Assembly Bill A5294

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires athletes who perform where spectators pay an admission fee to certify that he or she has not used performance enhancing substances in the preceding six months

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  • 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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2017-A5294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development
Law Section:
General Business Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1016, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4340
2011-2012: A4015
2013-2014: A4690
2015-2016: A6552
2019-2020: A2085
2021-2022: A1497

2017-A5294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "honesty in sports act"; requires amateur and professional athletes who perform where spectators pay an admission fee to certify by signed affidavit that he or she has not used performance enhancing substances (defined as the NCAA's current list of banned drugs) in the preceding six months; prohibits those who fail to certify from performing; provides that the state athletic commission shall receive such certifications and make a record of such available to the public.

2017-A5294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5294
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  creating  the
   "honesty in sports act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "honesty in
 sports act".
   § 2.  Section 1016 of the general business law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  (A)  THE  COMMISSION  SHALL  REQUIRE  ALL AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL
 ATHLETES IN ALL SPORTS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BASKETBALL,  BASE-
 BALL,  FOOTBALL, AND HOCKEY WHO PERFORM BEFORE SPECTATORS, WHO HAVE PAID
 AN ADMISSION FEE FOR A SPORTING EVENT OR EXHIBITION IN NEW  YORK  STATE,
 TO  SUBMIT  A SIGNED AFFIDAVIT CERTIFYING THAT SUCH ATHLETE HAS NOT USED
 PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCES. THE PROMOTER, ORGANIZER,  PRODUCER  OR
 ANOTHER  THAT PARTICIPATES IN THE PROPOSITION, SELECTION, OR ARRANGEMENT
 OF ONE OR MORE AMATEURS OR PROFESSIONALS FOR A CONTEST  MUST  FILE  WITH
 THE COMMISSION A COPY OF A SIGNED AFFIDAVIT CERTIFYING THAT SUCH ATHLETE
 HAS  NOT USED PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SUBSTANCES. THE FORM OF SUCH CERTIF-
 ICATIONS SHALL BE DETERMINED  BY  THE  COMMISSION.  SUCH  CERTIFICATIONS
 SHALL  BE FILED WITH THE COMMISSION SEMIANNUALLY AND SHALL BE LIMITED IN
 SCOPE TO THE PRECEDING SIX MONTHS. AN ATHLETE WHO FAILS TO  SUBMIT  SUCH
 CERTIFICATION IS HEREBY PROHIBITED FROM PERFORMING BEFORE SPECTATORS WHO
 HAVE  PAID  AN  ADMISSION  FEE FOR SUCH AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL SPORTING
 EVENTS OR EXHIBITIONS IN NEW YORK.
   (B) THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION  ARE  HEREBY  EXPANDED  TO
 DEVELOP  AND  IMPLEMENT  THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS REQUIRED IN PARAGRAPH
 (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE CHAIRPERSON, OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEES, SHALL
 MAKE A RECORD OF SUCH FILED CERTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN  A
 MANNER DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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