Senate Bill S7043

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling

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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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2011-S7043 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10229
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§104 & 108, RWB L; amd §1617-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3417, A2082
2015-2016: S2748, A3913
2017-2018: S4229, A6322
2019-2020: S1979, A1682
2021-2022: S1446, A7144
2023-2024: S1557, A3108

2011-S7043 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling.

2011-S7043 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7043 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7043

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 25, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 and
  the tax law, in relation to prohibiting individuals under the  age  of
  twenty-one from gambling

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

  Section 1. Section 104 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breed-
ing  law,  as  amended by chapter 919 of the laws of 1986, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 104. Prohibition of wagering by  certain  officials,  employees  and
minors.  No member, secretary, deputy, officer, representative, employee
or counsel of the board shall wager either upon the outcome of any horse
race conducted at a track at which pari-mutuel betting is  conducted  by
any  licensee  or franchisee of the board. No association or corporation
which is licensed or franchised by the board shall permit any person who
is actually and apparently under [eighteen] TWENTY-ONE years of  age  to
bet  on  a horse race conducted by it nor shall such person be permitted
to bet at an establishment of a  regional  corporation  conducting  off-
track  betting.  No  individual  employed by an off-track betting corpo-
ration as a pari-mutuel clerk, cashier or seller shall be  permitted  to
bet  during  those  periods  of any day on which such person is actually
employed in such capacity.
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 108 of the racing, pari-mutuel  wagering
and  breeding  law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 60 of the
laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  2. No corporation, association or person that holds a license,  regis-
tration, franchise, certificate or permit issued by the commission shall
permit  any  person who is actually or apparently under [eighteen] TWEN-
TY-ONE years of age to bet on gaming activity, as defined in subdivision
five of section one hundred one of this article.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15297-02-2

              

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