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                                   6042
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- 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 issuing temporary permits to certain fantasy sports opera-
   tors
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1402 of  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
 wagering  and breeding law, as added by chapter 237 of the laws of 2016,
 is amended and subdivision 1 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to
 read as follows:
   (C) ADDITIONAL INTERACTIVE FANTASY  SPORTS  OPERATORS,  WHO  WERE  NOT
 OFFERING  CONTESTS  TO PERSONS LOCATED IN NEW YORK PRIOR TO THE TENTH OF
 NOVEMBER, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, MAY APPLY FOR A TEMPORARY PERMIT SUBJECT
 TO APPROVAL BY THE GAMING COMMISSION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH OPERATOR  MEETS
 ALL  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF THIS ARTICLE. A TEMPORARY PERMIT ISSUED UNDER
 THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE THAT THE  OPERA-
 TOR  FIRST  OFFERED  INTERACTIVE  FANTASY  SPORTS CONTESTS IN THE STATE,
 PROVIDED THAT THE OPERATOR REMITS THE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION ONE  THOU-
 SAND  FOUR  HUNDRED SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF ISSUANCE
 OF THE TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR ALL CONTESTS THE OPERATOR PREVIOUSLY OFFERED
 IN THE STATE.
   2. The commission shall provide a temporary permit [to  each  operator
 that  was offering contests pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision one
 of this section] to allow [such operator  to  continue]  AN  INTERACTIVE
 FANTASY  SPORTS OPERATOR to offer such contests, on a provisional basis,
 until such operator's application for registration has been approved  or
 denied  in  accordance with section fourteen hundred three of this arti-
 cle, provided that such operator meets all the requirements  in  section
 fourteen hundred four of this article.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 1401 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering
 and  breeding  law,  as  added  by  chapter  237 of the laws of 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
   8. "Interactive fantasy sports contest" or "contest" shall mean a game
 of skill wherein one or more contestants compete [against each other] by
 using  their knowledge and understanding of athletic events and athletes
 to select and manage rosters  of  simulated  players  whose  performance
 directly corresponds with the actual performance of human competitors on
 sports teams and in sports events.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.