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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10215--A
IN ASSEMBLY
May 17, 2016
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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 This consent may be withdrawn at any time upon a finding by the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12 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed on and after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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