Assembly Bill A297

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the installation and use of surveillance cameras in all racetracks

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A297 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Add §907, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4634

2023-A297 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the installation and use of surveillance cameras in all racetracks; provides cameras shall be capable of monitoring human and equine traffic in and out of individual stalls, barns and surrounding areas; provides video footage shall be available for review for no less than three years from the date of surveillance.

2023-A297 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    297
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation to requiring the installation and use of surveillance cameras
   in all racetracks

   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 section 907 to read as follows:
   §  907.  SURVEILLANCE  CAMERAS.  1.  HIGH  DEFINITION STATE-OF-THE-ART
 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WITH QUALITY SOUND CAPABILITY SHALL  BE  INSTALLED,
 KEPT  PROPERLY  MAINTAINED  AND OPERATED AND UTILIZED IN ALL RACETRACKS,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE ENTIRE STABLE AREA AND BE CAPABLE  OF
 MONITORING  HUMAN AND EQUINE TRAFFIC TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS
 A WEEK, IN AND OUT OF INDIVIDUAL STALLS, BARNS  AND  SURROUNDING  AREAS.
 THE  VIDEO  FOOTAGE  INCLUDING  SOUND  SHALL  BE  ABLE  TO BE VIEWED AND
 LISTENED TO IN REAL TIME AND SHALL BE STORED AND AVAILABLE FOR  DETAILED
 SUBSEQUENT REVIEW FOR NO LESS THAN THREE YEARS FROM THE DATE OF SURVEIL-
 LANCE AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION.
   2.  ANY  RACETRACK  THAT  FAILS  TO  IMPLEMENT  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS  PER  DAY  OF
 NONCOMPLIANCE.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01362-01-3

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