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                                  4618

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 16, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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 certain payments to the horsemen's organization

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

  Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 228 of
the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter
134 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
  The [state racing and wagering board] NEW YORK STATE GAMING COMMISSION
shall, as a condition of racing, require any franchised corporation  and
every  other  corporation  subject  to  its jurisdiction to withhold one
percent of all purses,  except  that  for  the  franchised  corporation,
starting  on  September first, two thousand seven and continuing through
August thirty-first, two thousand [thirteen] FOURTEEN,  two  percent  of
all  purses shall be withheld, and, in the case of the franchised corpo-
ration, to pay such sum to the horsemen's organization or its  successor
that  was first entitled to receive payments pursuant to this section in
accordance with rules of the [board] COMMISSION adopted effective Novem-
ber third, nineteen hundred eighty-three representing at least fifty-one
percent of the owners and trainers  utilizing  the  facilities  of  such
franchised  corporation, on the condition that such horsemen's organiza-
tion shall expend as much as is necessary, but not to exceed one-half of
one percent of such total sum, to acquire  and  maintain  the  equipment
required  to  establish  a  program at a state college within this state
with an approved equine science program to  test  for  the  presence  of
steroids  in  horses,  provided  further that the qualified organization
shall also, in an amount to be determined by  its  board  of  directors,
annually  include in its expenditures for benevolence programs, funds to
support an organization  providing  services  necessary  to  backstretch

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08909-03-3
              

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employees,  and, in the case of every other corporation, to pay such one
percent sum of purses to the horsemen's organization  or  its  successor
that  was first entitled to receive payments pursuant to this section in
accordance  with  rules  of the [board] COMMISSION adopted effective May
twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-six representing at  least  fifty-
one  percent of the owners and trainers utilizing the facilities of such
corporation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.