STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9458--A IN ASSEMBLY March 14, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Racing and Wagering -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to the discretionary spending threshold for regional off- track betting corporations on food products The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 507 of the racing, pari-mutuel 2 wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 286 of the laws of 3 1985, is amended to read as follows: 4 1. a. Each corporation shall let contracts for construction or any 5 other work, including the furnishing of materials or supplies incident 6 thereto, and contracts for the purchase or procurement of equipment, 7 materials or supplies: (i) in the manner provided by law with respect to 8 the letting of such contracts by counties [except that where the esti- 9 mated expense of a contract does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars, 10 such contract may be entered into without public letting], provided, 11 however, that where the corporation determines with respect to any 12 contract that it would not be in the public interest to comply with this 13 section and the governing body of each county, by resolution, rule or 14 regulation adopted by the vote of two-thirds of the whole number of 15 votes authorized to be cast by all of the members of such body, concurs 16 in such determination, then it may enter into such contract without 17 public letting as authorized by said resolution, rules and regulations; 18 (ii) in conjunction with one or more regional off-track betting corpo- 19 rations pursuant to this section; or (iii) in the manner provided in 20 section six hundred nine of this chapter if in conjunction with the New 21 York city off-track betting corporation. 22 b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a 23 corporation shall have the discretionary spending threshold of a state 24 agency as provided in subdivision six of section one hundred sixty-three 25 of the state finance law, as it relates to commodities which are consid- 26 ered food, including milk and milk products, or animal or plant fiber EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14781-03-4
A. 9458--A 2 1 products, grown, produced, harvested, or processed in New York state or 2 textile products manufactured from animal or plant fiber grown or 3 produced predominantly in New York state. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.