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                                   5723
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 17, 2021
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 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, 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 separately amended
 by section 1 of item RR of subpart B of part XXX of chapter 58 and chap-
 ter 243 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   The 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 contin-
 uing through August thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-one]  TWENTY-TWO,
 two  percent  of  all  purses shall be withheld, and, in the case of the
 franchised corporation, 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 commission adopted effec-
 tive November third, nineteen hundred eighty-three representing at least
 fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers  using  the  facilities  of
 such  franchised  corporation,  on  the  condition  that such horsemen's
 organization 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.
              

                                                            LBD08917-01-1

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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 commission adopted effective May twenty-
 third, nineteen  hundred  eighty-six  representing  at  least  fifty-one
 percent  of  the owners and trainers using the facilities of such corpo-
 ration.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.