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                                   8489
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation to the right to hold race meetings and races at Belmont Park;
   and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there-
   of

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 203 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breed-
 ing  law,  as  amended  by chapter 18 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 203. Right to hold race meetings and  races.    1.  Any  corporation
 formed  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  if so claimed in its
 certificate of organization,  and  if  it  shall  comply  with  all  the
 provisions  of  this  article, and any other corporation entitled to the
 benefits and privileges of this article as hereinafter  provided,  shall
 have  the  power and the right to hold one or more running race meetings
 in each year, and to hold, maintain and conduct running  races  at  such
 meetings.  At  such running race meetings the corporation, or the owners
 of horses engaged in such races, or others who are not  participants  in
 the  race,  may  contribute  purses,  prizes,  premiums  or stakes to be
 contested for, but no person or persons other than the owner  or  owners
 of  a  horse  or  horses  contesting  in a race shall have any pecuniary
 interest in a purse, prize, premium or stake contested for in such race,
 or be entitled to or receive any portion  thereof  after  such  race  is
 finished,  and the whole of such purse, prize, premium or stake shall be
 allotted in accordance with the terms and conditions of such race. Races
 conducted by a franchised corporation shall be  permitted  only  between
 sunrise and sunset.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A FRAN-
 CHISED  CORPORATION  SHALL BE PERMITTED TO CONDUCT RACES AFTER SUNSET AT

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

                                                            LBD13221-05-7

 A. 8489                             2
 
 THE BELMONT PARK RACETRACK, ONLY  ON  THE  MAIN  TRACK  IN  ITS  CURRENT
 CONFIGURATION,  BUT  ONLY  IF  SUCH  RACES CONCLUDE BEFORE HALF PAST TEN
 O'CLOCK POST MERIDIAN AND ONLY IF SUCH RACES OCCUR ON THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS
 OR SATURDAYS. THE FRANCHISED CORPORATION SHALL COORDINATE WITH A HARNESS
 RACING  ASSOCIATION  OR CORPORATION AUTHORIZED TO OPERATE IN WESTCHESTER
 COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THE STARTING TIMES OF ALL  SUCH  RACES  ARE  STAG-
 GERED.
   3.  A track first licensed after January first, nineteen hundred nine-
 ty, shall not conduct the  simulcasting  of  thoroughbred  races  within
 district  one,  in  accordance  with article ten of this chapter on days
 that a franchised corporation is not conducting a race  meeting.  In  no
 event shall thoroughbred races conducted by a track first licensed after
 January  first, nineteen hundred ninety be conducted after eight o'clock
 post meridian.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed  repealed 4 years after the first night of racing conducted after
 sunset pursuant to this act; provided that the New York  Racing  Associ-
 ation  shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission of the date
 of such night of racing in order that the  commission  may  maintain  an
 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
 of  the  state of New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of
 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the  public  offi-
 cers law.