STATE OF NEW YORK
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6390
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 7, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- (at request of the New York State Gaming
Commission) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to improvement of operation in thoroughbred racing
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 218 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breed-
2 ing law, as amended by chapter 140 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 § 218. Stewards at race meetings. There shall be three stewards to
5 supervise each running race meeting conducted pursuant to sections two
6 hundred five and two hundred six of this article. One of such stewards
7 shall be the official steward of the [board] commission, one shall be
8 appointed by the jockey club or by the national steeplechase and hunt
9 association as may be appropriate, and one shall be appointed by the
10 corporation conducting such race meeting. Such stewards shall exercise
11 such powers and perform such duties at each race meeting as may be
12 prescribed by the rules of the [state racing and wagering board] commis-
13 sion. During the absence or inability to act of an official steward of
14 the [board] commission, or in the event of the failure or inability to
15 appoint either of the other two stewards, the powers and duties of such
16 steward shall be exercised and performed [without compensation] by a
17 [member of the board] person designated by the [board] commission for
18 that purpose.
19 § 2. 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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