Bill Text: NY A02085 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes the "honesty in sports act"; requires amateur and professional athletes who perform where spectators pay an admission fee to certify by signed affidavit that he or she has not used performance enhancing substances (defined as the NCAA's current list of banned drugs) in the preceding six months; prohibits those who fail to certify from performing; provides that the state athletic commission shall receive such certifications and make a record of such available to the public.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [A02085 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02085-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2085
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
        AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation  to  creating  the
          "honesty in sports act"
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "honesty in
     2  sports act".
     3    § 2.  Section 1016 of the general business law is amended by adding  a
     4  new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
     5    5.  (a)  The  commission  shall  require  all amateur and professional
     6  athletes in all sports including, but not limited to, basketball,  base-
     7  ball,  football, and hockey who perform before spectators, who have paid
     8  an admission fee for a sporting event or exhibition in New  York  state,
     9  to  submit  a signed affidavit certifying that such athlete has not used
    10  performance enhancing substances. The promoter, organizer,  producer  or
    11  another  that participates in the proposition, selection, or arrangement
    12  of one or more amateurs or professionals for a contest  must  file  with
    13  the commission a copy of a signed affidavit certifying that such athlete
    14  has  not used performance enhancing substances. The form of such certif-
    15  ications shall be determined  by  the  commission.  Such  certifications
    16  shall  be filed with the commission semiannually and shall be limited in
    17  scope to the preceding six months. An athlete who fails to  submit  such
    18  certification is hereby prohibited from performing before spectators who
    19  have  paid  an  admission  fee for such amateur or professional sporting
    20  events or exhibitions in New York.
    21    (b) The powers and duties of the commission  are  hereby  expanded  to
    22  develop  and  implement  the certification process required in paragraph
    23  (a) of this subdivision. The chairperson, or his or her designees, shall
    24  make a record of such filed certifications available to the public in  a
    25  manner determined by the commission.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07198-01-9

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     1    (c)  For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision, "performance enhancing
     2  substances" shall mean the same  as  the  national  collegiate  athletic
     3  association's current list of banned drugs.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     5  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     6  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     7  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to
     8  be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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