Assembly Bill A3611A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to handicapping tournaments

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2023-A3611 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1957
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §906, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7840, S7034

2023-A3611 - Summary

Specifies who can operate a handicapping tournament; requires handicapping tournament operators to distribute no less than eighty percent of entry fees as prizes to the winners of a handicapping tournament; requires that five percent of the portion of the gross revenue collected by an operator on handicapping tournament entry fees from New York participants that is not distributed as prizes to the winners of a tournament be distributed quarterly by such operator to the horsemen's organization for welfare and medical plans for regularly employed backstretch employees.

2023-A3611 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3611
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 handicapping tournaments
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 906 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breed-
 ing  law,  as  added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1995, and as renumbered
 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 18 of  the  laws  of  2008,  and
 paragraph  (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   §  906.  Handicapping  tournaments.  1.  Notwithstanding   any   other
 provision  of  law, a thoroughbred racing corporation, INCLUDING A FRAN-
 CHISE CORPORATION,  a  harness  racing  corporation  or  association,  a
 regional  off-track  betting  corporation or a combination thereof, OR A
 PARTY THAT CONTRACTS WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, may operate a  handicap-
 ping tournament at which the participants may be charged an entry fee if
 the  tournament  is  conducted in accordance with the provisions of this
 section.
   2. (a) The operator of a handicapping tournament shall  distribute  NO
 LESS  THAN  EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF  all  of the entry fees as prizes to the
 winners of the tournament. Nothing herein  shall  preclude  an  operator
 from providing additional prizes or promotions.
   (b)  The  commission shall approve the rules and the payment of prizes
 of a handicapping tournament. No operator of a  handicapping  tournament
 may  accept  an  entry  fee  for  a  tournament until the commission has
 approved the rules and the payment of prizes of a  handicapping  tourna-
 ment.
   (c)  The  horse  races which are the subject of the tournament must be
 races on which the operator of the tournament is authorized  to  conduct
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04616-01-3
 A. 3611                             2

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2023-A3611A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1957
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §906, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7840, S7034

2023-A3611A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Specifies who can operate a handicapping tournament; requires handicapping tournament operators to distribute no less than eighty percent of entry fees as prizes to the winners of a handicapping tournament; requires that five percent of the portion of the gross revenue collected by an operator on handicapping tournament entry fees from New York participants that is not distributed as prizes to the winners of a tournament be distributed quarterly by such operator to the horsemen's organization for welfare and medical plans for regularly employed backstretch employees.

2023-A3611A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3611--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW, BRAUNSTEIN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Racing and Wagering  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation to handicapping tournaments

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 906 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breed-
 ing  law,  as  added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1995, and as renumbered
 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 18 of  the  laws  of  2008,  and
 paragraph  (b) of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of
 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   §  906.  Handicapping  tournaments.  1.  Notwithstanding   any   other
 provision  of  law, a thoroughbred racing corporation, INCLUDING A FRAN-
 CHISE CORPORATION,  a  harness  racing  corporation  or  association,  a
 regional  off-track  betting  corporation or a combination thereof, OR A
 PARTY THAT CONTRACTS WITH ANY OF THE FOREGOING, may operate a  handicap-
 ping tournament at which the participants may be charged an entry fee if
 the  tournament  is  conducted in accordance with the provisions of this
 section.
   2. (a) The operator of a handicapping tournament shall  distribute  NO
 LESS  THAN  EIGHTY  PERCENT  OF  all  of the entry fees as prizes to the
 winners of the tournament. Nothing herein  shall  preclude  an  operator
 from providing additional prizes or promotions.
   (b)  The  commission shall approve the rules and the payment of prizes
 of a handicapping tournament. No operator of a  handicapping  tournament
 may  accept  an  entry  fee  for  a  tournament until the commission has
 approved the rules and the payment of prizes of a  handicapping  tourna-
 ment.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04616-03-3
 A. 3611--A                          2

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