STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9209 IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 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 certain payments to the horsemen's organization 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 2 of section 228 of 2 the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 3 198 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 4 The commission shall, as a condition of racing, require any franchised 5 corporation and every other corporation subject to its jurisdiction to 6 withhold one percent of all purses, except that for the franchised 7 corporation, starting on September first, two thousand seven and contin- 8 uing through August thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-four] 9 twenty-five, two percent of all purses shall be withheld, and, in the 10 case of the franchised corporation, to pay such sum to the horsemen's 11 organization or its successor that was first entitled to receive 12 payments pursuant to this section in accordance with rules of the 13 commission adopted effective November third, nineteen hundred eighty- 14 three representing at least fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers 15 using the facilities of such franchised corporation, on the condition 16 that such horsemen's organization shall expend as much as is necessary, 17 but not to exceed one-half of one percent of such total sum, to acquire 18 and maintain the equipment required to establish a program at a state 19 college within this state with an approved equine science program to 20 test for the presence of steroids in horses, provided further that the 21 qualified organization shall also, in an amount to be determined by its 22 board of directors, annually include in its expenditures for benevolence 23 programs, funds to support an organization providing services necessary 24 to backstretch employees, and, in the case of every other corporation, 25 to pay such one percent sum of purses to the horsemen's organization or 26 its successor that was first entitled to receive payments pursuant to 27 this section in accordance with rules of the commission adopted effec- 28 tive May twenty-third, nineteen hundred eighty-six representing at least EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14310-01-4
A. 9209 2 1 fifty-one percent of the owners and trainers using the facilities of 2 such corporation. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.