STATE OF NEW YORK
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6535
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 13, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- 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 the membership of the board of directors of the western
regional off-track betting corporation
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 502-a to read as follows:
3 § 502-a. Special provisions with regard to the western regional off-
4 track betting corporation. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
5 this article, on the effective date of this section the term of each
6 board member of the western regional off-track betting corporation, or
7 any vacant position, shall be deemed expired, and each such board member
8 or vacant position shall be replaced with the new appointments made
9 pursuant to this section. The western off-track betting corporation
10 board of directors shall be composed of fifteen members to be appointed
11 as follows: three members to represent the counties of Monroe, Wyoming,
12 and Orleans; one member to represent the counties of Chautauqua, Cayuga,
13 Genesee, Livingston, Schuyler, and Seneca; four members to represent
14 Erie county; one member to represent Niagara county; one member to
15 represent the counties of Oswego, Cattaraugus, and Wayne; one member to
16 represent the city of Buffalo; one member to represent the city of
17 Rochester; one member appointed by the governor; one member appointed by
18 the temporary president of the senate; and one member appointed by the
19 speaker of the assembly. In the case of counties making joint appoint-
20 ments, such counties shall collaborate to select board members and shall
21 appoint such members through joint resolutions passed by such counties'
22 county legislature or board of supervisors.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
24 it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
25 ly municipalities may take any action necessary to begin the selection
26 and appointment process for new board member terms pursuant to this act.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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