Bill Text: NY S05552 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the membership of the board of directors of the western regional off-track betting corporation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING [S05552 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05552-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5552

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 8, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and  Wager-
          ing

        AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
          relation to the membership of the board of directors  of  the  western
          regional off-track betting corporation

          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 502-a to read as follows:
     3    §  502-a.  Special provisions with regard to the western regional off-
     4  track betting corporation. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
     5  this article, on the effective date of this section  the  term  of  each
     6  board  member  of the western regional off-track betting corporation, or
     7  any vacant position, shall be deemed expired, and each such board member
     8  or vacant position shall be replaced  with  the  new  appointments  made
     9  pursuant  to  this  section.  The  western off-track betting corporation
    10  board of directors shall be composed of fifteen members to be  appointed
    11  as  follows: three members to represent the counties of Monroe, Wyoming,
    12  and Orleans; one member to represent the counties of Chautauqua, Cayuga,
    13  Genesee, Livingston, Schuyler, and Seneca;  four  members  to  represent
    14  Erie  county;  one  member  to  represent  Niagara county; one member to
    15  represent the counties of Oswego, Cattaraugus, and Wayne; one member  to
    16  represent  the  city  of  Buffalo;  one  member to represent the city of
    17  Rochester; one member appointed by the governor; one member appointed by
    18  the temporary president of the senate; and one member appointed  by  the
    19  speaker  of  the assembly. In the case of counties making joint appoint-
    20  ments, such counties shall collaborate to select board members and shall
    21  appoint such members through joint resolutions passed by such  counties'
    22  county legislature or board of supervisors.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02067-01-3
        S. 5552                             2

     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
     2  it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
     3  ly  municipalities  may take any action necessary to begin the selection
     4  and appointment process for new board member terms pursuant to this act.