STATE OF NEW YORK
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9458--B
IN ASSEMBLY
March 14, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, STERN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Racing and Wagering -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to the discretionary spending threshold for regional off-
track betting corporations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of the racing, pari-mutuel
2 wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 286 of the laws of
3 1985, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. Each corporation shall let contracts for construction or any other
5 work, including the furnishing of materials or supplies incident there-
6 to, and contracts for the purchase or procurement of equipment, materi-
7 als or supplies: (i) in the manner provided by law with respect to the
8 letting of such contracts by counties except that where the estimated
9 expense of a contract does not exceed [fifteen] thirty-five thousand
10 dollars, such contract may be entered into without public letting,
11 provided, however, that where the corporation determines with respect to
12 any contract that it would not be in the public interest to comply with
13 this section and the governing body of each county, by resolution, rule
14 or regulation adopted by the vote of two-thirds of the whole number of
15 votes authorized to be cast by all of the members of such body, concurs
16 in such determination, then it may enter into such contract without
17 public letting as authorized by said resolution, rules and regulations;
18 (ii) in conjunction with one or more regional off-track betting corpo-
19 rations pursuant to this section; or (iii) in the manner provided in
20 section six hundred nine of this chapter if in conjunction with the New
21 York city off-track betting corporation.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14781-04-4
