S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8085
I N S E N A T E
January 5, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to allowing New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired
by New York state stallions; and to repeal certain provisions of such
law relating thereto
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 1 and subdivision 2 of
section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as
amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutu-
el wagering and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes
eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, are amended to read as
follows:
The fund is further authorized and directed to conduct each year, at
the New York state exposition, with the approval of the director of the
exposition, or at any licensed pari-mutuel track in New York state, with
a preference given to any available licensed pari-mutuel track that is
five-eighths of a mile long or larger, colt, stake and overnight events
for standardbred horses to provide contests for two year old and three
year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing. The
colt, stake and overnight events so conducted for two year old and three
year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing hereunder
shall be conditioned to admit only those colts and fillies DROPPED FROM
A MARE BRED IN THIS STATE AND sired by a stallion owned or leased and
permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
the said foal's conception, provided, however, that such MARE, stallion,
and foal shall be microchipped with such microchip information which the
commission may request be provided and made available pursuant to
section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Such colt, stake and
overnight events shall be opened for nomination not earlier than the
first day of January in the year the event is to be held and only colts
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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and fillies and horses complying with the following standards shall be
eligible for such nomination:
2. The fund is further authorized and directed in each year, in coop-
eration with each licensee harness track in this state, to provide for
the running of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old and
three year old colts and fillies sired by a stallion owned or leased and
permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
the said foal's conception, at each gait of trotting and pacing, to be
known as "New York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses, stakes
or prizes to be awarded in such "New York sire stakes", such sums as the
fund shall deem advisable. THE FUND MAY ESTABLISH A SYSTEM THAT DISTIN-
GUISHES BETWEEN (A) FOALS SIRED BY A STALLION STANDING IN THIS STATE AND
BRED WITHIN THIS STATE, (B) FOALS SIRED BY A STALLION STANDING IN THIS
STATE AND WITH A MARE BRED OUTSIDE THIS STATE, AND (C) FOALS SIRED BY A
STALLION STANDING IN THIS STATE AND DROPPED FROM A MARE WHO WAS BRED,
AND RESIDED, IN THIS STATE FOR AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS IN THE
YEAR OF CONCEPTION. THE FUND SHALL PROVIDE BONUS PAYMENTS TO THOSE FOALS
BRED WITHIN THE STATE THAT MEET OTHER CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY THE FUND.
The fund may prescribe a starting fee for such "New York-bred harness
horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be less than two per centum
of the estimated purse for each entry. The fee prescribed shall be added
to the purses awarded.
§ 2. Subdivision 3-a of section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wager-
ing and breeding law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending
the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law relating to allowing
New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York state stal-
lions, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, is
REPEALED.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutuel
wagering and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes
eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, takes effect.
