S01974 Summary:

BILL NOS01974B
 
SAME ASSAME AS A03535-B
 
SPONSORADDABBO
 
COSPNSRGAUGHRAN, MARTINEZ
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add Art 7-A §§710 - 712, RWB L
 
Establishes the commission on retired racehorses, which shall be responsible for the oversight of retired racehorses including the creation of a registry to track such racehorses.
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S01974 Actions:

BILL NOS01974B
 
01/18/2019REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
03/06/20191ST REPORT CAL.231
03/07/20192ND REPORT CAL.
03/11/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/29/2019AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1974A
06/11/2019PASSED SENATE
06/11/2019DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/11/2019referred to ways and means
06/18/2019substituted for a3535a
06/18/2019ordered to third reading rules cal.337
01/08/2020died in assembly
01/08/2020returned to senate
01/08/2020REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
01/22/2020AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
01/22/2020PRINT NUMBER 1974B
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S01974 Committee Votes:

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S01974 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S01974 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1974--B
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO,  GAUGHRAN,  MARTINEZ  --  read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Racing, Gaming and Wagering -- reported favorably from said committee,
          ordered  to  first  and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third  reading  --  recommitted to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and
          Wagering in accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  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 establishing the commission on retired racehorses
 
          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 article 7-A to read as follows:
     3                                 ARTICLE 7-A
     4                      COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES
     5  Section 710. Commission on retired racehorses.
     6          711. Powers and duties of commission.
     7          712. Reports on retired racehorses.
     8    § 710. Commission on retired racehorses. 1.   There is  hereby  estab-
     9  lished  a  commission  on retired racehorses. Such commission on retired
    10  racehorses shall consist of  seven  members,  three  of  whom  shall  be
    11  appointed  by the governor, two of whom shall be appointed by the tempo-
    12  rary president of the senate and two of whom shall be appointed  by  the
    13  speaker of the assembly. Of the three members appointed by the governor,
    14  two shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the gaming commission.
    15  One  of  the  appointed  members of the commission on retired racehorses
    16  shall be representative of owners and breeders  of  standardbred  horses
    17  and  one  shall be representative of owners and breeders of thoroughbred
    18  horses. Three of the appointed members  of  the  commission  on  retired
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06983-08-0

        S. 1974--B                          2
 
     1  racehorses  shall  be  representative  of: (a) persons with expertise in
     2  training horses for uses other than  racing,  such  as  riding  schools,
     3  steeplechase  competitions,  show  horse  competitions  (e.g., dressage,
     4  hunter/jumper,  English,  Western,  and costume competitions), and other
     5  recreational uses, (b) persons with experience in the potential farm  or
     6  other  rural  economic business applications for horses, and (c) persons
     7  familiar with the use of horses for recreational or therapeutic uses.
     8    2. The members of the commission on retired racehorses shall serve for
     9  terms of four years each.
    10    3. Every member of the commission on retired racehorses shall serve at
    11  the pleasure of the official who appointed him or her. Vacancies in  the
    12  membership of such commission shall be filled in the manner provided for
    13  original appointments.
    14    4.  The  members of the commission on retired racehorses shall receive
    15  no compensation for their services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual
    16  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance of their duties
    17  pursuant to this section.
    18    § 711. Powers and duties of commission. 1. The commission  on  retired
    19  racehorses,  in cooperation with the gaming commission, shall be respon-
    20  sible for the oversight of retired racehorses, including the tracking of
    21  such racehorses. For the purposes of this article, a  retired  racehorse
    22  shall  mean  (a)  a New York-bred thoroughbred as defined by subdivision
    23  three of section two hundred fifty-one of this chapter which is no long-
    24  er engaged in horseracing or (b) a standardbred which meets or ever  met
    25  the  standards  set  forth  in  subdivision one of section three hundred
    26  thirty-four of this chapter and which is  no  longer  engaged  in  horse
    27  racing.
    28    2.  The  commission  on  retired  racehorses,  in cooperation with the
    29  gaming commission, shall be responsible for the creation of  a  registry
    30  which  would  track  retired racehorses in New York state. Such registry
    31  shall include information provided by each owner and subsequent owner of
    32  a retired racehorse, as provided in section seven hundred twelve of this
    33  article.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission  on
    34  retired  racehorses shall maintain and update this registry. The commis-
    35  sion on retired racehorses may access any relevant  information  in  the
    36  registries  designated  and administered by the New York state thorough-
    37  bred breeding and development fund and  the  agriculture  and  New  York
    38  state  horse  breeding development fund to facilitate the implementation
    39  of this article.
    40    3. The commission on retired racehorses shall  work  with  the  gaming
    41  commission  to  identify methods by which the information in the retired
    42  racehorse registry may be utilized  to  address  the  well-being  and/or
    43  employment  of  retired racehorses, including but not limited to strate-
    44  gies to address the issue of abandoned racehorses  and  to  prevent  the
    45  slaughter  of  retired  racehorses. The commission on retired racehorses
    46  shall also furnish related future recommendations regarding the funding,
    47  care and treatment of retired racehorses. Such recommendations and rele-
    48  vant data that support such recommendations shall be  submitted  to  the
    49  gaming commission for publication on their website.
    50    4.  The  commission  on  retired racehorses shall work with the gaming
    51  commission to publish on the gaming commission website at least quarter-
    52  ly, in such forms as the gaming commission may deem proper, a report  of
    53  aggregate  data from the retired racehorse registry including the number
    54  of retired racehorses and any other information which the gaming commis-
    55  sion may deem proper. Such report shall also include information on  how

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     1  to  report  violations as provided in subdivision three of section seven
     2  hundred twelve of this article to the commission on retired racehorses.
     3    5.  The  commission  on retired racehorses shall share with the gaming
     4  commission any suspected violations as provided in subdivision three  of
     5  section  seven  hundred twelve of this article at a time and in a manner
     6  to be determined and prescribed by the gaming commission for the purpose
     7  of assessing civil penalties.
     8    § 712. Reports on retired  racehorses.  1.  Within  seventy-two  hours
     9  after  any change in ownership regarding a retired racehorse, boarded in
    10  New York state during any part of the calendar year, the  new  owner  or
    11  owners of the horse shall report to the commission on retired racehorses
    12  that  such  ownership has changed and shall file a statement listing the
    13  name or names of the previous owner or owners and the license number  of
    14  any  license  issued  by  the gaming commission to the previous owner or
    15  owners, the name or names, telephone number  or  telephone  numbers  and
    16  address  or  addresses of the new owner or owners, the license number of
    17  any license issued by the gaming commission to the new owner or  owners,
    18  the  tattoo  number  of  such  horse and any other information which the
    19  commission on retired racehorses may require. In the  event  that  there
    20  are  multiple  owners  of  a retired racehorse, one designated owner may
    21  register on behalf of all owners.
    22    2. Within seventy-two hours after the death of  a  retired  racehorse,
    23  the  owner or owners of the horse shall report such death to the commis-
    24  sion on retired racehorses and shall file a statement including a  death
    25  certificate  by  a licensed veterinarian and any other information which
    26  the commission on retired racehorses may require.
    27    3. Any sole or joint owner of a retired racehorse who is a resident of
    28  the state and who fails to file a statement required to be filed by this
    29  section shall be subject to a civil penalty not to  exceed  two  hundred
    30  fifty dollars for each violation.
    31    §  2.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
    32  section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
    33  diction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect, impair or inval-
    34  idate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its  operation  to
    35  the  clause,  sentence,  subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof
    36  directly involved in the controversy in which such judgement shall  have
    37  been rendered.
    38    § 3. This act shall take effect on April 1, 2021.
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