STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3581 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ 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 payments in support of racing The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1355 of the racing, pari-mutuel 2 wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 2. If an applicant that does not possess either a pari-mutuel wagering 5 license or franchise awarded pursuant to article two or three of this 6 chapter is issued a gaming facility license pursuant to this article, 7 the licensee shall pay: 8 (a) an amount to horsemen for purses at the licensed racetracks in the 9 region and in the case of region five any licensed racetracks within 10 seventy-five miles of the licensee's facility, that will assure the 11 purse support from video lottery gaming facilities in the region and in 12 the case of region five any such licensed racetracks within seventy-five 13 miles of the licensee's facility, to the licensed racetracks in the 14 region and in the case of region five any such facilities within seven- 15 ty-five miles of the licensee's facility, to be maintained at the same 16 dollar levels realized in two thousand thirteen to be adjusted by the 17 consumer price index for all urban consumers, as published annually by 18 the United States department of labor bureau of labor statistics; and 19 (b) amounts to the agricultural and New York state horse breeding 20 development fund and the New York state thoroughbred breeding and devel- 21 opment fund to maintain payments from video lottery gaming facilities in 22 the region and in the case of region five any such facilities within 23 seventy-five miles of the licensee's facility, to such funds to be main- 24 tained at the same dollar levels realized in two thousand thirteen to be 25 adjusted by the consumer price index for all urban consumers, as 26 published annually by the United States department of labor bureau of 27 labor statistics. 28 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07783-01-9