Senate Bill S2595

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for payments to licensed harness tracks by regional off-track betting corporations

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S2595 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6916
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง1016 & 1017, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3564, A3647
2013-2014: S1279, A3333
2015-2016: A918
2017-2018: A1819
2019-2020: A4051
2021-2022: A1774
2023-2024: A4746

2009-S2595 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for payments to licensed harness tracks by regional off-track betting corporations.

2009-S2595 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2595 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2595

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
  ing

AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
  relation to payments by off-track  betting  corporations  to  regional
  licensed harness tracks

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Clause (E) of subparagraph 5 of paragraph b of  subdivision
1  of section 1016 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law,
as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  (E) [On] DURING THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED TWENTY days IN ANY CALENDAR YEAR
when a franchised corporation is not conducting a race meeting [and when
a  licensed harness track is neither accepting wagers nor displaying the
signal from an in-state thoroughbred corporation or  association  or  an
out-of-state thoroughbred track]:
  (i)  [Such] A licensed regional harness track shall receive in lieu of
any other payments on wagers  placed  at  off-track  betting  facilities
outside  the  special betting district on races conducted by an in-state
thoroughbred racing corporation, two and eight-tenths percent on regular
and multiple bets during a regional  meeting  and  one  and  nine-tenths
percent of such bets if there is no regional meeting and four and eight-
tenths percent on exotic bets on days on which there is a regional meet-
ing  and  three  and  four-tenths  percent  of  such bets if there is no
regional meeting.
  (ii) [Such] A licensed regional harness track shall receive  [one  and
one-half]  THREE-QUARTERS  OF ONE per centum on total regional handle on
races conducted at out-of-state or out-of-country thoroughbred tracks.
  (iii) In those regions in  which  there  is  more  than  one  licensed
regional  harness  track, [if no track is accepting wagers or displaying

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09417-01-9
              

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