Bill Text: NY S08877 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the operation of simulcast at entertainment theaters in certain areas as special demonstration projects.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-20 - referred to racing and wagering [S08877 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08877-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8877
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 31, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 operation of simulcast at  entertainment  theaters  in
          certain areas as special demonstration projects
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a of  section  1009  of  the
     2  racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 626
     3  of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (a)  In  Sullivan,  Greene  and Ulster counties and within the Capital
     5  District region as defined  by  paragraph  (e)  of  subdivision  one  of
     6  section five hundred nineteen of this chapter, the board shall determine
     7  the  number  of such projects to be located in privately owned hotels in
     8  such counties for the exclusive use of the hotel guests.   Notwithstand-
     9  ing the provisions of paragraph (a) of subdivision five of this section,
    10  an  admission  fee  shall  not be required for any demonstration project
    11  authorized in such areas in a gaming facility as defined in  subdivision
    12  twenty-three  of  section thirteen hundred one of this chapter. Provided
    13  however, on any day when a regional harness track  located  in  Saratoga
    14  County  conducts  a  live  race meeting, the demonstration facility will
    15  predominantly display the live video of such regional harness track.  In
    16  the  event  of  a  conflict  with the broadcast of the live video from a
    17  franchise corporation racetrack, the demonstration project facility  may
    18  choose  to  show  the  franchise  corporation  signal instead and show a
    19  replay of the regional harness track race meeting immediately  following
    20  completion of the franchise corporation race.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16126-01-8