New York Assembly Bill A08533 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8533  IN ASSEMBLY January 5, 2024 ___________ 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 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: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of 2 section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as 3 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutu- 4 el wagering and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes 5 eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed in 6 legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, are amended to read as 7 follows: 8 The fund is further authorized and directed to conduct each year, at 9 the New York state exposition, with the approval of the director of the 10 exposition, or at any licensed pari-mutuel track in New York state, with 11 a preference given to any available licensed pari-mutuel track that is 12 five-eighths of a mile long or larger, colt, stake and overnight events 13 for standardbred horses to provide contests for two year old and three 14 year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing. The 15 colt, stake and overnight events so conducted for two year old and three 16 year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing hereunder 17 shall be conditioned to admit only those colts and fillies dropped from 18 a mare bred in this state and sired by a stallion owned or leased and 19 permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of 20 the said foal's conception, provided, however, that such mare, stallion, 21 and foal shall be microchipped with such microchip information which the 22 commission may request be provided and made available pursuant to 23 section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Such colt, stake and 24 overnight events shall be opened for nomination not earlier than the 25 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. LBD07427-02-4 
 A. 8533 2 1 and fillies and horses complying with the following standards shall be 2 eligible for such nomination: 3 2. The fund is further authorized and directed in each year, in coop- 4 eration with each licensee harness track in this state, to provide for 5 the running of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old and 6 three year old colts and fillies sired by a stallion owned or leased and 7 permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of 8 the said foal's conception, at each gait of trotting and pacing, to be 9 known as "New York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses, stakes 10 or prizes to be awarded in such "New York sire stakes", such sums as the 11 fund shall deem advisable. The fund may establish a system that distin- 12 guishes between (a) foals sired by a stallion standing in this state and 13 bred within this state, (b) foals sired by a stallion standing in this 14 state and with a mare bred outside this state, and (c) foals sired by a 15 stallion standing in this state and dropped from a mare who was bred, 16 and resided, in this state for at least one hundred eighty days in the 17 year of conception. The fund shall provide bonus payments to those foals 18 bred within the state that meet other conditions imposed by the fund. 19 The fund may prescribe a starting fee for such "New York-bred harness 20 horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be less than two per centum 21 of the estimated purse for each entry. The fee prescribed shall be added 22 to the purses awarded. 23 § 2. Subdivision 3-a of section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wager- 24 ing and breeding law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending 25 the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law relating to allowing 26 New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired by New York state stal- 27 lions, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, is 28 REPEALED. 29 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 30 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the racing, pari-mutuel 31 wagering and breeding law relating to allowing New York sire stakes 32 eligibility for foals sired by New York state stallions, as proposed in 33 legislative bills numbers S. 2779 and A. 3528, takes effect.