Establishes the "honesty in sports act"; requires amateur and professional athletes who perform where spectators pay an admission fee to certify by signed affidavit that he or she has not used performance enhancing substances (defined as the NCAA'a current list of banned drugs) in the preceding six months; prohibits those who fail to certify from performing; provides that the state athletic commission shall receive such certifications and make a record of such available to the public.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6552
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 26, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. JAFFEE --
read once and referred to the Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and
Sports Development
AN ACT to amend chapter 912 of the laws of 1920, relating to the regu-
lation of boxing, sparring and wrestling matches, in relation to
creating the "honesty in sports act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "honesty in
2 sports act".
3 § 2. Section 6 of chapter 912 of the laws of 1920, relating to the
4 regulation of boxing, sparring and wrestling matches is amended by
5 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
6 3. (a) The commission shall require all amateur and professional
7 athletes in all sports including, but not limited to, basketball, base-
8 ball, football, and hockey who perform before spectators, who have paid
9 an admission fee for a sporting event or exhibition in New York state,
10 to submit a signed affidavit certifying that such athlete has not used
11 performance enhancing substances. The form of such certification shall
12 be determined by the commission. Such certification shall be filed with
13 the commission semiannually and shall be limited in scope to the preced-
14 ing six months. An athlete who fails to submit such certification is
15 hereby prohibited from performing before spectators who have paid an
16 admission fee for such amateur or professional sporting event or exhibi-
17 tion in New York.
18 (b) The powers and duties of the commission are hereby expanded to
19 develop and implement the certification process required in paragraph
20 (a) of this subdivision. The chairperson, or his or her designees,
21 shall make a record of such filed certifications available to the public
22 in a manner determined by the commission.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "performance enhancing
2 substances" shall mean the same as the national collegiate athletic
3 association's current list of banned drugs.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
5 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
6 ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation
7 necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is
8 authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such
9 effective date.
