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                                   8309
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RATH  --  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 authorizing certain law enforcement personnel to apply for
   an exemption from the restrictions on employment with gaming  activity
   entities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 8 and 9 of section 107 of the racing, pari-mu-
 tuel wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1 of part A of chap-
 ter 60 of the laws of 2012, are amended to read as follows:
   8. The provisions of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  seven  of  this
 section  shall  not apply to a public employee other than an employee of
 the commission, a police officer or a peace officer employed by a  sher-
 iff's  office,  district  attorney's  office or other state or local law
 enforcement agency, or those employees classified as  management  confi-
 dential  employees pursuant to section two hundred fourteen of the civil
 service law who are employed by a state or local law enforcement  agency
 or  regional  off-track  betting  corporation; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A
 POLICE OFFICER, A PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYED BY A SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR OTHER STATE OR LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  MAY
 APPLY  FOR  AN  EXEMPTION  WITH  THE COMMISSION TO OBTAIN A LICENSE; AND
 provided FURTHER, however, that employment of employees of  a  political
 subdivision  may  be  prohibited  by  ordinance, resolution or local law
 adopted by the local legislative body or other governing board  of  such
 political subdivision.
   9. The commission shall have the power to refuse to grant or to revoke
 or suspend a license of any person, association or corporation that aids
 or  knowingly  permits or conspires to permit any public officer, public
 employee or party officer to acquire or retain any  interest  prohibited
 by  this section and shall have the power to exclude from the grounds of
 any racing association any  such  person,  association  or  corporation;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  UPON  THE  DENIAL  OF  AN  APPLICATION FOR AN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01975-01-1
 S. 8309                             2
 
 EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF THIS SECTION, THE  INDIVIDUAL
 WHOSE  APPLICATION  HAS  BEEN  DENIED MAY APPEAL THE DECISION BEFORE THE
 COMMISSION FOR REVIEW.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.