.

Year-to-Year Change

The Executive request $14,739,000 in total appropriation for the agency. The amount represents a decrease of $474,300 from State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2000-01 spending level.

Legislative Proposals

The New York State Racing and Wagering Board contracts with Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine to sample and test performance enhancing drugs that are being used at New York State's racetracks. The Assembly plan provides $200,000 in additional funding for Cornell's equine drug testing. This funding will be used to purchase a high performance illegal drugs testing machine for detecting those drugs and metabolites that cannot be analyzed by current methods due to their lack of volatility, chemical stability, and/or very low concentrations.


CORNELL EQUINE DRUG TESTING. $200,000 ATL/GEN