Bill Text: NY S05550 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5550

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits off-track betting corporation vehicles from being used as take-home vehicles by board members, officers, employees, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, or agents of such corporation or by certain family members of such individuals; provides an exception therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-06 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S05550 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05550-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5550

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 8, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Racing,  Gaming
          and Wagering

        AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
          relation to prohibiting off-track betting  corporation  vehicles  from
          being used as take-home vehicles

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

     1    Section 1. The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new section 503-c to read as follows:
     3    §  503-c.  Prohibition on take-home vehicles. 1. No regional off-track
     4  betting corporation shall issue to any board member, officer, or employ-
     5  ee of such corporation, any contractor,  subcontractor,  consultant,  or
     6  other agent of such corporation, or any spouse, child, sibling or parent
     7  residing  in  the  principal  place  of  abode  of any of such foregoing
     8  persons a motor vehicle. All motor vehicles leased, owned  or  otherwise
     9  controlled by such corporation shall be returned to corporation property
    10  when not being used for official business of such corporation.
    11    2.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  one of this section, a regional off-
    12  track betting corporation shall be allowed to issue  take-home  vehicles
    13  to employees and officers provided such corporation has a written policy
    14  on  take-home  vehicles  that  is compliant with the office of the state
    15  comptroller rules and regulations, that such  written  policy  has  been
    16  approved  by  the gaming commission, and such policy and records related
    17  to such written policy are subject to random  audits  conducted  by  the
    18  gaming commission.
    19    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02066-01-3