Bill Text: NY A07508 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the improvement of operations in thoroughbred racing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-30 - signed chap.240 [A07508 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07508-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7508

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 12, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, PRETLOW -- (at request of the New
          York State Gaming Commission) -- 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 improvement of operation in thoroughbred racing

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 218 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breed-
     2  ing  law,  as  amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 218. Stewards at race meetings. There shall  be  three  stewards  to
     5  supervise  each  running race meeting conducted pursuant to sections two
     6  hundred five and two hundred six of this article. One of  such  stewards
     7  shall  be the official steward of the commission, one shall be appointed
     8  by the jockey club or by the national steeplechase and hunt  association
     9  as  may  be  appropriate,  and one shall be appointed by the corporation
    10  conducting such race meeting. Such stewards shall exercise  such  powers
    11  and perform such duties at each race meeting as may be prescribed by the
    12  rules  of  the  commission. During the absence or inability to act of an
    13  official steward of the commission, or in the event of  the  failure  or
    14  inability  to  appoint  either of the other two stewards, the powers and
    15  duties of such steward shall be exercised and performed [without compen-
    16  sation] by a [member of the commission] person designated by the commis-
    17  sion for that purpose.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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