STATE OF NEW YORK
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1809
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to void and voidable claims
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 104-a to read as follows:
3 § 104-a. Void claims. A claim for a horse in a thoroughbred claiming
4 race shall be void for any horse that dies during a race or is euthan-
5 ized on the track following a race.
6 § 2. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is amended by
7 adding a new section 104-b to read as follows:
8 § 104-b. Voidable claim. A claim for a horse in a thoroughbred claim-
9 ing race is voidable at the discretion of the new owner, for a period of
10 one hour after the race is made official, for any horse that is vanned
11 off the track after the race.
12 § 3. The New York state gaming commission shall prescribe such regu-
13 lations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
14 § 4. 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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