NY State Assembly Bill 2019-A3535A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 22, 2020	print number 1974b
Jan 22, 2020	amend and recommit to racing, gaming and wagering
Jan 08, 2020	referred to racing, gaming and wagering returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 18, 2019	ordered to third reading rules cal.337 substituted for a3535a
Jul 20, 2020	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly
Jan 21, 2020	amended on third reading 3535b
Jan 08, 2020	ordered to third reading cal.146
Jun 18, 2019	substituted by s1974a
Jun 17, 2019	ordered to third reading rules cal.337 rules report cal.337 reported
Jun 05, 2019	reported referred to rules
May 21, 2019	reported referred to ways and means
Apr 30, 2019	reported referred to codes
Apr 24, 2019	print number 3535a
Apr 24, 2019	amend and recommit to racing and wagering
Jan 29, 2019	referred to racing and wagering

Votes

- Jun 11, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S1974
  
  56
  
  Aye
  
  5
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 11, 2019
      
      aye (56)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (5)
      
      Akshar
      
      Antonacci
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      excused (1)
      
      Serino
  Mar 6, 2019 - Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee Vote
  S1974
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee Vote: Mar 6, 2019
      
      aye (5)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Comrie
      
      Gaughran
      
      Mayer
      
      Stavisky
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Helming
      
      Jordan

Bill Amendments

Original

B (Active)

2019-A3535 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S1974
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 7-A §§710 - 712, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A7187, S5543
2017-2018: A4167, S5910, S6910
2021-2022: A3968, S363
2023-2024: A3517, S1533

2019-A3535 - Summary

Establishes the commission on retired racehorses, which shall be responsible for the oversight of retired racehorses including the creation of a registry to track such racehorses.

2019-A3535 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3535
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- 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 establishing the commission on retired racehorses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  is
 amended by adding a new article 7-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 7-A
                     COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES
 SECTION 710. COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
         711. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
         712. REPORTS ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
   §  710.  COMMISSION  ON RETIRED RACEHORSES. 1.  THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED A COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES. SUCH  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED
 RACEHORSES  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  SEVEN  MEMBERS,  THREE  OF WHOM SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE AND TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. OF THE THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,
 TWO SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GAMING COMMISSION.
 ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES
 SHALL  BE  REPRESENTATIVE  OF OWNERS AND BREEDERS OF STANDARDBRED HORSES
 AND ONE SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OWNERS AND BREEDERS  OF  THOROUGHBRED
 HORSES.  THREE  OF  THE  APPOINTED  MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED
 RACEHORSES SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF: (A)  PERSONS  WITH  EXPERTISE  IN
 TRAINING  HORSES  FOR  USES  OTHER  THAN RACING, SUCH AS RIDING SCHOOLS,
 STEEPLECHASE COMPETITIONS,  SHOW  HORSE  COMPETITIONS  (E.G.,  DRESSAGE,
 HUNTER/JUMPER,  ENGLISH,  WESTERN,  AND COSTUME COMPETITIONS), AND OTHER
 RECREATIONAL USES, (B) PERSONS WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE POTENTIAL FARM  OR
 OTHER  RURAL  ECONOMIC BUSINESS APPLICATIONS FOR HORSES, AND (C) PERSONS
 FAMILIAR WITH THE USE OF HORSES FOR RECREATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC USES.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06983-01-9

 A. 3535                             2
 
   2. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SERVE FOR
 TERMS OF TWO YEARS EACH.
   3. EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SERVE AT
 THE  PLEASURE OF THE OFFICIAL WHO APPOINTED HIM OR HER. VACANCIES IN THE
 MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH COMMISSION SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR
 ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
   4. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES  SHALL  RECEIVE
 NO  COMPENSATION  FOR  THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL
 AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED  IN  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF  THEIR  DUTIES
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §  711.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION. 1. THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED
 RACEHORSES, IN COOPERATION WITH THE GAMING COMMISSION, SHALL BE  RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES, INCLUDING THE TRACKING OF
 SUCH  RACEHORSES.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, A RETIRED RACEHORSE
 SHALL MEAN (A) A NEW YORK-BRED THOROUGHBRED AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH IS NO LONG-
 ER  ENGAGED IN HORSERACING OR (B) A STANDARDBRED WHICH MEETS OR EVER MET
 THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND  WHICH IS NO LONGER ENGAGED IN HORSE
 RACING.
   2. THE COMMISSION ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES,  IN  COOPERATION  WITH  THE
 GAMING  COMMISSION,  SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF A REGISTRY
 WHICH WOULD TRACK RETIRED RACEHORSES. SUCH REGISTRY SHALL INCLUDE INFOR-
 MATION PROVIDED  BY  EACH  OWNER  AND  SUBSEQUENT  OWNER  OF  A  RETIRED
 RACEHORSE,  AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED
 RACEHORSES  SHALL  MAINTAIN  AND UPDATE THIS REGISTRY. THE COMMISSION ON
 RETIRED RACEHORSES MAY ACCESS ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION IN THE REGISTRIES
 DESIGNATED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK STATE THOROUGHBRED  BREEDING
 AND DEVELOPMENT FUND AND THE AGRICULTURE AND NEW YORK STATE HORSE BREED-
 ING DEVELOPMENT FUND.
   3.  THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL WORK WITH THE GAMING
 COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY METHODS BY WHICH THE INFORMATION IN  THE  RETIRED
 RACEHORSE  REGISTRY  MAY  BE  UTILIZED  TO ADDRESS THE WELL-BEING AND/OR
 EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  STRATE-
 GIES  TO  ADDRESS  THE  ISSUE OF ABANDONED RACEHORSES AND TO PREVENT THE
 SLAUGHTER OF RETIRED RACEHORSES. THE COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES
 SHALL ALSO FURNISH RELATED FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE FUNDING,
 CARE AND TREATMENT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS AND RELE-
 VANT  DATA  THAT  SUPPORT SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 GAMING COMMISSION, THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE  SENATE,
 THE  CHAIR  OF  THE  SENATE  RACING,  GAMING AND WAGERING COMMITTEE, THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE CHAIR OF THE ASSEMBLY RACING AND  WAGER-
 ING COMMITTEE NO LESS OFTEN THAN BIANNUALLY.
   4.  THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL WORK WITH THE GAMING
 COMMISSION TO PUBLISH ON THE GAMING COMMISSION WEBSITE AT LEAST QUARTER-
 LY, IN SUCH FORMS AS THE GAMING COMMISSION MAY DEEM PROPER, A REPORT  OF
 AGGREGATE  DATA FROM THE RETIRED RACEHORSE REGISTRY INCLUDING THE NUMBER
 OF RETIRED RACEHORSES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH THE GAMING COMMIS-
 SION MAY DEEM PROPER. SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON  HOW
 TO  REPORT  VIOLATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SEVEN
 HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
   5. THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SHARE  WITH  THE  GAMING
 COMMISSION  ANY SUSPECTED VIOLATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF
 SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE AT A TIME AND IN  A  MANNER

 A. 3535                             3

 TO BE DETERMINED AND PRESCRIBED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF ASSESSING CIVIL PENALTIES.
   §  712.  REPORTS  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES. 1. WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
 AFTER ANY CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP REGARDING A  RETIRED  RACEHORSE,  THE  NEW
 OWNER  OR  OWNERS OF THE HORSE SHALL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED
 RACEHORSES THAT SUCH OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED AND SHALL  FILE  A  STATEMENT
 LISTING  THE  NAME  OR  NAMES  OF  THE  PREVIOUS OWNER OR OWNERS AND THE
 LICENSE NUMBER OF ANY LICENSE ISSUED BY THE  GAMING  COMMISSION  TO  THE
 PREVIOUS  OWNER  OR OWNERS, THE NAME OR NAMES, TELEPHONE NUMBER OR TELE-
 PHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES OF THE NEW OWNER OR  OWNERS,  THE
 LICENSE NUMBER OF ANY LICENSE ISSUED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION TO THE NEW
 OWNER  OR OWNERS, THE TATTOO NUMBER OF SUCH HORSE AND ANY OTHER INFORMA-
 TION WHICH THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES MAY REQUIRE.
   2. WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS AFTER THE DEATH OF  A  RETIRED  RACEHORSE,
 THE  OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE HORSE SHALL REPORT SUCH DEATH TO THE COMMIS-
 SION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES AND SHALL FILE A STATEMENT INCLUDING A  DEATH
 CERTIFICATE  BY  A LICENSED VETERINARIAN AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH
 THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES MAY REQUIRE.
   3. ANY SOLE OR JOINT OWNER OF A RETIRED RACEHORSE WHO IS A RESIDENT OF
 THE STATE AND WHO FAILS TO FILE A STATEMENT REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED  FIVE  HUNDRED
 DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   §  2.  Severability.  If any clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect, impair or inval-
 idate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its  operation  to
 the  clause,  sentence,  subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgement shall  have
 been rendered.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.

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2019-A3535A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S1974
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 7-A §§710 - 712, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A7187, S5543
2017-2018: A4167, S5910, S6910
2021-2022: A3968, S363
2023-2024: A3517, S1533

2019-A3535A - Summary

Establishes the commission on retired racehorses, which shall be responsible for the oversight of retired racehorses including the creation of a registry to track such racehorses.

2019-A3535A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3535--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Racing and Wagering  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
   relation to establishing the commission on retired racehorses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding law is
 amended by adding a new article 7-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 7-A
                     COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES
 SECTION 710. COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
         711. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
         712. REPORTS ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
   § 710. COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES. 1.   THERE IS  HEREBY  ESTAB-
 LISHED  A  COMMISSION  ON RETIRED RACEHORSES. SUCH COMMISSION ON RETIRED
 RACEHORSES SHALL CONSIST OF  SEVEN  MEMBERS,  THREE  OF  WHOM  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY THE GOVERNOR, TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE TEMPO-
 RARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED  BY  THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. OF THE THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,
 TWO SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GAMING COMMISSION.
 ONE  OF  THE  APPOINTED  MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES
 SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OWNERS AND BREEDERS  OF  STANDARDBRED  HORSES
 AND  ONE  SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OWNERS AND BREEDERS OF THOROUGHBRED
 HORSES. THREE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS  OF  THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED
 RACEHORSES  SHALL  BE  REPRESENTATIVE  OF: (A) PERSONS WITH EXPERTISE IN
 TRAINING HORSES FOR USES OTHER THAN  RACING,  SUCH  AS  RIDING  SCHOOLS,
 STEEPLECHASE  COMPETITIONS,  SHOW  HORSE  COMPETITIONS  (E.G., DRESSAGE,
 HUNTER/JUMPER, ENGLISH, WESTERN, AND COSTUME  COMPETITIONS),  AND  OTHER
 RECREATIONAL  USES, (B) PERSONS WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE POTENTIAL FARM OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06983-04-9

 A. 3535--A                          2
 
 OTHER RURAL ECONOMIC BUSINESS APPLICATIONS FOR HORSES, AND  (C)  PERSONS
 FAMILIAR WITH THE USE OF HORSES FOR RECREATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC USES.
   2. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SERVE FOR
 TERMS OF FOUR YEARS EACH.
   3. EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SERVE AT
 THE  PLEASURE OF THE OFFICIAL WHO APPOINTED HIM OR HER. VACANCIES IN THE
 MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH COMMISSION SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR
 ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
   4. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES  SHALL  RECEIVE
 NO  COMPENSATION  FOR  THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL
 AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED  IN  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF  THEIR  DUTIES
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §  711.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION. 1. THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED
 RACEHORSES, IN COOPERATION WITH THE GAMING COMMISSION, SHALL BE  RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES, INCLUDING THE TRACKING OF
 SUCH  RACEHORSES.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, A RETIRED RACEHORSE
 SHALL MEAN (A) A NEW YORK-BRED THOROUGHBRED AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH IS NO LONG-
 ER  ENGAGED IN HORSERACING OR (B) A STANDARDBRED WHICH MEETS OR EVER MET
 THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND  WHICH IS NO LONGER ENGAGED IN HORSE
 RACING.
   2. THE COMMISSION ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES,  IN  COOPERATION  WITH  THE
 GAMING  COMMISSION,  SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF A REGISTRY
 WHICH WOULD TRACK RETIRED RACEHORSES IN NEW YORK  STATE.  SUCH  REGISTRY
 SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY EACH OWNER AND SUBSEQUENT OWNER OF
 A RETIRED RACEHORSE, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS
 ARTICLE.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSION ON
 RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL MAINTAIN AND UPDATE THIS REGISTRY. THE  COMMIS-
 SION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES MAY ACCESS ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION IN THE
 REGISTRIES DESIGNATED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK  STATE  THOROUGH-
 BRED  BREEDING  AND  DEVELOPMENT  FUND  AND THE AGRICULTURE AND NEW YORK
 STATE HORSE BREEDING DEVELOPMENT FUND TO FACILITATE  THE  IMPLEMENTATION
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3.  THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL WORK WITH THE GAMING
 COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY METHODS BY WHICH THE INFORMATION IN  THE  RETIRED
 RACEHORSE  REGISTRY  MAY  BE  UTILIZED  TO ADDRESS THE WELL-BEING AND/OR
 EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  STRATE-
 GIES  TO  ADDRESS  THE  ISSUE OF ABANDONED RACEHORSES AND TO PREVENT THE
 SLAUGHTER OF RETIRED RACEHORSES. THE COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES
 SHALL ALSO FURNISH RELATED FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE FUNDING,
 CARE AND TREATMENT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS AND RELE-
 VANT  DATA  THAT  SUPPORT SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 GAMING COMMISSION FOR PUBLICATION ON THEIR WEBSITE.
   4. THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL  WORK  WITH  THE  GAMING
 COMMISSION TO PUBLISH ON THE GAMING COMMISSION WEBSITE AT LEAST QUARTER-
 LY,  IN SUCH FORMS AS THE GAMING COMMISSION MAY DEEM PROPER, A REPORT OF
 AGGREGATE DATA FROM THE RETIRED RACEHORSE REGISTRY INCLUDING THE  NUMBER
 OF RETIRED RACEHORSES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH THE GAMING COMMIS-
 SION  MAY DEEM PROPER. SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON HOW
 TO REPORT VIOLATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION  SEVEN
 HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
   5.  THE  COMMISSION  ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SHARE WITH THE GAMING
 COMMISSION ANY SUSPECTED VIOLATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE  OF
 SECTION  SEVEN  HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE AT A TIME AND IN A MANNER

 A. 3535--A                          3
 
 TO BE DETERMINED AND PRESCRIBED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF ASSESSING CIVIL PENALTIES.
   §  712.  REPORTS  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES. 1. WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
 AFTER ANY CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP REGARDING A RETIRED RACEHORSE, BOARDED  IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  DURING ANY PART OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE NEW OWNER OR
 OWNERS OF THE HORSE SHALL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES
 THAT SUCH OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED AND SHALL FILE A STATEMENT  LISTING  THE
 NAME  OR NAMES OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER OR OWNERS AND THE LICENSE NUMBER OF
 ANY LICENSE ISSUED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION TO  THE  PREVIOUS  OWNER  OR
 OWNERS,  THE  NAME  OR  NAMES, TELEPHONE NUMBER OR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND
 ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES OF THE NEW OWNER OR OWNERS, THE LICENSE  NUMBER  OF
 ANY  LICENSE ISSUED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION TO THE NEW OWNER OR OWNERS,
 THE TATTOO NUMBER OF SUCH HORSE AND  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  WHICH  THE
 COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES MAY REQUIRE. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE
 ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS OF A RETIRED RACEHORSE,  ONE  DESIGNATED  OWNER  MAY
 REGISTER ON BEHALF OF ALL OWNERS.
   2.  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS AFTER THE DEATH OF A RETIRED RACEHORSE,
 THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE HORSE SHALL REPORT SUCH DEATH TO THE  COMMIS-
 SION  ON RETIRED RACEHORSES AND SHALL FILE A STATEMENT INCLUDING A DEATH
 CERTIFICATE BY A LICENSED VETERINARIAN AND ANY OTHER  INFORMATION  WHICH
 THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES MAY REQUIRE.
   3. ANY SOLE OR JOINT OWNER OF A RETIRED RACEHORSE WHO IS A RESIDENT OF
 THE STATE AND WHO FAILS TO FILE A STATEMENT REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED
 FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   § 2. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  subdivision,  paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect, impair or inval-
 idate  the  remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to
 the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section  or  part  thereof
 directly  involved in the controversy in which such judgement shall have
 been rendered.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on April 1, 2020.

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2019-A3535B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S1974
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 7-A §§710 - 712, RWB L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A7187, S5543
2017-2018: A4167, S5910, S6910
2021-2022: A3968, S363
2023-2024: A3517, S1533

2019-A3535B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the commission on retired racehorses, which shall be responsible for the oversight of retired racehorses including the creation of a registry to track such racehorses.

2019-A3535B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3535--B
                                                         Cal. No. 146
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW, WOERNER, PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and
   referred  to  the  Committee  on  Racing  and  Wagering  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation to establishing the commission on retired racehorses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  is
 amended by adding a new article 7-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 7-A
                     COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES
 SECTION 710. COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
         711. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION.
         712. REPORTS ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
   §  710.  COMMISSION  ON RETIRED RACEHORSES. 1.  THERE IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED A COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES. SUCH  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED
 RACEHORSES  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  SEVEN  MEMBERS,  THREE  OF WHOM SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE  TEMPO-
 RARY  PRESIDENT  OF THE SENATE AND TWO OF WHOM SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
 SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY. OF THE THREE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR,
 TWO SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE GAMING COMMISSION.
 ONE OF THE APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES
 SHALL  BE  REPRESENTATIVE  OF OWNERS AND BREEDERS OF STANDARDBRED HORSES
 AND ONE SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF OWNERS AND BREEDERS  OF  THOROUGHBRED
 HORSES.  THREE  OF  THE  APPOINTED  MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED
 RACEHORSES SHALL BE REPRESENTATIVE OF: (A)  PERSONS  WITH  EXPERTISE  IN
 TRAINING  HORSES  FOR  USES  OTHER  THAN RACING, SUCH AS RIDING SCHOOLS,
 STEEPLECHASE COMPETITIONS,  SHOW  HORSE  COMPETITIONS  (E.G.,  DRESSAGE,
 HUNTER/JUMPER,  ENGLISH,  WESTERN,  AND COSTUME COMPETITIONS), AND OTHER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06983-07-0

 A. 3535--B                          2
 
 RECREATIONAL USES, (B) PERSONS WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE POTENTIAL FARM  OR
 OTHER  RURAL  ECONOMIC BUSINESS APPLICATIONS FOR HORSES, AND (C) PERSONS
 FAMILIAR WITH THE USE OF HORSES FOR RECREATIONAL OR THERAPEUTIC USES.
   2. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SERVE FOR
 TERMS OF FOUR YEARS EACH.
   3. EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SERVE AT
 THE  PLEASURE OF THE OFFICIAL WHO APPOINTED HIM OR HER. VACANCIES IN THE
 MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH COMMISSION SHALL BE FILLED IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR
 ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS.
   4. THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES  SHALL  RECEIVE
 NO  COMPENSATION  FOR  THEIR SERVICES, BUT SHALL BE ALLOWED THEIR ACTUAL
 AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED  IN  THE  PERFORMANCE  OF  THEIR  DUTIES
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   §  711.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSION. 1. THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED
 RACEHORSES, IN COOPERATION WITH THE GAMING COMMISSION, SHALL BE  RESPON-
 SIBLE FOR THE OVERSIGHT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES, INCLUDING THE TRACKING OF
 SUCH  RACEHORSES.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, A RETIRED RACEHORSE
 SHALL MEAN (A) A NEW YORK-BRED THOROUGHBRED AS  DEFINED  BY  SUBDIVISION
 THREE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER WHICH IS NO LONG-
 ER  ENGAGED IN HORSERACING OR (B) A STANDARDBRED WHICH MEETS OR EVER MET
 THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  AND  WHICH IS NO LONGER ENGAGED IN HORSE
 RACING.
   2. THE COMMISSION ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES,  IN  COOPERATION  WITH  THE
 GAMING  COMMISSION,  SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF A REGISTRY
 WHICH WOULD TRACK RETIRED RACEHORSES IN NEW YORK  STATE.  SUCH  REGISTRY
 SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY EACH OWNER AND SUBSEQUENT OWNER OF
 A RETIRED RACEHORSE, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVEN HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS
 ARTICLE.   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSION ON
 RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL MAINTAIN AND UPDATE THIS REGISTRY. THE  COMMIS-
 SION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES MAY ACCESS ANY RELEVANT INFORMATION IN THE
 REGISTRIES DESIGNATED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK  STATE  THOROUGH-
 BRED  BREEDING  AND  DEVELOPMENT  FUND  AND THE AGRICULTURE AND NEW YORK
 STATE HORSE BREEDING DEVELOPMENT FUND TO FACILITATE  THE  IMPLEMENTATION
 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3.  THE  COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL WORK WITH THE GAMING
 COMMISSION TO IDENTIFY METHODS BY WHICH THE INFORMATION IN  THE  RETIRED
 RACEHORSE  REGISTRY  MAY  BE  UTILIZED  TO ADDRESS THE WELL-BEING AND/OR
 EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED  TO  STRATE-
 GIES  TO  ADDRESS  THE  ISSUE OF ABANDONED RACEHORSES AND TO PREVENT THE
 SLAUGHTER OF RETIRED RACEHORSES. THE COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES
 SHALL ALSO FURNISH RELATED FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE FUNDING,
 CARE AND TREATMENT OF RETIRED RACEHORSES. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS AND RELE-
 VANT  DATA  THAT  SUPPORT SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 GAMING COMMISSION FOR PUBLICATION ON THEIR WEBSITE.
   4. THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL  WORK  WITH  THE  GAMING
 COMMISSION TO PUBLISH ON THE GAMING COMMISSION WEBSITE AT LEAST QUARTER-
 LY,  IN SUCH FORMS AS THE GAMING COMMISSION MAY DEEM PROPER, A REPORT OF
 AGGREGATE DATA FROM THE RETIRED RACEHORSE REGISTRY INCLUDING THE  NUMBER
 OF RETIRED RACEHORSES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION WHICH THE GAMING COMMIS-
 SION  MAY DEEM PROPER. SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON HOW
 TO REPORT VIOLATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF  SECTION  SEVEN
 HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES.
   5.  THE  COMMISSION  ON RETIRED RACEHORSES SHALL SHARE WITH THE GAMING
 COMMISSION ANY SUSPECTED VIOLATIONS AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION THREE  OF
 SECTION  SEVEN  HUNDRED TWELVE OF THIS ARTICLE AT A TIME AND IN A MANNER

 A. 3535--B                          3

 TO BE DETERMINED AND PRESCRIBED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE
 OF ASSESSING CIVIL PENALTIES.
   §  712.  REPORTS  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES. 1. WITHIN SEVENTY-TWO HOURS
 AFTER ANY CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP REGARDING A RETIRED RACEHORSE, BOARDED  IN
 NEW  YORK  STATE  DURING ANY PART OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE NEW OWNER OR
 OWNERS OF THE HORSE SHALL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES
 THAT SUCH OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED AND SHALL FILE A STATEMENT  LISTING  THE
 NAME  OR NAMES OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER OR OWNERS AND THE LICENSE NUMBER OF
 ANY LICENSE ISSUED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION TO  THE  PREVIOUS  OWNER  OR
 OWNERS,  THE  NAME  OR  NAMES, TELEPHONE NUMBER OR TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND
 ADDRESS OR ADDRESSES OF THE NEW OWNER OR OWNERS, THE LICENSE  NUMBER  OF
 ANY  LICENSE ISSUED BY THE GAMING COMMISSION TO THE NEW OWNER OR OWNERS,
 THE TATTOO NUMBER OF SUCH HORSE AND  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  WHICH  THE
 COMMISSION  ON  RETIRED  RACEHORSES MAY REQUIRE. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE
 ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS OF A RETIRED RACEHORSE,  ONE  DESIGNATED  OWNER  MAY
 REGISTER ON BEHALF OF ALL OWNERS.
   2.  WITHIN  SEVENTY-TWO  HOURS AFTER THE DEATH OF A RETIRED RACEHORSE,
 THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE HORSE SHALL REPORT SUCH DEATH TO THE  COMMIS-
 SION  ON RETIRED RACEHORSES AND SHALL FILE A STATEMENT INCLUDING A DEATH
 CERTIFICATE BY A LICENSED VETERINARIAN AND ANY OTHER  INFORMATION  WHICH
 THE COMMISSION ON RETIRED RACEHORSES MAY REQUIRE.
   3. ANY SOLE OR JOINT OWNER OF A RETIRED RACEHORSE WHO IS A RESIDENT OF
 THE STATE AND WHO FAILS TO FILE A STATEMENT REQUIRED TO BE FILED BY THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED
 FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   § 2. Severability. If any clause,  sentence,  subdivision,  paragraph,
 section or part of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
 diction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect, impair or inval-
 idate  the  remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to
 the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section  or  part  thereof
 directly  involved in the controversy in which such judgement shall have
 been rendered.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on April 1, 2021.

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Assembly Bill A3535A

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1974 - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Jun 11, 2019 - Floor Vote

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Mar 6, 2019 - Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee Vote

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